Columbine: The result of School Shootings
...w enforcement, fire or medical personnel responding to the scene. (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/TOC.htm) Two teenagers, obsessed with death. Something must have taught them to be the way they were. Something must have triggered such hatred in their minds. We blame this shooting all on them, why not on what made them do it? I am not saying what they did was right, but I am saying that it couldn't have just been a random thought that popped into their minds one day when they were bored. Unfortunately, there will never be any real answer to why they did what they did. They themselves are the only ones who can answer that. Dylan Klebold was a gifted student, who became active in school play productions and video productions. He was always known as being a shy boy, but never one with a murderous nature. He was a typical teenager with an interest in video games, movies, computers and spending time with groups of other teenagers. Dylan never showed any fascination with guns. He appeared normal, but there was a darker side. He left behind glimpses of his thoughts in a journal he was keeping before the Columbine attack. He was depressed and made mention of never quite fitting in. Dylan wrote that he wanted to die. He mentioned getting someone to buy him a gun so he could kill himself. In November of 1997, Klebold described getting a gun and going on a killing spree. Eric Harris was a seemingly normal teenager, according to his parents. He was an intelligent person who was content to be by himself. Harris was also interested in baseball cards, computer games and videos. Like Klebold, he too became involved in video productions and the school’s Rebel News Network as well as the school’s computer labs. During the spring of 1998, Harris began his journal and wrote about how much he hated mankind and how much he loved his anger. As did Klebold, Eric Harris started a journal. He wrote about how much he hated the world and his belief that he and V (Dylan Klebold) were different because they had self-awareness. Harris wrote, “I will sooner die than betray my own thoughts, but before I leave this worthless place, I will kill whoever I deem unfit…” He documented that he wanted revenge against anyone who he perceived had ever wronged him. (http://www.cnn.com) Harris and Klebold both wrote of not fitting in, not being accepted and their lack of self-esteem. They refl...