Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., Springfield, Ore.,
Fayetteville, Tenn., Edinboro, Pa., Uye svondo rapfuura-Littleton, Colo. Kupfura kwezvikoro zvinomwe
mumakore asingasviki maviri.
Uye mushure mekuputika kwemifananidzo inosiririsa uye isingaperi CNN nyanzvi
tsinhiro, tadzidzei pamusoro pemhodzi dzemhirizhonga inotyisa iyi?
Vashandi vedu vehutano havape mhinduro dziri nyore, chete litany ye
matambudziko: nyore kuwana pfuti, mhirizhonga pop media, mvumo yekurera vana, asipo
kurera vana, kusaziva zviratidzo zvekunyevera, kusakwanisa kutaura nezvemanzwiro, kushaya munhu mukuru
kutarisira.
Asi pane chiri kushaikwa pano. Chokwadi chiri pachena chezvose
kupfurwa kwevanhu vakawanda munguva pfupi yapfuura muzvikoro ndezvekuti zvakaitwa nevakomana-kuti zvive zvakananga,
vakomana vachena.
Majeni nebiology, chokwadika, hazviiti kuti vakomana vaite zvakaipa
mabasa echisimba. Saka chii nezve tsika yedu yekuAmerica inosundidzira nekumanikidza vakomana
kusvika pakuparara uko kuuraya vanhu vakawanda kunogamuchirwa?
Kune chokwadi chakawanda muchirevo chekare, "mhirizhonga yakafanana neAmerica
seapuro pie." Kubva pakukura kwenyika kumadokero kusvika kumabhomba eNato mu
Yugoslavia, USA yakaratidza kukudzwa kwechisimba chechisimba. Yedu yemakwikwi
magariro ehupfumi anokurudzirawo hukasha, maitiro emakwikwi munzvimbo dzese
yekudyidzana kwevanhu. Uye mune ino inowanzo hutsinye kukosha system, vakomana nevarume,
zvichienzaniswa nevakadzi nevasikana, vagara vachipihwa mubairo wekuve "kuwedzera"
ane hasha.
Nekudaro, mumakumi matatu emakore apfuura, nemaawa ekushanda achiwana
kwenguva refu uye zvisungo zvemhuri nezvenharaunda zvichiramba zvichiparara, hukasha hwevakomana vechichena
inoita kunge iri kutora imwe nzira itsva inouraya. Mukuru uye chiremera chevabereki chisipo, vaduku vakawanda
vanhu vanotendeukira kune vezera ravo, mimhanzi, mabhaisikopo, tv nemitambo yemavhidhiyo yezvakakosha, rutsigiro, uye basa
mienzaniso. Uye avo vanonzwa kunyanya kusiiwa uye kushungurudzwa vanoita sevanotarirwa
chisimba.
Vamwe vechiduku vane hasha uye vanonetseka vanodzidza kuti chisimba chinoitika sei
kushungurudzwa mumuviri uye mupfungwa mumba. Vamwe vanodzidza kubva mumhirizhonga yezvenhau (kunyanya kunangwa
pavakomana) inoratidza nzira iri nyore uye yakabudirira yekuwana simba. The common thread
ndeyekuti vana vanouraya vanonzwa kushungurudzwa uye kubatwa zvisina kunaka.
Asi nevakomana, panewo nyaya yekuti "kuva murume."
Kubatwa zvisina kunaka kwevakomana vakawanda ishoma pakuva murume. Uye kune vazhinji, kutaura kwekutya,
marwadzo, kusurukirwa, kana kukuvara kwerudzi rwupi norwupi chiito chokuzvidzisa. Muchidimbu, zvimwe
makore makumi matatu mushure mekubuda kwechikwata chevakadzi chemazuva ano, vakomana vazhinji vachine a
nguva yakaoma kutaura chero manzwiro kunze kwehasha. Uye zvinosuruvarisa, izvi zvinoreva kuti
kudzikinurwa kwemurume ego kunouya kuburikidza nechisimba uye chisimba.
