As a survivor to the Columbine Massacre, I feel schools, and colleges should do more to prevent these things.?

Rather than get into the never-ending gun debate out there, I would suggest an aggressive testing program to help focus on pre-crisis areas developing within certain people.. There can be little doubt out there that people have to be willing to reach out and communicate much more with those around us who are having a tough time adjusting.....badgering them will only heighten their negativity! It's time, don't you think???

Well if you ask me , I have 3 children in school and this scares me everyday to think that this is the society that we live in. 1. Keep schools on lock down at all times only teachers and school officials have access parents can be buzzed in upon arrival. 2. Cameras all over every campus. 3. Can we say METAL DETECTORS!! In major cities they have them why not at all schools now because that is what it has come too, there is quite alot that can be done and needs to be done and I think we as parents should fight and make that happen if we dont protect our kids who will? 4. And when you have a kid that is this messed up in the head do something to help that kid before its too late for him and other people. I know it sounds drastic but its gonna take drastic to make a change. I am very glad that you did survive but I am sorry that you had to go through it at all.

Wow, could you email me your story? I am really, really interested. I am a juve counselor who works to prevent things like that. Columbine is the key case that is studied in all college Juve Delinquency courses now and I have a better than average knowledge base on the tragedy the most (I also lived near Littleton, CO on an Army base as a kid). My email address is [email protected] To prevent this stuff, I suggest a few things: 1. Metal detectors 2. Frisking 3. Random car searches of students when coming to school 4. Enforcement and strengthening of bullying laws 5. Equal punishment of students (so many seem to have this obsession with the spirit groups and sports teams). I know in my school athletes (and in some cases "popular" kids) were "dealt with by coach" while everyone else got what was in the handbook. 6. If legal-Peer outreach, counseling groups (sometimes helps to talk to others than to officials--however a licensed, professional counselor would oversee this) Please, if you can, I would LOVE to hear your story and your ideas about strategies to prevent these tragedies. I would also be interested to hear about how well you knew Klebold and Harris and where you were when the tragedy happened. Did you get injured during it? God bless.

you know, I agree with you...but this is America, and everyone wants their own privacy and we all know we have "rights". If school authorities dig a bit deeper into someone's life without something very serious, they get sue. People's afraid of that...we usually stay out of each other's way till some terrible things strike then we all regret afterward.

It sounds good in theory (I'm glad you survived, BTW), but how? I can see increases for student services (counselling, etc), but any new mandated expenses have to be paid for somehow - and the buck generally gets passed to tuition, which is already skyrocketing out of control.

I'm sure many people feel that way. I do as well. I'm sorry about that but I think it would be pretty amazing to live through that. Not amazing as in a great thing but I'm sure in ways it has made you a better person. I agree with the whole security thing but it is so hard to increase security. It is expensive and if someone wants something bad enough, they will find a way around it all. No saying it isn't worth a try though.

there will always be whack jobs in the world...what do you want done? a deep cavity search of everyone entering the premises? random searches?? yea im sure someone who's planning on offing a bunch of people is gonna think "well i was gonna kill a bunch of people today but since theres a slim chance i might get caught beforehand im not gonna try it".....get real and honestly i don't think this is any new phenomenon...just faster and more widespread media...in a matter of hours the VT massacre was the biggest story from boston to budapest. Its even on the aljazeera.net site! i dont remember any kind of herd mentality like this before multimedia came along

What do you suggest? What would have helped at Columbine? Since you are a survivor, have you done anything proactive at your school to help educate and promote healing? What should others know? Why the thumbs down? My questions are not with sarcasim. Just asking for some more info on this subject that was brought up

not just the colleges...but why should you allow to have guns..without permit...that is not Illegal in VERGINIA but it is worst than having gun without license where it is ILLEGAL... so law system needs to be changed.....I think we need one middle eastern or asian President who was ofcourse BORN in "United States of The America".