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"A lot of peo ple don't respect each other because of their clothes. ” Community member Bryan Schilling felt the most important thing was to show compassion for every one involved. “One thing about this incident that is most impor tant is to think about the two killers, who are as inno cent as we are,” he said. Then the group disbanded and went their different directions as the candles, once a source of light, were blown out. Education Continued from Page 1 Sugai said. “But it’s going to take time to establish that environment. ” However, whether the difficulty for schools is investing enough time or resources, many profes sors think that more needs to be done to help troubled youth. But many are divided on how it should be done. For Jeff Sprague, the co-director of the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior, the key to intervention is creating a stable school environment. “If we can get 80 percent of the school getting along with one anoth er, the few that are left behind will be easier to identify,” Sprague said. Sprague added that more teacher intervention in students’ lives is the key to providing help to anti-social kids. “Teachers need to be aware of the warning signs they come across,” he said. Warning signs for anti-social be havior include a fascination with firearms, a prior criminal record and an interest in fringe groups such as the neo-Nazis, Sugai said. But many think that interven tion by teachers is not enough to solve the problems. Martin Kaufman, dean of the College of Education, said the key to helping troubled youth is to cre ate a better school environment. “We need to create safe schools, not safe zones, with both teachers and students working together to make explicit what is acceptable and reinforcing positive, effective behavior by students,” he said. For some education students this may be a tall order, but many are willing to accept the challenge. While sophomore education major Jill Stevenson said she was shocked by the tragedy at Columbine, she never thought about changing her career choice. “I want to have the opportunity to work with young kids,” she said. But Stevenson said the recent shooting has made her worried about safety in schools. “The Columbine incident made me think it could happen to me,” she said. “You think you have a safe place to work and then some thing like this happens. ” Colvin said the sense of security in schools needs to go much deep er than just physical safety. “I think that schools need to fo cus on making kids feel psycho logically safe as well as physically safe,” he said. Colvin said much of the psycho logical insecurity comes from the way students harass other students. Sprague said he agreed that the effects of teasing need to be looked at when examining issues of school safety, especially the vio lence that might occur against the students who are harassed. “We need to look at what is called the aggressive victim, and that looks like what happened in the Littleton case,” he said. Sprague added that creating a school environment free from the aggression that exists in such places as Columbine is what schools need to strive for. “When we train people and everyone in the school knows that bullying is not okay, that aware ness is there,” he said. Freshman education major Re becca Yarbrough said she wants to take steps to help create a safe en vironment and provide help for withdrawn students. “Since the shootings have been increasing in schools, it makes me want to go into education more be cause it shows how many anti-so cial kids are out there,” she said. “It also shows how many kids aren’t getting help and I want to provide some of that help.” The secret to helping anti-social kids is to start early, Kaufman said. “It’s never too late to try,” he said. 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