What do you gain by vandalism?  

Truly, people who vandalize are people who grew up with less attention. And so to get attention, they try to do something foolish. These kids as you said had been doing it before, and I believe in the future. They want to express their emotions that they can't do it at home. And they find the school to express their rebellion. Try to find out, these kids are listening to rock and roll, rap, and heavy metal music!

actually they gain nothing to for that and i am wondering too why they have to do it but some people did it beause they are tempted and learned from the environments and what kind of friends they are with.

some are drug addicts,smokers and drunk.

Hi ronald it really befuddles me too why vandals do such things wether it is for some sort of self gratification-just to ruin something I guess they only know littleowl

i have often wondered the same thing. i guess they are just mean & will do anything that they can think of to be mean.

I find it very hard to understand vandalism, Ronald. These young people use the excuse that 'they're bored' - they expect to be entertained all day and all night, or they'll do something stupid. Some students at my husband's school set fire to some papers under the Science block on the last day of school, just for the fun of it. The firemen had to crawl underneath a building to put the fire out, and anything could have happened. I don't understand at all.

It's their way to rebel against society, rules, parents, authority.

When people vandalize "without reason" they're releasing anger, jealousy, hatred and more that are within them. It's their "expression" of their discontent with their lives.

My home was burglarized some years back, and in addition to the items that were stolen, the burglars defecated on my furniture, urinated on carpeting, etc. The police told me that it's common for burglars to do that. It's their way of "getting even" with the owners of the home for having "nice things."

It would have been nice if I could have discovered who they were. I could have defecated and urinated on THEM to express MY dismay in what they'd done.

Memo to self: Life is filled with lessons to be learned. Some never take the time to learn to be human beings. (C) 2008 RJScott

Most of these kids are mad at the world for one reason or another. No parental guidance, no respect for others and a ton of other. They are also afraid of their
shadow if they do not have the boys with them to back them up in everything they do.It is just so much easier and less confrontational to do vandalism. No one sees and can do much about it and they can brag to the their homies. I would like to see vandals punished severely and the damages paid by the individuals involved. If they are not able to pay hold the parents responsile and make them pay. I think this kind of justice is warranted and would get some serious action on a couple different fronts.

I am sorry to hear that at your work place one of the toilets was vandalized by one of the pupils,and I can bet it would be very difficult to trace the culprit when there are a lot of pupils in the school,and that sounds like a good measure to try and stop the abuse,and I am not sure what students gain by vandalizing things because I really think it is stupid and shows a lack of respect,and I used to have a friend who got caught vandalizing a school dumpster and he got in a whole lot of trouble and get sent away somewhere.

Most people tend to vandalize because it makes them feel cool and get attention so that is what they gain attention. If they vandalize alone then what they want is the satisfaction of tearing something up.

I don't understand why people or kids do this kind of stuff. I guess I don't get it I mean why do they think it's funny. It's not its really rather childish that if a person can't find something better to do with their time then this I feel sorry for them.