Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Feb 11 2004
Could Someone Please Notice The Young Hero?
There are encouraging details we could almost miss in this story on a plan for violence at a California high school. Apparently the reason for actual intervention was because another teen, who was not involved in the threat, went home and told his mother that something was going to happen. The mother then called to get some immediate help for the situation. This child and his mother are absolute heroes, in my opionion. I don't know where everyone else was, but these two (and the officers who followed through on the information) may have prevented another school-related tragedy. Whatever else failed in the school system and in the homes of the teens who were about to become violent, at least one other teen acted responsibly. The student is probably a juvenile, so we may not learn his name, but I hope those who know this kid will praise him (and his mom) for doing the right thing when a lot of others kept looking for someone else to do something until it was almost too late to stop the killing.
posted at: 05:14 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
There are encouraging details we could almost miss in this story on a plan for violence at a California high school. Apparently the reason for actual intervention was because another teen, who was not involved in the threat, went home and told his mother that something was going to happen. The mother then called to get some immediate help for the situation. This child and his mother are absolute heroes, in my opionion. I don't know where everyone else was, but these two (and the officers who followed through on the information) may have prevented another school-related tragedy. Whatever else failed in the school system and in the homes of the teens who were about to become violent, at least one other teen acted responsibly. The student is probably a juvenile, so we may not learn his name, but I hope those who know this kid will praise him (and his mom) for doing the right thing when a lot of others kept looking for someone else to do something until it was almost too late to stop the killing.
posted at: 05:14 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
