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"What is Columbine?"
April 21, 2006That was one of the questions posed to me yesterday by a few students at Rider H.S. as I was out covering the bomb threat called into the school.
Two students asked me if I knew what today was (obviously refering to it being 4-20, the "Pot Day")...to which I relply it was the 7th anniversary of the Columbine shooting in Colorado.
Nothing but blank looks.
That's scares me. Granted, some of the kids in HS now were 7-8 when it happened, but that any kids don't know is a punch in the stomach.
Especially when something like this happens:
Now...with the popularity of MySpace and text messaging...students need to be educated about the dangers and warning signs of disgruntled kids.
Had this plot in Kansas have worked...it probably would have been even bloodier and more violent than Columbine. And kids NEED to be made aware of that fact.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 11:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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I could not agree more. I wonder why they do not know...either the schools or the parents may fear that it would give someone an idea? I no longer have children in school... but I hope they (schools and parents)have learned something from Columbine.
Of course they don't know about Columbine. It's not included in the TAKS curriculum, so they don't teach it in the schools.
