<p>Since schools are a space for development promotion and that the violence experienced by students inside and outside this context hinders their integral formation, this study raised reflections on the need of critical action in face of the social challenges imposed in the school reality. In order to understand the feelings of students in situations of violence, an analysis of field diaries of four public primary level schools was conducted. Sixty-eight records on the feelings of students were identified, being Anger, Sadness and Pity the most frequent. The results show a scarcity of resources in the school environment to deal with students' emotional experiences, reinforcing the urgent need to create educational policies that ensure the presence of psychologists in public schools.</p>