Something's Gotta Give

This was going to be a different post.  I was originally going to talk about my upcoming blogiversary and how to move forward after 8 years.

Also originally I was never going to talk about Parkland, I'm still not really going to,  but in light of events that happened at my job yesterday, I'm going to simply share my Facebook status from last night instead.

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I was in the 1st grade when I decided I wanted to be a teacher.

I was in the 4th grade when Columbine happened.

I was in the 10th grade when Rocori happened.

I was in the 12th grade when VA Tech happened.

I was 23 when I got my first teaching job.

Despite the countless school shootings that have happened in my life time, never did I think that at 29 I would witness a student get arrested for making threats to shoot up the school I work in while having to escort other students out of their classes so their parents could take them home.

And luckily it was just that, a threat, a "joke" they thought would be a funny prank.  But something needs to give.  And I still say it's not so much gun laws as it is precautions in schools to prevent this, parenting, and the media.