19th April 2007, 1:19 PM
Yeah it gets stupidly bizarre.
But the thing is, if schools weren't designed as festering prisons to begin with then alot of these issues would be avoided. Of course family life plays a huge role, but my family life was pretty much okay but school life was pure shit, I cant even begin to tell you all the drawn up plans that me and several other people in school came up with, who would die first, where the fires would be started in the most tactical locations, what guns to use (crowd control mostly) and the specific speeches to give during the execution of certain teachers and students.
If I went to school in a post columbine world I would have been kicked out, examined, my family would have been put under a microscope for drug use or some kind of mistreatment to me and it would have been horrible. But what it all came down to was the horrible stresses of the daily life in school. Fitting in, getting beat up, learning how to fight back, trying to cope with physical changes/hormone changes, not to mention work, studying, homework, projects all while just trying to grow up. Hell when I figured out masturbation I told girls they're practically unnecessary except for their cooking, that went over well. How hard can a 13 year old girl kick? Harder than you will ever realize.
But this guy was 8 years old when he came here, threw in to a new country, new rules, new lifestyle. and thrown in public schools. Who knew what he was up against everyday. Even just language barriers, every day must have been a fight for him. Every day an uphill battle. I dont feel sorry for him, but I guess I dont feel sorry for the victims either.
But the thing is, if schools weren't designed as festering prisons to begin with then alot of these issues would be avoided. Of course family life plays a huge role, but my family life was pretty much okay but school life was pure shit, I cant even begin to tell you all the drawn up plans that me and several other people in school came up with, who would die first, where the fires would be started in the most tactical locations, what guns to use (crowd control mostly) and the specific speeches to give during the execution of certain teachers and students.
If I went to school in a post columbine world I would have been kicked out, examined, my family would have been put under a microscope for drug use or some kind of mistreatment to me and it would have been horrible. But what it all came down to was the horrible stresses of the daily life in school. Fitting in, getting beat up, learning how to fight back, trying to cope with physical changes/hormone changes, not to mention work, studying, homework, projects all while just trying to grow up. Hell when I figured out masturbation I told girls they're practically unnecessary except for their cooking, that went over well. How hard can a 13 year old girl kick? Harder than you will ever realize.
But this guy was 8 years old when he came here, threw in to a new country, new rules, new lifestyle. and thrown in public schools. Who knew what he was up against everyday. Even just language barriers, every day must have been a fight for him. Every day an uphill battle. I dont feel sorry for him, but I guess I dont feel sorry for the victims either.