February 20, 2018 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Taking Responsibility

I am sure you have heard of the high school shooting in Florida. Once again, a tragic and senseless series of events that led to multiple deaths. So many families were touched by the sin not only of the shooter but all of those that could have done something but did nothing.

My dad taught me to stand up for the mentally unstable student in school. We often had this lecture around the dinner table at night. My dad stood up for the ‘under-dog’, the person that could be taken advantage of by other students.

I briefly watched how high school students are protesting for more and stricter gun laws. I am sure more can be done in this area, but it is not gun laws that will correct or solve this type of violence in our schools. It is the students themselves that must ‘look inward’ in solving similar senseless crimes of violence.

Students are being manipulated to demonstrate and they are told that government must solve the problem of violence. I differ very strongly to this line of thinking. It is the students themselves that must bear the responsibility for the high school shooting.

This young man was ignored or cast aside—isolated by fellow students at his high school. For years he was acting out inappropriate behavior and violence yet no one came to his rescue. Furthermore, students decided not to get involved—they believe it is not their problem. Well, now it is!

Students should have reached out to their fellow student. They should not have covered up his violent behavior or words. They needed to take the proper steps to correct, resist and stop the behavior of the shooter. If I were to place the blame on someone or group it would be this young man’s schoolmates.

It is time for students to accept their part in why this young man shot his school friends. It is time for students to indeed get their friends in trouble with the law or become the ‘lawmen’ themselves. High school students, it is time to become mature, responsible and able body citizens by making sure your school friends do what is right—do not look the other way. It is time to accept responsibility for this terrible crime and make sure it does not happen again in your schools.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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