During yesterday's lockdown drill, no one in my advisory(including me), took the process seriously. We didn't take it seriously because we all knew that an incident that would require and actual lockdown would most likely not happen in New Trier. During the drill I heard my friend talking about schools where a teacher dresses up, holds a fake gun and walks around the school to make the process more realistic during the lockdown drill. Everyone who heard the story looked honestly surprised. This story made me think that New Trier has created such a safe environment, so safe that it has also made the school an isolated enviroment.
This article tells a story about an 11 year old student who brought 400 rounds of ammunition, a handgun, and multiple knives to school. The boy was intending to kill another classmate who called the boy’s friend gay. The school was locked down for about two hours until the student was taken down by school officers. Recently, the rise in the number of school-related incidents are becoming noticeable. The same week when the incident in the article took place, there had been two other cases where students were accused of killing their teachers. Although it is ultimately the students' fault for committing such crimes but I think in some cases, the parents should take some of the blame. I feel that if the parents interacted and spent enough time with their children, they might have noticed something different in their children and may have been able stop them. I think some of the past crimes committed by teenagers, were caused by the lack of communication between their parents.
If a teenager committed a crime, do you think they should always take full blame or do you think there are cases where the parents should also take some of the blame?
If a teenager committed a crime, do you think they should always take full blame or do you think there are cases where the parents should also take some of the blame?
These articles about shootings in school make me extremely sad, but also scared. It seems that school shootings are becoming more and more recent, and you can't help but wonder if/when New Trier will be targeted. Truthfully, New Trier seems like a place that would be targeted by people just because it is well known, and it seems like most people outside of the north shore hate us. It's kind of frightening.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is important to recognize that the majority of gun owners are responsible, but there are ones out there that are not careful enough with their weapons. But, I think it is 100% the parents' responsibility to teach kids the dangers of gun use. Kids need to learn that once you shoot someone, they may not come back, and that problems should never be solved with killing. When stuff like that happens, I believe that parent responsibility is always at least one part of the problem, if not all.