There have always been disputes and fights.  Many conflicts are over something unimportant.  Why is it that some people feel the need to argue or fight with someone over some of the smallest issues?  Are people so hot-tempered that they cannot reason with others or is it that they have to fight others to prove themselves?

Everyone knows the consequences of fighting at school; one can get expelled or suspended; it also goes on one’s permanent record.  Sometimes the people who are involved in the fight are seriously injured or, in an extreme case, may even be hospitalized or die. 

Although there are some bad results of conflict, there are also good ones, such as gaining respect.  When someone has disrespected who you by calling you a derogatory name or something that is inappropriate, you might have to get the contradictory message across.  Of course, people shouldn’t to go to the extreme and bring a gun to school or hurt the person to the point where they are in a hospital.  Other ways of solving problems is talking it out with the person.  This doesn’t always work, so then you could also tell an adult and they can talk to that person. No matter what the situation is, fighting can be avoided.

 Another thing to consider is that one might not know the capabilities or skills that the other person may have in fighting.  Therefore, doesn’t it seem dumb to fight someone blind folded?  Most of the time fighters will not know what their opponent can do, and that makes it all the more sensible to avoid disputes because little good comes out of  fights.

Women don’t get into fights as many as men do.  Some women may be argumentative, but most of them seem to get along well with others.  Women don’t feel that they have to beat someone up just to prove themselves.  Why is it that men feel that they do?  With more people bringing guns and weapons to some schools, just to show that they are not a wimp, people should have enough sense to avoid a fight.  Today teenagers play fight, which tends to look real.  Do they consider what might happen if one of them was to get hurt?  How about the charges that the parents might file on the one who hurt their child?  Junior Thomas Borja stated, “I think that fights get started because aggression isn’t let out when the issue is small.  Instead they let it build up.”  Maybe it’s time that people should to grow up and realize that there are better ways to solve issues verbally rather than physically.

It appears that people are so focused on what others may think about them that they don’t think about what the consequences of their actions might be.  If they didn’t care about how they appear to others and instead act on what will benefit them and those around them, they would find out that the consequences of their actions would be much better and fewer people would get hurt in the process.

If people continue to fight and not think about what the end result may be, there could be more people who get hurt.  The sooner that people see that there is no need to get into a dispute, the sooner they can solve school shootings and weapons being brought to school.  

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