This event is nothing to lift up or memorialize in My Opinion.

"So why give the Insdie Ed post topic a commited tragic Mass Murder any print energy?"

Evil does exist. Discounting religious and behavioral arguments, anyone who has lived a certain number of years can attest that evil is real. And yes, it was manifested in the incident at Columbine.

To get some other viewpoints on the shootings you read these articles in other newspapers

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124001474857430973.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/books/06Masl.html?fta=y

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12120164

I think teachers and staff should pay more attention to students who lack social skills.If a teacher notice that a student is constanly getting bullied and picked on, teacher should take action. Some teachers just let the bullying slide and that's not good. Alot of times students get tired of getting made fun of, so thet retaulate. Lacking social skills is common in high school because everyone wants top fit in. Teachers and staff need to be more aware. Activities should be started so that students can interact with each other

Guns should be DNA locked so that only the people that are old enough can use them. Also they should be signal activated so that they only work in certain areas. If they have money to pay for murdering tools then you must have money to make them safer.

Guns are so easy to obtain and since its difficult to stop the illigal distribution then prevent their mechanical operation entirly

Robert johnson
MATHS student

Access to guns.

I think kids should not be able to have access to guns because they don't even know what to do with them. They get there guns to look cool, and then they turn around and hurt people that are innocent. First of all why are owners of guns giving them to kids? We will never know because there is alot behind guns, stuff like this: gangs, drugs, and money. Even if people weren't innocent i think they should deal with it in a certain way which is positive, instead of doing the first thing that comes to mind. So no kid below the age of 18 without an I.D. for gun access shouldn't be allwoed to have access to guns.

So that things dont excell to such a level i think that people should have social party programs. I feel like if you understand someones mindset, their history, where they come from and why they do the things they do you will get a better understanding of that person. Social party programs will not only give you a better understanding of people, but they will give you a chance to voice your opinion and be heard. Im not saying that this will get rid of all the confusion, but i believe it can get rid of most of it.

Alternative programs already exist. But , most of them do not work. How can alternative programs work if all the alternative children are in one program .They shouldnt put all these .people in one place because all its doing is putting themselves in danger. I say this because all of them together is like putting everybody in jail and a correctional officer gets killed for no reason.they can kill eachother,set up mass murders and or a robbery.You dont know there every move because when the program is not in session you dont know if there not in the program they can act differently . So its no point for the program if it does not work.

Children access to guns are rediculous .I think children should not be able to purchase guns because its putting the store manager and themselves in danger.The store owner can get locked up for selling a illegal weapon to a minor .The minor is in danger because they if they use the gun they can be caught and get arrested . And, thats why we have so many Highschool Dropouts in many different places. I say this because of the violence children arent able to go to school no more.
I am a student from M.A.T.H.S

I think that now days it easy for kids and people to get guns.Now days you can go down the street to any where in any hood and ask a person if they selling guns some will give it to you.I remenber one time i was wlking down the street and this man was trying to sell me a gun. Now days peole can get guns any time they want.

I feel as though kids having access to guns is an outrage. I feel as though anybody under the age of 21 should not be able to purchase them.If a store owner is willing to sell a gun to a teenager they should be locked up.There puting basically everyones lives in danger.

Today social skills in Baltimore City Schools are not very strong. It isn't mandatory for all students to get along. The popular kids look down on on other kids. Kids get fed-up with being mistreated and I feel that their anger will take control. I understand how uncooperative children should be moved to alternative programs, but teachers don't always know who they are. A child can get fed-up with how they are treated differently.

I think the Baltimore City Sun is right about how access to guns are a big problem because kids that really are getting bulllied can really just get a weapon if their parents own one and really kill someone.Weapons should be illegal in away because the law is also making a law for us to have guns so we can be protected.We seriously probably dont need to owe a gun to protect ourselves,We can use other weapons like knives or other weapons that wont at least kill someone .Women use pepper spray and that works pretty well.This is my opinion about access to guns.

I think that the schools should work on socal skills.I think this because when stuff like columbine happens the kids that do it be the ones that have no friends or have a ruff time in school.If the school took time to just talk to the ones that are having problems at home or in school and help them work it out so they can know that people care about them.

I think certain kids have major access to guns because certain places makes it seem as though without a gun you won't survive. Like for example if I personally wanted a gun all I had to do is tell a certain person I know that I need it, why I need it and I could get it. But honestly certain kids don't really have access to guns unless they live in the "hood" or in the "rich white neighborhoods". People get guns for to reasons: one-because they can or two-because they think they need it. And really that's the problem. Guns don't kill people, People kill People and the government,society,and everyone fails to realize that. Just cause you take away the guns don't mean anythings going to change. People are still going to get killed,crimes are still going to happen so stop blaming the weapon and blame the person holding it.

