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Jagger

Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There was another school shooting yesterday, one student was killed and another seriously injured.

This kind of hit home for me because it is the school I went to when I was younger and my brother's kids still go there.

I am going to try to post a link to one of the stories about this shooting.

http://miva.sctimes.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?Sctimes/index.mv

Jagger

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This shooting was a shock to the entire community. They never expected anything to happen in a small hick town like this, now they are faced with what to do to prevent this from happening again. They have talked about putting in metal detectors, or having people searched as they enter the school.

In general with more and more school shootings do you think it would be a good idea to start having metal detectors in all schools. I know alot of larger schools have them already, but is it time to start putting them in all schools?

Squaredsc

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yes i do jagger. anything that would make my kids safer im all for it. because these days you don't know when or where this can happen. i hope your brother's kids are doing ok.

Ducky

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 01:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You know my first reaction to this was. OH this could never happen in my small town. Why would we need metal detectors in are school.

Then I stop and realized anything can happen anywhere. So I'm all for anything that will keep the kids safe.

Reader234

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 02:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm more for the PREVENTION route. I just think metal detectors will give a false sense of security... the shooter will still be able to bring a gun, just shoot at a different time (arrivals, departures outdoor PE...etc...) I think we are neglecting the bullying aspect (have you seen Paradise Hotel??!! uggg!) Social classes too could help with some kids, they just dont know how to socialize - and I'm a sub. teacher, I have 2 sons, and a dd. My sons are hard of hearing and dont know how to socialize well... and talk about being picked on. I had this discussion w/ my oldest when they showed the 20/20 - dateline expose on hiding a gun so guys could find it, and every one played with the gun... my son replied "Oh I wouldnt do that" I was crying because the mom of one boy said her sons best friend had been shot about a month prior to this... well I remembered a huge bullying incident with my son, and I told him if he had access to a gun, I wouldnt have been sure he wouldnt have used it... he thought for a minute, and said, "you're probably right"... Now, my son is very, very sensitive (he still cries at certain injustices... we would have parent teacher conferences where teachers would tell us to "toughen him up" and of course I was furious, dont you think this world needs SENSITIVE MALES?" (and I did get him involved in hockey at the age of 5 - ice hockey, he was a demon on skates!!, but off ice, nope, just himself!!)

So I vote for sensitivity training classes, bullying education classes, anger management classes... and I wish we didnt have a need, I wish there was money in this world to help get this for our kids... "when I get to be king..."

Jagger

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am not sure how I feel about metal detectors yet, as reader said there are probably better ways to handle situations.

This shooting has really hit my brother and his family very hard. My nephew knew both the shooter and one of the kids who got shot. The mother of the kid that got shot works for my sister-in-law. The whole community is having a very tough time with this. Something they would never have expected from such a small close nit community.