Re: columbine
PAULA090@aol.com
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:48:46 -0400 (EDT)
Just like everywhere else, at my high school the students have been talking
about Columbine since the news broke. I was in Virginia visiting college
friends when it came on tv. One girl started to panic and ran to the tv.
She was a freshman in college in Virginia, she had graduated from Columbine
High School. Her terror made the tragedy even more real to us.
But what I really wanted to share, was what has happened in my school the day
after the news broke. One boy, a senior in one of my classes, was expelled
for saying to his class that "he would have done the same thing (as the
murderers) if he had the guns" and "those kids (the victims) deserved to die"
he then went on to break into tears and confess that he hated himself and
everyone, how horrible his family treated him, and that he was an outcast.
He also said that "you can only treat a person like s**t for so long before
they snap". The ignorant teacher did not stop the scene and the boy went on
for much of the class until he was in hysterics. Two girls ran from the room
in horror. And many people in the classroom were telling him to shut up,
that nobody cared. Now everyone has a fear that he will come to the school
with a gun.
Another boy, a freshman, was expelled for saying to a girl "I am going to
kill everyone here, just like "they" did, but I am going to kill you first".
Later on in the day, the power went out for a while, something that doesnt
happen without a storm usually, many teachers in fear locked themselves and
the kids inside their classrooms.
I am terrified of the violence I see around me. What with a war, people
being tortured, a school masacre, three horrible murders of innocent female
campers in Yosemite, a fatal train reck in Illinois, this year has been blow
after blow to people who just want peace.
I and many of my girlfriends have decided that we will not have kids. Not
because we do not want them, but because this country is not safe enough.
Where will the children play?