RE: School shooting at Parkland Florida. How can you protect your students?
I usually try and stay away from topics like these but this time ill just add a few words.
Instead of looking who is to blame you guys should be looking at how to prevent this.
This tragedy was not a result of only one thing.
It was all those things people like to fight about.
Would have he killed those people had he been raised in a normal enviroment? Would he have killed so many if he didnt have easy access to those kinds of weapons? Would this happened if the FBI reacted when they should? Would it happened if he wasnt shunned from thr community for being odd? What if he was treated for his mental instability in time?
All of these things factor into this tragedy and only by improving on all those fronts will these kinds of things be avoided.
I might not be from US but im from a country that suffered a war in the 90s. and we had a lot of PTSP victims completely falling apart and doing things like this, although nowhere on this scale.
There was a lot of things that could of been done to prevent this shooting event. People knew he had the guns in a locked gun cabinet and thought the people he lived with had the only key. Also the FBI not investigating the reports when contacted about this young man.
His mental problems weighed heavy in the event and should of been taken for treatment. He was expelled from the school for behavior issues. Which is a common practice in schools in the US.
People knew he had problems and needed some kind of treatment. We seem to ignore what is going on in other peoples life.
Its what i call a "smartphone culture". (Which goes beyond the technology) "Keeping your head down only interested in your own business. "
The main point of this post is how as teachers what can we do to keep our students safe. It's only a small comment about the gun and the shooter. It makes me feel nobody read the rest of the post.
People always go for the most controversial topic. Its probably some kind of evolutionary thing. Yelling and shouting at the opposition. Thats why its hard to see anything substantional done to stop things like this. When both sides are at each others throats how can a consensus be made on anything. Sad really.
And the moderates, what chance do we have? We arent interesting enough because our arguments dont make the blood boil of either side. They automatically place you in one camp or the other.
Most people only react to "loud noises".