It seems that America has huge misconceptions regarding the amount and type of violence committed by adolescents, especially within a school setting. Although statistics have proven that violence among youth is on the decline, this issue still remains to be considered a social problem. Barry Glassner's article, "Killer Kids: Trend Making and Misdirection' blames two major strategies for this misconception: the medias focus on isolated incidents and portraying them as trends, as well as misdirection. …showed first 75 words of 589 total…

…showed last 75 words of 589 total…problem with condemning those who have committed the crime, but to categorize all youth as a group with no morals or values is just ignorant. From now on, the media should focus on what is important: the positive contributions that not just the youth, but everyone has contributed to society; and perhaps the media and even the leaders of this nation will see the declining trend in the so called social problem of youth violence.