I think the government should ban weapons from the world. If this happens we not have to worry about shooting,stapping and etc. The world would be a better place to live if there were no weapons. I know i would feel better with out weapons in the world

I think that children getting guns is insane. Also Baltiimore need more social classes because some of them need a gun to feel strong or cool. Also if people stop being jerks and talk to each other the world would peaceful. Also Dr.Alosnso need to put some talk to each other classes like all boy classes so they can be real with one another and all girl classes for like 45 minutes so then everybody will learn about one another

I dont think that children should have access to guns because when they get in a fight they may think that its okay to use the guns an thats okay. an also it may be a high risk that most males an females may go to jail at the age of 14 an 15 because it starts around that age range,thinking that its okay use guns for violence and thinking thats its the easy way out during a fight.An some kids fight there parents an really mean to hurt them because they had no type of control over them as they was much younger than they are now.so for example a child gets into an argument with there parent an that child get so mad to the point where they remember that they have a gun an so they try an use it for protection.But i really do think that some kids who think about getting a gun or useing one should really think about it an what the consequences they will have to suffer if they will be in jail or what..

MATHS Students - Well said. So glad your teacher has you all posting here. I hope you all keep it up without Mr. Donaldson's urging! You have great opinions.

Now all we need are some of you to graduate, get that college degree, and run for Congress! If you all could only talk to some of the politicians who are afraid to speak up and be heard... darn NRA.

I think that its is so sad that them young kids had to go through that. The kids parents were shocked and very emotional about the situation. During school lacking social skills are common. Kids get get guns easily from off the streets or they would steal it from there parents for protection.

I personally believe that even still after columbine schools still have'nt tried to prevent events like this from happening. They (schools) are seen to let minor altercations fly and this alot of times lead to more violent events. Yet this is still partially the school board's fault, because of the student to teacher ratio it is sometimes difficult to address the bullying of students. I do believe we (schools;everyone) need to take the issue more seriously and learn to better address it.

My opinion is that kids that have low social skills and that gets picked on a lot should be taken under consideration of being watched everyday to see why and how they are being treated during the day in school because sometimes the teachers miss things with their backs turned and other students want to help but are either to afraid to speak up for them or are just to scared of what might happen to them if they tried to stop the bullying.

{Access to guns}
There are a lot of kids that can get guns, from family members, friends or they can get their money together and be about to go out and buy there own gun. I knew this kid he didn't really talk to anyone but if you make him mad he can become the devil. Because on May 10th 2006 I was down Lombard middle and when this happened we were in lunch. Just before lunch was over, someone just had to open and tossed a carton of milk and it hit that quiet kid...Once he got hit everybody had got quiet because they saw that the milk covered him. He stood up slow but all he knew was which side of the cafeteria the milk came from. He walks over and looks at the trash can then he tossed it at the last table and hit over 6 people & 2 teachers. Also he had hit the student that was close to him.

The way how kids guns easier et is because they go to store and they get fake ideas and put a fake age on there. It is easy because Kids access guns easily because there's at least one gun in 40 percent of American homes. 30 to 40 percent is that those under the legal age to buy a gun can get one without much difficulty if they know the right people and have the money -- or drugs -- to make the illegal purchase.. Or they simply steal it.

I think it is messed up that they killed all those people and even if they got bullied it still isn't right that they killed 13 people. Bulling is a problem but killing people is not the answer and they should have solved it a better way. The public blames the gothic culture, violent video games, and tv but that shouldn't be the blame because if that is the case I would have killed some people too. You can blame it on the school staff and the parents because it is their job to be aware of things such as bulling. You can also blame it on the fact that the two kids were able to get guns in the first place and the police should look more into things like that so it is less likely to happen at a school again. As for social skills and programs in school in school to stop bulling I think school should have it just not every student. For the students that do have it they should be able to say I do or don't want to join it unless their parents want them to join. Sorry to the people who lost loved ones because of Columbine.

Go MATHS students!

It's great to get a student perspective! You have some strong and insightful ideas! I hope you keep posting about the various issues on this blog. They almost all affect you! YOU are what we are all about!

I had a student a couple years ago who told me his Dad had a houseful of guns. My student took a gun away from a younger brother. It turned out to be loaded. My student probably saved his sibling's life.Scary!

Keep up the writing!