I tried to find a quote "appropriate" for what has happened at Virginia Tech, but I've found nothing. I lay awake last night until 12:30, the horror of this tragedy finally sinking in and coursing through me. I couldn't react "normally" when I found out yesterday; I was in the middle of teaching a class when the assistant principal came in and delivered the news. My students knew by my face that something was wrong, and I couldn't lie to them though I certainly didn't want to have to tell them----These kids who have so recently experienced a shooting in their own community don't need to know it has happened again.
I don't even know what else to say. My heart breaks for the students, for the families, for the people who maybe could have done something differently at various junctures in that couple hour block of time. And of course, there is the question why, which is almost too exhausting to even ask, again.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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what a tragedy. i was going to write a post about it this moring, yet i can't seem to find the words. this sadness pierces my heart. those poor families.
my brother-in-law's dad works in the building where the second shooting occurred. my sister called to tell me the news and it made me feel sick to my stomach, literally. he made it out safely..but, my god, between this and red lake, these shootings hit much too close to home for me. i can understand the way you felt yesterday...because i feel that way too.
I agree, Laura. I can make no sense of this, nor can I really take it in. I cannot imagine the sorrow and distress the families are going through right now.
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