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High school students should not be exposed to aggressive media content

High school students have become errant in the recent past due to exposure to heavy violent content. Students have turned to sexual promiscuity, arson attacks, drug and substance abuse, prostitution among other social vices. Of late more than 70 schools have been burnt. The 21st century schools have exposed students to aggressive media content without realizing the dangers associated with such. Iteirio School in Kisii was recently burnt on the basis that the students were not allowed to watch a football match on weekend. This is the least expected in this generation. How can students torch down seven multimillion dormitories just because of a football match?

Schools are no longer institutions of learning and discipline but simply entertainment institutions. Most of the families where these students belong cannot even afford a television set. Do these students torch down their houses if they do not access entertainment? Simply no! But the environment at school has stimulated their psychology such that they cannot do without music, watching football, swimming, dancing and the like.

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