musings for speech 111

how ironic can that be

I chose to speak about school shootings for my second informational speech assignment. The article in the Hastings Tribune about the kids in Riverton, Ks. reminded me how I felt about this subject, and some of the classes I have attended as an EMT dealing with this subject. Anyway, as I was working away, with CNN rolling in the background, when they announced that some kids in Alaska had just been arrested for plotting to shoot-up a school. Six kids, IN SEVENTH GRADE, were going to cut electricity to the school and start shooting. They cited revenge for being picked on, imagine that!!! A parent heard rumors and foiled the process. In my research, it was noted that only about 50% of kids would tell an adult if they heard about a shooting plot. Now I wonder, How many people reading this blog have heard someone threaten to shoot someone at school, and did they have the means (a gun) to do this??

posted by kevin @ 2:13 PM