Massacre Avoided At Hillsdale High School
Fox News was able to break from Ted Kennedy coverage enough to give the 3am time slot back to Red Eye; for that I would like to say thank you.
On the discussion board was the recent high school bombing of host Greg Gutfeld’s old stomping grounds of Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California. Former student Alex Youshock decided to go into the school armed with pipe bombs as well as a sword and chainsaw. My first reaction was to wonder if this was a joke, sure sounds like it. I mean, who packs a sword and chainsaw? Sounds like to workings of a bad horror film.
Host Greg Gutfeld said:
“He no longer went to Hillsdale and he was one of those kind of strange kids that came back to cause revenge.â€
Everyone remembers a group of kids (or just one kid) from their high school that was questionable at best. It’s tough to pin down what motivates each radical kid to go off the deep end like this. I was in tenth grade when the Columbine shootings occurred and it scared me half to death. If it could happen in a small mountain town, it could certainly happen in my town. Unfortunately these school shootings don’t go away.
Hillsdale English teacher Kennet Santana played a significant role:
“As students crouched for cover in their classrooms, Santana, 34, moved toward the explosions shortly after 8 a.m. Monday. In the hallway outside the library, he saw a boy wearing a tactical vest with what turned out to be eight other pipe bombs.
Santana thought at first the youth was a student trying to run from whatever was happening. But when he noticed a pipe bomb sticking out of one of the boy’s pockets, he realized that the youth was a threat – and that he had to stop him.
Without hesitation, Santana tackled the boy in a bear hug, pinned his arms to his sides, flipped him to the ground and stayed on top of him while yelling at other teachers to call for help.â€
This teacher is certainly a hero, who knows what kind of harm this crazed student could have caused? Lives were saved due to Santana’s heroic efforts.
“Youshock was charged with two counts of premeditated attempted murder, two counts of explosion of a destructive device with the intent to commit murder, two counts of possession of a deadly weapon (a sword and a chain saw), possession of destructive devices in a public place and explosion of a destructive device in an act of terrorism.â€
Hillsdale senior Quinta Ekong reacts:
“It makes you look at everyone and think, ‘It could be you or you or you,’ “she said, “It’s very unnerving.â€
Situations like this leave every student a little shaken, whether close to the scene or states away. Every time this happens it gives us a cold reminder that it can really happen anywhere.
The worst part of this story for me is that something like this is not a surprise; this should be a once-every-20-years type of story (Or it should just never happen at all!!). Unfortunately these things occur far too often, every year or every couple years. Kids need to quit getting so upset by what happens in high school; it is all so trivial!
The good thing here is that they caught this guy at Hillsdale before he killed a bunch of people and then himself, which is usually the way these escapades end. They are usually suicide missions, like Columbine or the Virginia Tech massacre and everything in between. Even academia is not safe…from professors or students!
Another example of our government’s failure to address the problems they have created by creating a huge gap between generations using bureaucratic entities more intent on applying restrictions impeding the rights of parents and teachers to discourage bad behavior.
Another example of our government’s failure to address the problems they have created by creating a huge gap between generations using bureaucratic entities more intent on applying restrictions impeding the rights of parents and teachers to discourage bad behavior.
Ummmmmmm – no government can come between parents and kids IF….IF…the parents take charge and raise their kids the way they are supposed to be raised. WHere were the parents in this case? HOw did their kids build a pipe bomb and they weren’t aware? HARDLY!! THIs is a case of PARENTAL FAILURE TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS!! jUST like th kids at Columbine. Parents needs to start being parents! Stop blaming the government!!
I would like for you to reconsider your words, Carter. It’s because of government interference that this child was allowed to bring weapons of destruction to school.
Since 1987, when I was in school, the DFPS and certain government agencies have made it impossible to discipline a child. For instance, you can’t spank them, or slap them, or threaten to pull a belt and paddle them. When you do, they whip out the “I’m going to call CPS on you.”
Teachers can’t paddle children, principals can, but only with parental consent.
Coaches can’t lay a hand on kids, and even the police can’t do anything, unless the student threatens someone.
At the same time, boys can rape girls, and teachers can have sex with children, and get away with it.
I say that government needs to give parents back their rights to control their children, and we need to rehang the 10 commandments in schools again.
Kids need to learn their place and need to feel that schools are a safe place again.
Kids need to learn the boundaries, and teachers need to learn when to pay attention to kids, so they can pick up on the moods.
Maybe if we let teachers carry guns to school, then we wouldn’t have these problems.
I believe I said they did not anticipate the problems their laws brought about restricting our rights as parent to be parents. I agee wholeheartly with you, sir.
If I generated a positive responce from you, then at least we agree we must analize the end results of a decision which lawmakers fail to take into account.
Thanks, John
Besides, it was Hewlen who mocked my statement.