Dambudziko rekare chokwadi. Asi munguva pfupi yapfuura yekupfurwa kwezvikoro
pane chinhu chitsva. Vakomana vasina kusungwa vachiuraya vanhu vakawanda vanenge vachidaro
enderana neprofile imwe chete. Mumutauro wechikoro wekutaura marara, vakomana ava
"vakarasika" uye "geeks." Havana kuoma kana mukurumbira kana mitambo. Ivo
vakomana vasina kunyatsogona kuva vakomana.
Vakashorwa, kunyombwa, uye kusekwa (kunyanya nevamwe vakomana), ivo
vanowanzova vakasurukirwa. Vamwe vanobatana nevamwe vakarasika "vekunze" vana. Kazhinji pane
kufarira kufa uye rima themed mafirimu nemimhanzi. Pane kutaura kwemhondi uye
kuzviuraya. Dzimwe nguva kune rusarura uye misogyny uye overtones of fascism. Zvose mune zvose, a
chiziviso chinoratidza kutsamwa, marwadzo, uye chido chokutsiva.
Zviripachena vakomana ava, vana vakaita saEric Harris naDylan Klebold, vari
zvinhu zvakakuvadzwa. Hunhu hwavo hwakavhiringika uye kuvhiringika munzira dzinoita kuti zvidaro
hazvigoneke kuti vapfuure netsika dzemagariro evanhukadzi. Zvakadaro,
hazvisi zvisizvo. Iyo inotyisa yekumashure kuLittleton yekupfura chikoro ndeyedu
tsika dzinoita sedziri kuwedzera kuvakomana vanovhiringidzika, vane hasha.
Kunyangwe manhamba achingogona kuratidza kudzika kwedambudziko, munguva pfupi yapfuura
ongororo dzakaitwa neUS Department of Health and Human Services dzinofanira kunge dzichityisa. Maererano
kune fungidziro dzehurumende, 1 muvana vashanu nevachiri kuyaruka vane hunhu hwakakomba uye
matambudziko epfungwa uye zvingangoita zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvevana ava havasi kuwana chero rudzi rwerubatsiro.
Havasi vese vevana ava, chokwadika, vari kuuraya vanhu vakawanda. Asi
nhamba dzechisimba chepwere dzinoratidza mwero unokangaidza wokurwisana kwezuva nezuva. The
Children's Defense Fund inoti vana gumi nemumwe vekuAmerica vari pasi pemakore makumi maviri vanopondwa
zuva nezuva. Uye zuva nezuva, munyika yose, vamwe vana 18 vanosungwa nemhosva dzechisimba.
Mumuuyo wokupfurwa kwaLittleton, nhamba dzakadaro dziripo
kushandiswa mukukakavadzana kusundidzira hurongwa hwehutongi hwehutsotsi kuti huomese hutsotsi hwevechidiki.
Vakuru vezvikoro munyika yose vari kutaura nezvenzira itsva dzekuchengetedza: simbi
madetector, makamera ekutarisa, pa-campus security officers, uye zvepfungwa zvemudzidzi
profiles. Uye zvakare, gakava pamusoro pekutonga kwepfuti uye nyore kuwana firepower.
Asi midzi yemhirizhonga yevechidiki inoramba isingatariswe zvakanyanya. Kutanga
ne, dambudziko harisi "vana" kana "vana." Zvatinofanira kuva
kutaura nezvayo inyaya yekuti dzinenge mhosva dzese dzechisimba munharaunda yedu dzinoparwa ne
varume. Izvi zvinotiudza chimwe chinhu here nezvevabereki vedu, zvikoro, nharaunda, nzvimbo dzebasa
uye nhepfenyuro? Kana tikaisa chero stock mune pfungwa yekuti zvinotora musha wese kusimudza
mwana, ipapo tinogona kutanga kuona kuti pane chimwe chinhu chakaipa pamusoro pacho
masimudziro echivanhu chedu vakomana.
Zvisinei, kunyange ikozvino apo mifananidzo yevana vanopopota uye vachityisa
vabereki vatsva mumaziso edu, vashoma vanoita sevanoda kutarisa pane "zvakajairika"
zvechisimba zvevarume. Saka mitsetse pakati pevakabatwa nevanoshungurudzwa inoramba ichidzima. Uye newe
anogona kubheja, zvakaipisisa zvichiri kuuya.