What is up with all this violence in the schools????
I was at UW-Madison for a workshop yesterday. I spent most of today talking to my classes (on the first day of class this trimester) about my experience up in Marinette and how we are better prepared now to handle things like what has been happening this week. (I think we did exactly what should have been done in Marinette and don’t mean to say anything negative about how the staff, etc. reacted then.)
Lots of sullen faces and serious looks. I broke down and cried each time. It’s hard to say that I’m thankful that the boy involved only committed suicide rather than kill his classmates as well, but that’s the truth.
We still don’t have any answers to why he did what we did, but it helps me talk to my kids about things and encourage them to say something if they hear or see something, and that we have a plan, what to do, and how I feel safe being here or I wouldn’t be here.
