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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Speechless About Campus Shootings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Teenagers jumping out of class windows. Teachers shot in mid-lecture. Frightened students hiding behind overturned desks. Sadly, the details of the senseless violence at Virginia Tech sound too familiar.
In a twisted coincidence, Columbine, one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, happened eight years ago this week.
Random violence can strike at a nightclub, in a park, on the highway. But, to me, there’s something extra-sinister about killing kids in a classroom, a place where they’ve gone to learn and better themselves.
Perhaps President Bush summed up what I’m trying to say best: “Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom….”
