Why?

 

As you might be aware, there was another school shooting this week. I often wonder what possesses a person to want to shoot up a school. What are they getting out of doing something like that? It just makes me sick and sad. When I was teaching and we would have a lockdown, the kids would have to go in the corner and be silent. I would lock the door really quick and turn off the lights. It could be very terrifying, especially for little kids. After the lockdown was over, the kids would ask me a million questions and a lot of them were hard to answer. There was one question that I'll never forget and that was, "If a guy came to our classroom with a gun, would you protect us?" Wow, I answered yes and then I thought about it. I really would die for those kids, and I know just about every teacher would do the same. 

School shootings are a fact of life that shouldn't be. I feel like there is a lot of mental health issues in this country that need to be addressed. I also think that it's the person, not the gun that does the crime. Blaming the gun for the shootings is like blaming a donut for a someone gaining weight. It's not the object, it's the person. Until we get a handle on the mental health issues in this world, school shootings will keep occurring. I pray for all the teachers and students as they begin this new school year....God Bless.