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Six Shooters Experience Peer Rejection

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Five of the six shooters experienced peer rejection. Woodham had been teased and called chubby by peers numerous times. He stated, “I killed because people like me get mistreated every day.” Carneal was also a victim of malicious teasing by peers. He was called a “dweeb” and “faggot” as well as had been called “gay” in the student newspaper. After his arrest Carneal stated, “people respect me now”(Leary, Kowalski, Smith and Phillips, 2003). Johnson had been repeatedly teased for being fat. Harris and Klebold both were teased, ostracized, and bullied by their peers, particularly athletes. The two boys made videos recounting instances when they had been bullied and ostracized and stated that the shooting was a form of retribution (Leary, Kowalski,
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