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That was my observation, too. Isn't it interesting that one high school in a small to medium sized city can have such a range of people? But would you want to send your child to a school where they would be surrounded by potential Nobel winners but also felons and suspected murderers?
Alice
See my post in the other thread on this.
By the way, in my suburban school we didn't have any students arrested beyond DUIs (not to minimize those) - but, a notable portion of those students came from families involved in organized crime. So, if we're talking felons, let's spread that definition out to include all demographics.
Very interesting that this suspect went to Jordan High when it was just announced that the Junior Nobel Prize winner also went to the same school (I say this intentionally to balance out information about that school) (I have no idea how good the school is.
That was my observation, too. Isn't it interesting that one high school in a small to medium sized city can have such a range of people? But would you want to send your child to a school where they would be surrounded by potential Nobel winners but also felons and suspected murderers?
Alice
So what do we do? Should we all home school our children and teach them to live in fear? The problem is we never know who we are surrounded by.
I read about the arrest of the 2 kids (whom police called men?) who committed the Chapel Hill murder. I'm very sad about this since they are just kids. Where were the parents? Is it not their responsibility to raise good kids? How did they go the criminal route instead of staying in school and getting busy being teenagers? I'm sorry guys but I say charge the parents for being so irresponsible about raising these kids. 9 out of 10 times, it is the parents who hurt their own kids by not caring/disciplining enough, rather than the system. When I look back at my childhood and remember how much I was beaten/spanked/disciplined, I thank my parents every day that they did that to me because that's why I am who I am today. Give these kids a break and go after the parents!
This statement is just a little too broad -- while parents may be held complicit, liable, responsible, whatever, in many cases, there are plenty examples of children intent on doing wrong.
It is a shame the legal system, and prisons, are not more of a deterrent. It used to be real punishment to spend time in a juvenile facility, jail cell, or prison.
I am more than certain that public school teachers, social workers, juvenile probation officers, and judges, could provide just as many examples of children with good parents gone 'bad,' and children with 'sorry' parents who did very well.
You're kidding right? Surely you don't think these two are merely victims of their environment?
NO one made them kill this girl, regardless of the type of childhood they may or may not have had.
FRY EM.
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How sad that college students are now considered targets
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Charge the parents!
