Virginia Tech
Two days ago, another student walked into a school and shot and killed his fellow students. The tally stands at 33 - 30 classmates in one building, 2 students in the dorm, and himself. The news is full of this - much like when Columbine happened in 1999. The same questions are being asked. Much has changed ... yet much has not. There are things I would like to reflect on ... but not at this point. At this point, here are the words of another person, giving their answer for 'why'. Some good thoughts, I would say. FROM WHERE I STAND: A Teenager's Voice from Inside the Culture of Death by Sarah Roney On April 20, 1999, there was yet another gruesome shooting in Littleton, Colorado. Kids killing kids. And again, the entire nation in its uproar is trying to figure out why. I am eighteen years old. I live in a small town near Madison, Wisconsin. A small town just like the ones where these horrifying shootings always seem to take place. Every time those stories come on the t...