What is going on with students in today's world? You know, you pretty much hear about school shootings almost every month now--no matter if it is happening in an elementary school, high school, at a college campus, or even at a mall. I just don't understand what is happening with students. If you are seriously having so many issues that you can't take anymore, why do you go and hurt other people and then end up killing yourself in the end? What is that going to do? I really don't understand how that makes that person feel any better by killing a few or a lot of people and then end up killing themselves? Reading Karen's blogs really got me thinking about school violence and how much it is occurring over the last few years. It is really scary to think that once you have been threatened that nothing gets done or the actual person doing the threatening -other people don't take it seriously. I really wish that kids today would stand up to their issues and take responsibility in getting help for themselves. If they keep all feelings inside, how are we as parents, friends, or educators supposed to know what is wrong if they don't speak up? I am already frustrated at the fact of so many people that I knew in high school take their own lives because of such depression, but do nothing to take care of it! Now, I hear all of these shootings going on and the students that are doing the shootings end up having depression issues. Well --DUH! Of course they have issues, that is why they are taking it on other people and not taking it upon themselves to get the much needed help that they so desperately need in the first place! Then, I turn it on CNN this morning and found out another student has taken it upon herself to hurt others and then end up killing herself! I know that these students can get the help that they need, they just need to take the first step in asking for help! More and more parents must get more involved in their child's lives and know how they are feeling--or to know whether or not they have a problem and can (hopefully) be taken care of right away! If you haven't heard about the latest campus shooting--here is the CNN link:
http://cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/08/la.tech.shooting/index.html
Let my know your thoughts on this! Thanks!
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It is upsetting and I agree with you that these things seem to be more common lately.
I remember having a conversation with a friend after Columbine a decade ago. He believed that incident would be a wake-up call to our society and that people would change. It seemed for months after that we was right. Administrators and parents were paying closer attention to the silent cries of kids around them and taking the little things more seriously.
Unfortunately, it didn't seem to last and now it seems we've gotten far worse. Can me a fanatic but I do see a correlation between the relaxing of religious values and morals and the problems facing our kids today.
I think that Karen's blogs have really made us open up our eyes to what out there. I've caught myself thinking about it while I'm in class. I've been playing a little closer attention to identifiers that often lead to the violence. Fortunately, there are no guns in my school. It's scary when you think about it. It's almost as if the entire world is falling apart. (I'm exaggerating, but things just seem so crazy nowadays.)
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