Nick Gillespie

About the author: Nick Gillespie, the editor-in-chief of Reason magazine, is a writer whose articles and editorials have appeared in publications such as the

New York Times, Washington Post, and National Review. Many students are harassed by their peers at school. Although this bullying does not excuse the school shootings occurring across America, it does produce some empathy for students like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the teenagers behind the fatal shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado. Schools need to be aware of the conformist and repressive atmosphere they create with their emphasis on order. School officials must take steps to ensure that adolescence is not a painful experience for its students.

The victims of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, have been buried, if not fully laid to rest. Even...