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My niece is a special education student at the school. Our family had some very tense moments this afternoon while my sister was waiting to hear from her teacher. We got word that she was sheltering in the classroom with her teacher, her classmates and a police officer assigned to stay with them until they were allowed to evacuate the school. I guess this is one of those times that being a child with Downs may be to her advantage, as I don't think she truly understands the full ramifications of what happened today. I have another niece who was on lockdown in the adjacent middle school, and she was definitely freaked out by the events of the day. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be the family and relatives of those who were killed or wounded today. Our kids deserve better than this.
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tHE 18th SCHOOL SHOOTING IN 45 DAYS!!! A vexing and complex issue. There is no doubt the fellow was and or is mentally deranged. This mental health issue, in tandem with various sociocultural aspects found in our world today, lends a hand to these tragedies. We need a radical change in our view and application of mental health and some revision of both our forms of entertainment and our methods of education. This particular form of aggression is far to common and pervasive to be swept under the rug. These events will not stop with simple fiats. We need a national in depth conversation upon this problem. We have been obviously following the wrong track so far. This will and is happening in our own neighborhood and will continue to escalate unless we make radical changes in our methods. Change does come from within. I have left politics out of my rant. I am keeping this light and fun but we need less hand held war games in our children's hands, less glorification of guns and killing on our video screens, and a sober realistic thoughtful nationwide effort effort to address this growing problem. No stone should be left unturned. The next dead child could be our own.
I have to ask the question - where and how did this kid get his hands on an assault rifle and tons of ammo?
So glad your Nieces are both "physically" ok, though the trauma of such an event will likely require counseling.
We've been talking about it in class all day today, I was out yesterday with my sick daughter. I think this one certainly falls under the category of mental health. This kid is obviously disturbed and nothing I have seen or read indicates that anyone was surprised by his actions after the fact as he had threatened to do this exact thing on several occasions and the students and faculty were aware of his mental issues.