14 year old shoots himself in the head during school
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Because nothing like this ever happens in other countries. No no no. Only in America. If anything bad happens it has to be in America, right?Zachary Amaranth said:
You think I don't realize it's a problem? You think I'm so stupid that I don't realize my country is flawed? I know it's a problem, I know there are flaws, and I know it's fucked up. I'm tired of people looking for every little reason to spout their anti-America rhetoric.
Well, it goes without saying that he was incredibly depressed. If I had to guess, I'd say he wanted his death to have an impact on people around him so that he might be remembered.
I've come a long way since then, but that used to be how I felt. The only difference is that my school has over 1,500 students, he school has about 170; for me, I felt that with so many people I was just another face among thousands, that I didn't really matter. I'm not sure what motivated him.
I've come a long way since then, but that used to be how I felt. The only difference is that my school has over 1,500 students, he school has about 170; for me, I felt that with so many people I was just another face among thousands, that I didn't really matter. I'm not sure what motivated him.
Junior high and middle school are the same thing. It's usually called middle school to avoid confusion with being a 'junior in high school'.Amethyst Wind said:
And that's very likely...technically being held back is supposed to be helpful, but I've known a couple people who have had to repeat grades, usually due to adhd complications, and it's one of the most humiliating things you can possibly experience in school.
Shot himself in the face, but was hospitalized? I bet it was a pellet gun. Don't really care why he did it myself, doesn't change my opinions on gun control or bullying.
Tanksie said:
For someone who isn't a "dumbshit" and comes from a "civilized country", you are an absolute moron. The only thing worse than your atrocious spelling is your absolute ignorance. Where are you from? I guarantee you, there is just as much wrong with your homeland as there is with mine.
Maybe you should step down from your pedestal so you see what is and what isn't instead of spouting your filth.
I remember being that depressed and thinking to myself "The only place where I'll have the guts to do it would be at school." Such a horrible time in a person's life. You could argue "bullying" or being picked on, but sometimes school (junior high school, especially) is just an isolating, unpleasant, boring, and miserable experience regardless. Hats off to the kid. They won't ever forget that shit.
The fact that he was able to get his hands on a gun is fairly disconcerting. Not to piss on the right of Americans to bear arms, but this probably means the parents or whatever other instance the child depended on didn't properly secure their sidearm of choice.
While I understand that this right was given to Americans so they'd have tools to fight tyranny and oppression, I'm a little concerned. I've known a few friendly gun nuts in the past, and I just couldn't wrap my head around the purpose of owning a 50-caliber if you owned it for the sole purpose of crossing State lines once a year to go shoot out car wrecks.
If that's all you do with it, then you probably shouldn't own it. It's too much firepower in the hands of a single household. Granted, I'm one of them Commie Canucks, so I haven't seen hide nor hair of a hunting rifle since my early teens - and even then, seeing the thing with the safety on intimidated me so much I treated my uncle's rifle like it was some sort of death-radiating implement of doom (i.e. I avoided the very room it was in).
As for the kid; it indeed seems like it's some kind of attempt at grabbing attention. Either that, or it was your classic "I hate my life and you're all fucking jerks, so THERE!" impulse.
While I understand that this right was given to Americans so they'd have tools to fight tyranny and oppression, I'm a little concerned. I've known a few friendly gun nuts in the past, and I just couldn't wrap my head around the purpose of owning a 50-caliber if you owned it for the sole purpose of crossing State lines once a year to go shoot out car wrecks.
If that's all you do with it, then you probably shouldn't own it. It's too much firepower in the hands of a single household. Granted, I'm one of them Commie Canucks, so I haven't seen hide nor hair of a hunting rifle since my early teens - and even then, seeing the thing with the safety on intimidated me so much I treated my uncle's rifle like it was some sort of death-radiating implement of doom (i.e. I avoided the very room it was in).
As for the kid; it indeed seems like it's some kind of attempt at grabbing attention. Either that, or it was your classic "I hate my life and you're all fucking jerks, so THERE!" impulse.
Possibly. BTW, It usually sounds pathetic, but I'd say if things get to the stage where you beg for attention, something's definately damn wrong.Riki Darnell said:
Judging by my experience of school, and a hell of a lotta other people, I'd guess it was bullying.
Don't forget to comment about their grammar!Kvaedi said:
OT: If he was in Elementary at 14 I would assume that had something to do about it.
You're probably right, but a huge part (I think) of being sapient instead of just sentient is the ability to conciously override our instincts, for good or for ill. My hyperbole aside, there's nothing natural about a 14 year old shooting himself in the head; and the day someone tells me it is a norm, I'm probably going to become greatly distressed.FelixG said:
All I want to know though, is why?