On the day of April 20th, 1999 a devastating disaster occurred. “Columbine is located in the southern end of the district, nestled just below the foothills of the Rocky Mountains”(Austin). This high school on the edge of the Rocky Mountains was put into a life threatening situation no other school would ever want to be in. Two boys, known as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold proceeded to shoot their highschool dead. At the end of the day thirteen died; twelve students and one teacher. “twelve students and a teacher were dead”(Austin). After they committed such a gruesome crime, they turned the guns on themselves. “Two gunmen (fellow students) had shot and killed themselves”(Austin).
When Kristie first heard of what had happened her initial reaction was shock, she couldn’t believe it was actually happening. “It was so devastating because it was at a high school full of kids who didn’t deserve what was happening to them”(Meyer). Her reaction today would be more dismayed then anything, back then she was hoping to bring her daughter and 2 other children into a better world then what those boys were doing to that school and hoping that what they had done would never harm anymore than they had. Kristie thought that the way it shaped society was for the worse but better in some circumstances. For the better would be because it gave us the necessary school protection that they didn’t have back then but for the worse because it made other believe it was “acceptable” to do something like that. There were some valuable lessons learned that may help other schools should they face a similar crisis in the future”(Austin). Like Kristie said, for the better because it gave schools lessons and what to do in a situation like that. As Kristie was in labor with her daughter, she heard the news of the school shooting and was scared but more than anything let down. Kristie had said “All i could do was shake my head at those boys and grieve for those of the wounded”(Meyer). She wasn’t proud of what they did or what could happen because of them. Kristie doesn’t believe that any immediate changes took place but parents did start to look at there children and question whether or not this could happen to them, and parents started to put more time into their child 's life and interact more as a result of the shooting. …show more content…
“The Columbine students and staff gathered together over the next few days for comfort, support, debriefings, and discussions about the facts and effects of the tragedy and plans for returning to school. Updates were given on injured students, funerals, memorial services, and available mental health and community services”(Austin). Kristie said “Slowly but surely small changes are being made such as airport metal detectors, SRO’s, and teachers really interacting with their students as well as looking out for them and what they’re going through”(Meyer). She believes that teachers are tracking students behavior, watching to see if they’re reclusive or not, watching if they’re not talking when normally they would be, thinking could this student be capable of doing an act so horrific due to their behavior or what they 're going through. She believes more teachers are trying to interact with students and not sweep them under the rug like those boys may have been. “Often staff members were so concerned about meeting the needs of the students that they neglected to realize their own needs”(Austin). This event affected her and others around her more on more of a personal level because she had 3 small children and other were having children as well. It was hard for everyone because they were thinking about if this could happen to their children. She and others were about to put their children in school and were scared for their lives because they didn’t want another event like that to happen locally. “Some students were not able to return to Columbine, but chose home schooling as an option. Others did not go back to school in the spring, but returned the next fall. Still other students attended school part-time
When Kristie first heard of what had happened her initial reaction was shock, she couldn’t believe it was actually happening. “It was so devastating because it was at a high school full of kids who didn’t deserve what was happening to them”(Meyer). Her reaction today would be more dismayed then anything, back then she was hoping to bring her daughter and 2 other children into a better world then what those boys were doing to that school and hoping that what they had done would never harm anymore than they had. Kristie thought that the way it shaped society was for the worse but better in some circumstances. For the better would be because it gave us the necessary school protection that they didn’t have back then but for the worse because it made other believe it was “acceptable” to do something like that. There were some valuable lessons learned that may help other schools should they face a similar crisis in the future”(Austin). Like Kristie said, for the better because it gave schools lessons and what to do in a situation like that. As Kristie was in labor with her daughter, she heard the news of the school shooting and was scared but more than anything let down. Kristie had said “All i could do was shake my head at those boys and grieve for those of the wounded”(Meyer). She wasn’t proud of what they did or what could happen because of them. Kristie doesn’t believe that any immediate changes took place but parents did start to look at there children and question whether or not this could happen to them, and parents started to put more time into their child 's life and interact more as a result of the shooting. …show more content…
“The Columbine students and staff gathered together over the next few days for comfort, support, debriefings, and discussions about the facts and effects of the tragedy and plans for returning to school. Updates were given on injured students, funerals, memorial services, and available mental health and community services”(Austin). Kristie said “Slowly but surely small changes are being made such as airport metal detectors, SRO’s, and teachers really interacting with their students as well as looking out for them and what they’re going through”(Meyer). She believes that teachers are tracking students behavior, watching to see if they’re reclusive or not, watching if they’re not talking when normally they would be, thinking could this student be capable of doing an act so horrific due to their behavior or what they 're going through. She believes more teachers are trying to interact with students and not sweep them under the rug like those boys may have been. “Often staff members were so concerned about meeting the needs of the students that they neglected to realize their own needs”(Austin). This event affected her and others around her more on more of a personal level because she had 3 small children and other were having children as well. It was hard for everyone because they were thinking about if this could happen to their children. She and others were about to put their children in school and were scared for their lives because they didn’t want another event like that to happen locally. “Some students were not able to return to Columbine, but chose home schooling as an option. Others did not go back to school in the spring, but returned the next fall. Still other students attended school part-time