VT
Sometimes I just surprise myself.
I'm so angry and upset at the same time. Why? Because of Virginia Tech. I knew about it yesterday but I read about it in today's paper. I cried when I read about how the gunman just came in so casually and started shooting people. How he left and they barricaded the door before he tried to come in again and he started shooting at the door. How one of the professors tried to barricade the door as he told the students to flee, and how the students jumped out of a second story window. That amazes me, how selfless people can be in a crisis.
I hope that I would have the courage to be like those heroes if ever I need to be.
And how stupid people can be also. I don't understand how they didn't get the word out sooner, or how they didn't even cancel classes. Two people were gunned down that morning in a dormitory and the gunman was still on the loose. Why would you still have classes?! Even if they couldn't have gotten word to the commuters by email or phone, they could have just posted a sign on the classroom door saying class was cancelled and that they should go home. That might have helped them from being gunned down in a chained up building.
I think it just hit so hard because I've really been learning the value of life and how really precious it is. And just how lucky I am to be here. That could have been me. Most of them are the same age as me. They're my peers. It's just upsetting they'll never get to do the things that I can and will do.
I hope they rest in peace.
I'm so angry and upset at the same time. Why? Because of Virginia Tech. I knew about it yesterday but I read about it in today's paper. I cried when I read about how the gunman just came in so casually and started shooting people. How he left and they barricaded the door before he tried to come in again and he started shooting at the door. How one of the professors tried to barricade the door as he told the students to flee, and how the students jumped out of a second story window. That amazes me, how selfless people can be in a crisis.
I hope that I would have the courage to be like those heroes if ever I need to be.
And how stupid people can be also. I don't understand how they didn't get the word out sooner, or how they didn't even cancel classes. Two people were gunned down that morning in a dormitory and the gunman was still on the loose. Why would you still have classes?! Even if they couldn't have gotten word to the commuters by email or phone, they could have just posted a sign on the classroom door saying class was cancelled and that they should go home. That might have helped them from being gunned down in a chained up building.
I think it just hit so hard because I've really been learning the value of life and how really precious it is. And just how lucky I am to be here. That could have been me. Most of them are the same age as me. They're my peers. It's just upsetting they'll never get to do the things that I can and will do.
I hope they rest in peace.