When showing the disorder in the school, the camera shoots to a girl being bullied by other girls. Her shirt is torn off and she covers her breasts from the camera (no nudity shown, but full bare back). A boy is told to keep control of his hormones as he tries to woo a girl. One girl wear scantly, tight fitting clothes and another girl is pregnant, like her mother was when the mother was the girl's age. A student motions towards his crotch as an insult to a woman.

Some students get in a fight between each other. A teacher is beaten by a student and his head is slammed into the hard floor multiple times (blood is shown). He is then seen being carted out of the school on a stretcher by paramedics. A young drug dealer beats up another student, giving him a black eye and a bloodied nose. He pulls a knife on the principal who punches him. Guns are shown.

During his introduction speech to the school, Joe is interrupted by a student yelling "Suck my dick!", as an insult.

1 use of thank god, spic, oh my god, screw, dick and fuck 21 uses of hell 3 uses of bitch 1 paired with son of a and nigger 7 uses of damn 4 used as goddamn 14 uses of shit 3 paired with bull 5 uses of bastard and ass 1 used as asshole

Multiple uses of the s-word. Clark (Freeman) says "go to hell." Some of the lyrics in the soundtrack contain bad words/phrases. Clark tells a kid that if he wants to kill himself "don't fuck around with it"

Students are known for taking drugs and one student is shown accepting drugs from a drug dealer. Many students smoke at the beginning of the movie before the new principal (Freeman) rules it forbidden. Clark (Freeman) tells a young student who has been smoking crack that the student will kill himself if he keeps taking drugs.