Linda7NJ
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I taught Behaviorally/Emotionally disturbed children for a year back in 2000. We had 8 students and a padded room in the classroom because these children were violent and a threat to harm others. One wore cowboy boots each day and was placed in our class after stomping on his teachers feet with those darn boots. These kids were so angry that they just wanted to hurt somebody. They were very impulsive, but unlike most childish impulses, their impulses tended to be violent.
I thought of those students when I read about this boy shooting his mom. There is alot going on in this boy's mind. I wonder if the school had referred him to any kind of special services considering his history of violence in the school environment. If not, they dropped the ball, IMO.
It doesn't necessarily change the course of a violent child's life to receive these types of school services. One of my former student's is now serving a sentence for most of his adult life for raping beating and robbing a woman when he was 18. Damien was the cutest little dark brown boy with a funny humor and a little man voice. He also had issues with white people. He told me one day "I don't have to listen to no white teacher." I responded by "telling him that people are like m&m's, we are all different colors on the outside but on the inside we are all the same". His victim was a white woman. The DA said after the trial that even though he claimed remorse at the trial, they had him on camera joking and laughing about his crime and how he eluded police for awhile.
Is it possible that some people are born without a conscience?
Sorry for the personal story but this particular crime brought back a flood of memories for me. I still think and worry about those students from so long ago who taught me so much.
So sad that this young man killed his own mother. It is hard to understand. And MizzIzzy, I agree with you. I bet he wants his mother.
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IMO Yes.
Sounds like Damien is right where he should be and God help everyone that crosses his path when/if he gets out.
Had he did the same crime, even while using a gun, at a young age it brings me zero comfort that he would get some "treatment" and sent off to live w/ relatives. Sometimes age just doesn't matter all that much. imo