God, why?

[govcampbell]

Finished watching House and caught part of the 10 O'clock news.

There's been a school shooting in Tennesse. An assistant principal is dead, another is in critcal condition, and the building principal is in serious condition, at least according to reports on the AP wire.

The suspect is, according to the TV news, a 14 or 15 year old high school frosh, who was called into the office to answer questions about rumors that he was carrying a gun on school property. He opened fire with a .22

The suspect is in police custody.

My God, why? What is the problem with our nations children? Where have we gone wrong? How have we failed these kids? It just breaks my heart. Every year, so much potential is wasted. It doesn't even have to be a school shooting. Drugs, petty crime, gang related issues. Our nations young people are entering the wrong side of the criminal justice system at an alarming rate. How do we turn it around?

And, speaking as a high school teacher, not get killed in the process?

Deus Misereatur

Comments

[dancinginmagic.livejournal.com]

I sit here as a 14-year-old and think, wait - that could be any one of the guys from the boys' division. They're jerks, but not one of them would march into the office and shoot, say, Mr Pook. I mean - why/

You may be wondering where you've failed our generation, but I'm here wondering what in the world happened to MY generation. It's scary.

[xshiggyx.livejournal.com]

Especially my school. A lot of the students come from places like Columbia and Venezuela. A good portion of my school is on some kind of drug, or is an alkie.

I do have to agree with dance. I'm sitting here and thinking "Next year, that could be my school. Something like Colombia could happen to me." It's not my own mortality that scares me, but the thought that my generation is so unstable. I really fear for the future of our country if this is where my generation is headed. And their children of my generation.