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Volume 3, #32April 28, 1999
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Colorado Massacre No Surprise
by Susan Jankowski, M.Ed.
The Colorado high school massacre was bound to be a reactionary media
feeding frenzy and, as usual, big business did not disappoint. That very
day, even Bill Mahr (Politically Incorrect-ABC), was screaming for gun
control, proclaiming this tragedy "a message from God" and calling the
event "ironic" in view of an upcoming NRA meeting in Denver. (Were these
boys card-carrying NRA members?)
Once again, the media's discourse is soooooo predictable: ban guns,
drugs, violent movies (except news footage), internet access, black
clothing and "goth" records. (I wonder, during a search, can dogs
distinguish between Marilyn Manson and Mozart?)
I've yet to hear or see one reporter asking the most important question
of all: "Prior to the massacre, what measures had been taken to help the
children who committed the murders...what drove these kids to so
violently 'snap'? How did things go so far?"
I am not saying the boys themselves are not accountable. Only one finger
pulls the trigger on a gun. But there are numerous reports that the boys
were repeatedly victimized by peers--perhaps provoking them to, in their
distorted minds, turn the dynamic around. Since these kids reportedly
made no waves, school staff apparently never asked them about their
penchant for death and why they continuously drew swastikas on
themselves. (Is there enough staff at this school to take time out to
ask? Probably not.) And what of the parents? Did they ever have a
heart-to-heart about their boys'obsession with Hitler, bombs and death?
Where and when did the boys make the bombs and store their arsenals? Did
school personnel and parents ever talk to each other about the impact of
the ongoing ridicule and other concerns? Did these boys have anyone else
to talk to, except for themselves?
One of the teachers interviewed by a TV reporter was incredulous that
such violence could occur at her school. "I always thought this sort of
thing happened somewhere else," she said. Now, no one in America can
ignore this wake-up call.
But sadly, signs of reactionary, short-term solutions abound: Line these
kids up and search every last one. Collect their urine, blood, hair,
fingerprints; track their Net searches, record their telephone
conversations; lock them up. As a former public school teacher, I can
tell you, there are a lot of similarities between schools and prisons.
And prisoners often rebel.
By all appearances, Littleton, Colorado is a white picket fence- sort of
town. And after the last news van hits the road, life there, and
elsewhere in America, will go on. Children will continue to be ignored
and discredited by the adults in their lives, who will choose to turn a
blind eye to all that is unpleasant--such as problems at school--unless
it involves dollar amounts. Victimizing people will still be accepted as
normal, and for the winners in our society, a sort of birthright.
Anything, or anybody, viewed as "different" will be ostracized. We will
continue to feed on a steady diet of violence and glorify war. And
troubled kids will continue to suffer in silence, products of a culture
that does not value the feelings and perceptions of its children and
chooses to ignore the realities of today's playground.
It's been said that schools are microcosms of society and they are.
>From what I've experienced during my seven years in public schools,
this sort of thing is, unfortunately, bound to happen again -- just not
in your home town.
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