Jackass kid kills himself in pennsylvania

Just came over the radio...basically said kid shot himself to death with a rifle at a high school,now on lock down. Don't think anyone else was hurt.Makes me glad I graduated h.s. in 1999 before all this shit started its cycle.

Could you kill someone? How about yourself!!!!!?? (not a good thing obviously)

*Animadversion* wrote: Just came over the radio...basically said kid shot himself to death with a rifle at a high school,now on lock down. Don't think anyone else was hurt.Makes me glad I graduated h.s. in 1999 before all this shit started its cycle.

Could you kill someone? How about yourself!!!!!?? (not a good thing obviously)

I finished HS in 99.. that was columbine remember? I know that we had bomb threats called in like every week through may and june. We had to go to school 2 days extra because of them.

The worst thing about it was that we weren't allowed to wear jackets or carry bookbags in the hallway, but we weren't allowed to go to our lockers in between classes either, so you had to carry around your books for the whole day without a bookbag.

Also, by virtue of a winter birthday I was older than 85 percent of my class and the other 3 grades in the school (obviously) and I made a killing after my 18th birthday buying cigarretes for kids and I used to keep them in my bookbag and I was CUT OFF by columbine!

I was so glad that was my senior year--school is a lot more draconian than it was when I was there. My little sister teaches where we went to high school now--she describes are horrible oppressive place.

HOLY SHIT THAT'S MY HIGH SCHOOL

I just looked up the article online...beings as though I live in Pennsylvania just to see where it was.

Springfield High School Class of 99. I'll provide proof if you don't believe me.

I'll be calling my sister on my lunch--I know she's fine but I want to know what happened.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/12/america/NA_GEN_US_School_Shooting.php

ChrissMari Must Die! wrote: HOLY SHIT THAT'S MY HIGH SCHOOL

Best not go back there using your NOOL name....

How sad. Sometimes I wish that parents understand that their kids do struggle in high school (and college) and that failure is actually a part of a learning process. I feel sorry for the kid and his family.

Thank God he didn't kill anyone else first!

now if only pearl jam could write a song about him....

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: How sad. Sometimes I wish that parents understand that their kids do struggle in high school (and college) and that failure is actually a part of a learning process. I feel sorry for the kid and his family.

This makes sense in theory, but in actuality, no one would follow it. If parents have in mind a certain future for their kids, they'll push them to achieve it. Usually, failure isn't included in that.

Back when I was in high school - I also went to high school in PA but in the city, not the suburbs - my mother had this idea that I'd go to an Ivy League school on full scholarship. So, she just kept pushing for it. I had to stay valedictorian, I had to have high SAT and SAT 2 scores, I had to do several afterschool activities and do them all well. And when I didn't go to an Ivy League school for college, she seemed to resent me for it. But, after a while, the stress and the pressure built up. I never shot anyone, but once, after the teacher who oversaw the school newspaper yelled at me because of a task that wasn't done (I was not informed of it), I flipped out and threw a stack of papers at her. I was lucky I was not suspended.

Is pressure necessary? If someone if failing, why aren't the teachers or someone helping them? Rather than punishing a student, shouldn't the school try to help the student get the knowledge of the material and pass? When my sister got a D+ or a C- in English one year, my mother made me tutor her and proof her papers until she passed. Why didn't the school offer any help if her grades were struggling? I don't know the situation of this kid, but didn't his high school at least offer tutoring?

His Holiness, The Pope wrote: now if only pearl jam could write a song about him....

lol do 17 year olds who aren't Jack Bates even know who PJ is??