I rarely discuss current events, but I'm shaken and grieved by a school shooting yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio. We live 3 hours south so are not near the school where it happened but it is in the same state so I feel like it is somewhat personal.
I am so grieved at the loss of 3 young lives, and the end of any kind of normal life for the 4th -- the shooter. The lawyer of the suspect said he is horrified and scared. Amazing and tragic that he could (if the reports are correct) kill 3 people without really having through through the repercussions.
We obviously live in a world where very sad, strange things happen. How can it happen that a teenager boy would take a gun to school and end lives this way? In some odd way, I do understand, though. I think desparing, depressed teens are not able to really think through their actions well, and when they are filled with anger they sometimes lash out Often, they lash out at totally innocent victims. They just have a desire to make someone pay.
I am thankful that our children are safe from that particular scenario, a school shooting. Reports of that school say that when the shooting occurred, the children all went into "lock down" as they had been practicing drills for just such a scenario. Obviously, Mondays events show that those drills were sensible. But really, what kind of world is this where our young people have to have drills about how to deal with a random gunman? It is sad that it is necessary. Of course, things happen in places besides schools, but we've had far too many of these dreadful school shootings in recent years.
Of course, not everyone is led to homeschooling, not everyone can homeschool. I pray for the sake of our children and teachers and society that we are able to recognize the young ones who are boiling with rage and ready to take lives. I pray especially for all those hurt physically and emotionally by Monday's shooting. I pray especially for the families of those students who died or are badly hurt. May God have mercy on them. May God have mercy on us all.
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In this society our teens deal with alot of peer pressure although some people believe that they need that to live a full life. Our teens are bullied or harassed many times for being poor, different, thinking outside the box, or being unique. Also the young man the suspect his ex-girlfriend had broken up with him I read and was now dating one of the boys that was killed. (I do believe) if I read that correctly. The suspect supposely targeted a table of 5 young men. So something was transpiring between those 5 young men and that young man that felt he needed to shoot them. It's sad it's all sad that teens are so isolated, feel so alone and don't connect with their parents. It's sad that they would feel they would need to end their life or others lives because of being bullied, harassed or over relationships that may no longer exist. It's all really sad, it's also sad what it shows us is that bad things happen to any culture, lifestyle, rich or poor, nice or not so nice etc. It can happen anywhere it doesn't matter. It's what's happening with a given individual at that time. It's just sad that this boy this young man this suspect couldn't have been reached.
Blessings,
Sheila
Right before this shooting, the local high school (Kenton Ridge) was locked down twice in a week! It's pure craziness and I don't understand locking students in a school with no way out with a person who is or could become violent and not allowing parents to get their children from said danger. I'm sure they think they are doing what is write but I disagree. I'm so glad that we can homeschool - having been bullied and s**ually harassed in school - I can understand feeling the pressure and no one, not parents, teachers, anyone doing anything.
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