Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Another (yawn) mass shooting

Another mass shooting in a school.  Sometimes there is no simple answer to crappy situations.  Some people are just at their core bad and unfixable.  No amount of counseling, therapy, drugs, etc., can “fix” some people.  Is it the school’s responsibility to play psychoanalyst and suggest treatment and send the student to jail if the student doesn’t follow through?  I don’t think so.

Nowadays teachers and the school system can’t do diddly because the students they are trying to teach are not taught how to respect anything nor anybody.  Rules are for everybody else.  If a kid gets a bad grade, you can bet the parents are on the phone to the teacher advocating for a better grade although the student does not deserve it.  God help if disciplinary action is needed.  Parents are the first ones to howl that Their Little Johnny is completely innocent or the teacher is out to get him.

There is so much pressure on kids these days to have over-the-top schedules they are one tick off from going off the deep end due to the stress.  Frankly, I’m surprised there isn’t more violence in schools.   Gun violence is the symptom of a much deeper problem.

I’m going to spare you the social media outcry on both ends of the gun control spectrum.  Knee-jerk, emotional reactions plastered all over social media are for the self-righteous who think they are holier than thou.  Ametures.  Don’t bite on the political postings or postings claiming you should be doing this or that.  Postings of such are devisive and polarizing our population.  Everybody is out trying to shove their belief system down everybody’s throats.  Everybody is on their soapbox.  Everybody thinks they are right.

Be mindful of the source of your information and news.  Social media is thick with half-truths wanting to manipulate you.  Getting your news and forming options from social media that has not been vetted is dangerous.  Anybody can write anything and post anything.....and they do.  Get your news from multiple sources and from multiple nations.

Free speech and freedom of the press can be a double edged sword.  Nobody ever said that what is printed or spoken has to be truth.  Most of the time, it isn’t.

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