High School shootings
High school shootings have been occurring all over the country. All incidents leading in one or more deaths. Jonesboro, Fayetteville, Edinboro, Pearl, Moses Lake, Grayson, Olivehurst, Behtel, West Paducah, Springfield, Littleton. It'll never happen to me, you say, well, it could. And after it does everything is different, and has changed. Just a death can change you, but death from terrorism is even more difficult to deal with. That is why the students are so concerned. Some people are blaming themselves, some television, religion, media, computer games, and others blame parents in general. Who is to blame and what is to blame? We may never know. It is happening in suburban areas. Places we never would've thought it would happen. It is starting to look like troubled children are everywhere. Have you noticed that everytime these outrageous acts have happened so far that it was from a male? What makes young men act this way? What makes a teen criminal tick? These are the questions that some of the countries best psychologists are pondering at the moment. But what have authorities or parents done to prevent this. Most of the attackers have been arrested on other crimes that seem to be cries for help. But are turned away with
Students all over Seaside High School are scared and frighten that this pattern is going to be repeated here at SHS. "Kids are scared of the threat of shootings anywhere they go. SHS students feel so many unguarded doors, and crowded halls. (Maltman, Interview)" I'm scared that the same thing that happened in Colorado could happen here all too easy. (Soller, Interview)" "I don't know if I could go back to school if this happened... I couldn't take the pain and sorrow of seeing my friends getting shot. (Neilson, Interview)" Who feels safe anymore, with all of these shootings? But what can you do to stop it? These are just a few of the disturbing reactions of students at our own school. But from everyone's reactions they think that it could happen just as easily here as anywhere else. Maltman, Lacey. Personal interview. 3 May 1999.
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