I’ve always wondered whether violence really does solve a problem.

I was in my calculus class, and everybody was quiet doing their work. The teacher stepped out quickly and all of a sudden I start hearing two girls screaming at each other. Then I heard lockers being hit, like when you push someone against them. I stood up, and there they were, looking like jungle animals, clawing and growling at each other.

Those girls were strong! One of them is about five feet tall, the other a few inches taller, but my teacher, who is about six feet tall wasn’t enough to stop them. Two other teachers had to go out and help stop the fight. The whole scene was hilarious.  I just stood there and watched them pull each others hair out, and scratch at the teachers arms. They were separated at one point, but they kept flying at each other; yelling obscenities at each other and thrashing in the teachers arms. 

Once I thought I saw enough of their ridiculous behavior, I sat down and wondered if they’re problem really was going to get resolved. From what I heard as they screamed at each other, one wouldn’t “stop talking mess” about the other. I guess the only way was to fight each other. But was that girl ever really going to stop talking about the other?

Many times, I’ve seen people fight about ridiculous things, whether it is over a boy, over who can write on the whiteboard, or throwing a paper airplane at someone’s head. Just because you hit or punched someone doesn’t mean that any problems will get resolved, especially in situations about gossip rumors. I think to myself, “Wow, you beat that girl or boy up. Now what? You’re going to become BFF’s and have play dates? No.”

Violence always leads to a whole other string of reactions.

As soon as I walked out of class, I heard a friend of one of the girls that fought say, “Watch! She better not let me catch her up in the streets! I’m going to rip out all of her weave and bust her in the face! She best watch out!”

Just like that, this girl is obligated to fight someone else to defend her friend. I really think that people should try to convey their angry emotions in some other way that try to hurt each other, because one day they might start fighting next to me and hurt me; and that is something I really wouldn’t appreciate.