According to GMA on Yahoo, two teens in Utah have been arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb their school this week. This all comes from a student stepping forward when she received texts from one of her friends which made her concerned. One student has been identified and the others name has been released only due to him being a minor. The students had detailed maps of the school including the security system and cameras. One student even went to Columbine in Colorado to learn more. If the student had not stepped forward there could have been a large loss of life.
First of all, props to the student who notified officials,we all know that that was not the easiest thing to do. Now moving on to the others. You may think that you are brilliant for planning to do this, but in reality you are no better than the dirt we walk on. I understand that people may hurt you but that is no reason to go on a killing spree. Talk it out, do not use violence. This could have turned out worse for you because a number of things in your plan could have back fired or not worked. I am glad that your friend had the guts to go to the police with the information, she is a true hero and a life saver.
It irritates me that so many kids are turning to violence now. It seems to me that the morals of this world are going down the drain. Parents used to teach children to resort to violence only as a last resort and to talk it out first. Something is telling me that as a society we just don't put enough training into our kids anymore. What I want to know is how these kids could have gotten hold of the schematics to the security system and planned it without anyone knowing. I think there needs to be a review done on this schools security.
Read the story and let me know what you think.
Wow, these guys were going to steal a plane and attempt to getaway?!?! I agree with you regarding the courage it must have taken to snitch. These "crazy" elaborate, violent schemes seem to be growing rampantly in this country. It makes me wonder what the real contributors are. I know you mentioned parenting and teaching kids to use violence as a last resort, but these kind of stories seem to always reference kids who have never used any kind of confrontation tactics in their lives period. It's definitely an issue none the less. I don't know what I'd do if my kids were blown up at school for no good reason. Like last semester, I like the stories you find. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think children now are more opt to go for violence rather than talking it out. It's the same reason children are speaking more violent language and it doesn't wear on their conscious. I think that parents do have influence over their children's actions, but I think kids learn most of what they know from television. Every show now a days has some form of hidden meaning, and words. When the kids go to school, they think it is funny to do or say. Just like what was going through the children in this scenario. They think they had it all planned out, and it was so cool, but they didn't, and it is not cool.
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