Being a high schooler now is sometimes a scary proposition. When this stuff happens, you know that there are going to be copy-cats, but where? Would your school be next? Your friends? Teachers? YOU?? They don't see wrong in what they do, some see revenge, some are so blinded by rage, they probably don't see anything when they're doing it, and others see glory. It is almost 2 years since Columbine, and we're still talking about it. The library long since sealed off, shooters long dead, memorial made, a town's innocence taken away, and 2 year later, when something happens, the first words every news anchor says: "Columbine." But there are others. "Littleboro." "Santee." "Pearl." and there are, sadly enough, many more. So many people made immortal because they killed someone, and more often than not, someone that they never meant to kill. The media makes them immortal, and drills them into our heads so we'll never forget. Yet nothing changes. Many safety precautions springing from Columbine have had some good results, but the truth is, if the people want to do it, they will. In my school alone, everyone knows about the one door that's always open. You get there a little after school, you can go just about anywhere and do just about anything, and see no one. About the only thing you can do is hope that it doesn't happen here. Hope that the security measures work, hope that someone says something. In conclusion, I'd say that silence is truly golden, but also deadly. Silence of the media can prevent glorification and copycats, but silence of someone who has been told can be deadly. It's all just a vicious cycle.

Jakers