borndem
Anglophile & registered demwit
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So glad to see that you check backpacks every morning. You just can't be too careful.I work with 4-5 year olds who have trauma/mental illnesses and this kind of thing is what makes me do back pack checks every morning. I get death threats pretty consistently through the day and I’ve only ever caught one weapon, a knife, but it’s so scary sometimes.
I would think that your students would be proud of you and feel safer for what you do each morning. If, OTOH, the checks deterred someone, that would be a victory as well -- at least in your school room. Keep up the good work.
Also hoping your children leave your class feeling better for the work you do with and for them.
Bless you for working with those special young, young students. A good way to start a child's education, and I'm sure the parents/caregivers are glad that you are their child's educator.
bbmHaving raised 7 kids and having 13 grands, I've been around a few 6 year olds.
Can a 6 year old child "intend" to shoot someone? Yes, 100%.
Does a 6 year old child fully understand what "shooting someone" actually means? Absolutely not.
Granted, a 6 year old kid living in the city playing video games has a completely different understanding of things than a 6 year old kid living in the country where farming and hunting may be commonplace (my own kids knew it was common for the pigs to be put down if they escaped the sterile conditions of the barn), but they still don't really understand it the way an adult does.
All of that aside, this has to come down on the people raising this child, and how he had access to both the gun and the ammo, and how he even knew how to load, or handle the gun. All of that comes right back to the adults in his life.
jmo
Absolutely. Without a doubt.
What was/is the situation in that child's life? SMH
Bless the teacher who thought only of the children in her classroom. Prayers for her to heal quickly.
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