Well just as the name sounds, a 16 year old in my physiology class got placed in a mental hospitol over the weekend.
The question I ask is, why?
I know why they put him in there, he had a hit list (so I hear, and it was a teacher who told me so its probably not just a rumor). Before you ask, I never talked to the kid, so I probably was not on it.
That answers why they actually placed him in there, but doesnt answer the question "what help does he need?"
I'm not judging him, but this kid has every aspect of a "loser" in him. Unfortunatly, others do judge him.
Some people are born crazy. Not this kid. He use to be a happy go lucky kid untill high school rolled around and for some reason everyone had to find someone to pick on.
Lets get away from andrew for a second and look at the kids who DID carry out there hit list, the columbine kids in... colorado?
Who did they go after? Jocks. They were driven to insanity by the "popular" kids in school. When ever the jocks were pissed for what ever reason (ex. they lost a football game, there slut girlfriends cheated on them for the second time in a week) who did they take it out on? Thats right, the two kids that would eventually kill them.
Back to my school. I get picked on a decent ammount in school too. Not nearly as much as the kid with the list, but a good ammount. This is mostly because I am a christian. No, not one of those people who clain to be a christian, a real one. If someone, even if they are half the size of me smacks me in the face, I turn the other cheek and forgive. They think they are tough because they can pick on a big kid and get away with it.
Reminds me of a conversation I had yesterday with some dumbass as I was leaving school.
kid- "you dont need a faster car, you drive like a bitch anyway"
me- "a bitch, huh? So after you hit 115 on the freeway, run off the road, and hit a tree, go to the hospitol with you mom crying by your bedside because your in a coma, will I still be a bitch for driving 60 on the freeway. Will being an idiot make you more hardcore or something"
kid-"(pause)... **** you"
This made me realize that the only reason kids drive fast and pick on me is to feel "tough."
But feeling tough after picking on the kid who made the list? not a chance. I believe they did that to vent there anger. Which raises the question, do they, or does the kid with the list, need the anger management.
Now i'm not condoning what the columbine kids did what so ever. It was a truly evil act, and even in the face of all the being made fun of they had to endure, there is no reason not to forgive someone. But lets put ourselves in there shoes for a second. My teacher said today that the kids who shot other students at columbine were restless souls. Honestly, I have to disagree. Even if they are dead, they have the comfort of never being picked on again.
This all begs the question, does the kid who threatened society need change, or does society itslef need change?
The question I ask is, why?
I know why they put him in there, he had a hit list (so I hear, and it was a teacher who told me so its probably not just a rumor). Before you ask, I never talked to the kid, so I probably was not on it.
That answers why they actually placed him in there, but doesnt answer the question "what help does he need?"
I'm not judging him, but this kid has every aspect of a "loser" in him. Unfortunatly, others do judge him.
Some people are born crazy. Not this kid. He use to be a happy go lucky kid untill high school rolled around and for some reason everyone had to find someone to pick on.
Lets get away from andrew for a second and look at the kids who DID carry out there hit list, the columbine kids in... colorado?
Who did they go after? Jocks. They were driven to insanity by the "popular" kids in school. When ever the jocks were pissed for what ever reason (ex. they lost a football game, there slut girlfriends cheated on them for the second time in a week) who did they take it out on? Thats right, the two kids that would eventually kill them.
Back to my school. I get picked on a decent ammount in school too. Not nearly as much as the kid with the list, but a good ammount. This is mostly because I am a christian. No, not one of those people who clain to be a christian, a real one. If someone, even if they are half the size of me smacks me in the face, I turn the other cheek and forgive. They think they are tough because they can pick on a big kid and get away with it.
Reminds me of a conversation I had yesterday with some dumbass as I was leaving school.
kid- "you dont need a faster car, you drive like a bitch anyway"
me- "a bitch, huh? So after you hit 115 on the freeway, run off the road, and hit a tree, go to the hospitol with you mom crying by your bedside because your in a coma, will I still be a bitch for driving 60 on the freeway. Will being an idiot make you more hardcore or something"
kid-"(pause)... **** you"
This made me realize that the only reason kids drive fast and pick on me is to feel "tough."
But feeling tough after picking on the kid who made the list? not a chance. I believe they did that to vent there anger. Which raises the question, do they, or does the kid with the list, need the anger management.
Now i'm not condoning what the columbine kids did what so ever. It was a truly evil act, and even in the face of all the being made fun of they had to endure, there is no reason not to forgive someone. But lets put ourselves in there shoes for a second. My teacher said today that the kids who shot other students at columbine were restless souls. Honestly, I have to disagree. Even if they are dead, they have the comfort of never being picked on again.
This all begs the question, does the kid who threatened society need change, or does society itslef need change?