thanks for bringing this to the forum.
This has hit us on many levels.
It hurts to see children (they are all still kids) who are striving hard to succeeed suffer due to our society's inability to manage mental illness.
It hurts to know that 32 people with great potential for mankind have been destroyed.
It is scary to think of sending my boys off to school not knowing what lunatic might be lurking in their lives.
It is scary to think of sendning Rite off to college at 16. How will he respond in a situation like that. We are actually having those discussions. I resent having to have those discussions with my child.
It is a harsh reality that we are not "safe" and we must be aware and responsive to our environments just like people in Israel, Iraq, etc. We are too complacent and naive.
It is hard sending my Asian, only minorities in their classrooms, into the world when there is open hostility right now. At least with the open hostility, though, we can be more prepared.
I resent that fear has to be part of their learning time.
I simply wish Cho had never happened. I wish a simple hug would have cured what ailed him. I wish humans were not so complex and frightening.
