Thank you Massachusetts!

[.Maleficus.]

So I was watching the Grammys last night, and around 8 o'clock a message on the bottom of the screen said, "All Classes for Wausau West High School have been canceled for Monday, February 12". This scrolled past twice and disappeared. At first, my mom and I thought it was a prank or something, but about 10 minutes later we found out it was true.

Somebody from Massachusetts foiled a school shooting plot on our school.

Turns out that somebody at our school was making a video on his webcam out how he (actually, it could be a girl too, I'm not sure) was going to come to school with a gun today, and kill as many people as they could.

The person has been arrested, but I haven't heard anything else about this yet, so I don't know who it is.

But anyways, thank you whoever called the FBI!

[slytherock]

Good thing they catch hime (her...) I wish they could have done this here, last fall... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_College_Shooting) I dont understand those freaks, but it happen more and more. It may be a society problem.

[SgtM]

That's what scares the HELL outta me about having kids in school. What ever happened to the days where kids just got in a fist fight after school?

[DaJe]

Oh, uh.... Ignore my location...


*steps out of thread*

[nil8]

It's actually happening less and less, but migrating more and more into suburban schools. School shootings and violence have had a considerable downswing since the 1980's in America.

You can't stop crazy people from doing crazy things, and some teens are crazy. I know I was.

[GT40_GearHead]

man, I would beat the living crap out of this mother****er (and the others), them and the parents who don't keep an eye on they'r kids

hope the cops beat the **** out of him,when they came to pick him up


you don't like your insignifcant life no more, fine by me, blow your own bloody brains on the walls, I DON'T GIVE A **** about your stinking, miserable life
but don't blame it on society... punk ass bitch

[armadilloben]

a kid committed suicide at my high school this Thursday one of the janitors named bob who every kid in the school befriends found the kid he jumped off the roof ****ing straight A student and apperantly he didn't get into the college he wanted to it was really messed up we didn't go to school that day there were news crews and choppers all over the place and i mean we are a small town (only about 3 square miles) so everyone knew at about the same speed as the speed of light but i mean it was really ****ed up coming to school last Friday i mean he like tutored the majority of us i mean he worked at the math and science camp during the summer its just really messed up like there were all these grief councelers and stuff but i mean we didn't have any hw or tests they canceled our school show etc. it was a really crappy weekend...

[.Maleficus.]

Yeah, schools just plain suck.

armadilloben - That reminds me of another thing that happened here a few weeks ago.

We had an old man commit suicide the same way. He jumped off the top of an 8 story apartment building and landed on a parked car. Weird thing is; this is a fairly small town. About 10 miles and you cover the whole place, and a lot of it is just spread out country stuff. We have a population of only ~40k so you know or have seen most of the community.

[Airbozo]

Back in the '80's I worked for Amoco Production in downtown Denver. There was a string of stupicides, where people were jumping off the building (37 floors) straight down into the drive through of the bank next door. I was on the 3rd floor eating lunch next to the window when one of them went by and landed on a car. People never think of the poor soul who has to watch or clean them up. A co-worker and I took some large garbage bags to the roof and put a sign next to them that read "For the sake of those who have to watch and clean you up, please insert yourself into several of these bags before jumping. Better yet, see a counselor!"

I must say, that _I_ was one of those people looking down, picking my spot on the pavement. All for the love (or lack thereof) of a woman. I had a moment of thought that day and was horrified at what I was thinking. Funny (or not so) thing is, I have had _MUCH_ worse in my life than that moment that would have made many a strong soul leap...

People and for the most part, young kids, cannot see beyond any pain they may feel. I was crushed because I did not get one of the jobs I applied for. I mean I really _really_ wanted that job, and ended up being one of 3 people they re-interviewed. I made sure and did everything right and called back and thanked them yada yada yada. I got a call a week later and was told I was beaten out by one other person. I was devastated, crushed, lost and more sad than I had ever been because I was sure that job was the ticket to my future. I was depressed for weeks because I just knew my career was over. My life had ended. Or so I thought. I interviewed a couple of weeks later for a job in Long Beach (Mc Donnell Douglas), and ended up getting the job, was transfered and started a new life in so-cal. I ended up meeting my future bride who was just graduating College. Now we have been married 17 years. She is still the love of my life and we still act like newlyweds.

If I had given in to the grief, I would never had met her. If I had gotten what I thought was my dream job, I never would have met her (maybe, would have in the long run, since we "nearly" met at least a half dozen times in our lives...).

So what I guess I am saying is that it takes some grief to grow and what you thought was the only door open, may end up being the wrong door. Take the kid who had straight a's and did not get into the school he wanted. Could have been that the next letter of acceptance would have been the school that his opportunity was at. You never know. One door closes and several open. That is the way of life. You just have to stick around long enough to see the doors opening.

[Redundant]

a kid committed suicide at my high school this Thursday

This is a very "sucky" month.

I heard on the school announcements last Friday that here too someone committed suicide. (At least it wasn't at school) Luckily, I had never heard of the person though he was in my grade (9th)...

[.Maleficus.]

Yeah, I'm a 9th grader too. So far, I'm not a big fan of high school. Lets hope that changes.

Well, I got an update on this happening. I know who the kids were (though I won't say, even if nobody here knows them...) and they have been arrested and are in custody. My homeroom teacher suspects they will be expelled (doh!) and probably won't be in any high schools anywhere near this area.

It's a shame though; 1 little thing can completely ruin your life (not like this was little, but, well, you know what I mean). This will probably be on their criminal records, and something like this isn't going to go unnoticed. I mean, with this kind of ****, good luck getting into any decent college, good look getting a job, and good look with a love life. This stuff can't stay hidden, everybody will know about it, and for what? What could they have gained out of any of this? Nothing. Like I said, it's a shame.


Anyways, turns out school would have been canceled anyways yesterday. Burst water main flooded a good majority of the ground level :/.

[xRyokenx]

Here's what I don't understand about all that school security crap:

1. If someone wanted to take people out, they'll find a way if they're dedicated enough.
2. I could sneak a gun in a freakin' dissected text book if I wanted to (not that I do).
3. A metal detector will NOT keep guns out, sure it detects metal, whoop-dee-doo, they just pull out the gun and start shooting.
4. I could go on for hours, but I won't bore you with it all.

But yeah, just because I'm mad at someone or they're bullying me too much or whatever, doesn't make me want to throw my life away to get rid of them, and ruin my family's and everyone else's lives too.

EDIT: To be in pain is to be blinded by it, it took me a few months, and with the help of a few people, to be able to see past it and be able to realize how asinine it really was... I've started to decide: The best things are the ones worth waiting for. Look at my PC, it's awesome, and I waited for a month or so (it felt like a year or two...). Why end it all when better things may come? If you have only a couple people that you can consider friends, at least live for them. If there are total a**holes that make you miserable, find ways to joke around with them (depending on the severity), or come up with some other solution to the problem... there was one guy that would not stop aggravating me, but he and I are now somewhat reasonable friends, heck, we used to go four wheeler riding a lot together...