Attack on School Children

April 16, 2007
Blacksburg, Va.

A 23-year-old Virginia Tech student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.

Sept. 21, 2007
Dover, Del.

A Delaware State Univesity Freshman, Loyer D. Brandon, shot and wounded two other Freshman students on the University campus. Brandon is being charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless engagement, as well as a gun charge.

Oct. 10, 2007
Cleveland, Ohio

A 14-year-old student at a Cleveland high school, Asa H. Coon, shot and injured two students and two teachers before he shot and killed himself. The victims’ injuries were not life-threatening.

Nov. 7, 2007
Tuusula, Finland

An 18-year-old student in southern Finland shot and killed five boys, two girls, and the female principal at Jokela High School. At least 10 others were injured. The gunman shot himself and died from his wounds in the hospital.

Feb. 8, 2008
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A nursing student shot and killed two women and then herself in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge.

Feb. 11, 2008
Memphis, Tennessee

A 17-year-old student at Mitchell High School shot and wounded a classmate in gym class.

Feb. 12, 2008
Oxnard, California

A 14-year-old boy shot a student at E.O. Green Junior High School causing the 15-year-old victim to be brain dead.

Feb. 14, 2008
DeKalb, Illinois

Gunman killed five students and then himself, and wounded 17 more when he opened fire on a classroom at Northern Illinois University. The gunman, Stephen P. Kazmierczak, was identified as a former graduate student at the university in 2007.

Sept. 23, 2008
Kauhajoki, Finland

A 20-year-old male student shot and killed at least nine students and himself at a vocational college in Kauhajok, 330km (205 miles) north of the capital, Helsinki.

Nov. 12, 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

A 15-year-old female student was shot and killed by a classmate at at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale.

March 11, 2009
Winnenden, Germany

Fifteen people were shot and killed at Albertville Technical High School in southwestern Germany by a 17-year-old boy who attended the same school.

Source: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777958.html

Why such incidents are becoming so common and frequent? Where is the mistake? What are the bases for such cases?

Though the outside world plays a vital role in molding a child, the more he is shaped in his own family circle. A baby who was taught often about loving the fellow humans will never go to such extreme levels.

I remember an incident happened to my son in his play school. My son played with a toy. I called him to show a picture. He kept his toy and came to me. When he returned back, he found that another kid took his toy. He went to that kid and asked. But that kid refused. My son is also young to understand. He is just 2 years old. So he came to me and cried. I tried to convince and said that the other kid also have to play. But he again went to the kid asking for that. You know what the mother of that kid said? “Get away Boy”. She also advised her son (that kid is nearly 4+ years old) not to give/share the toy.

Are we teaching right things to our kids? During my young age, my father used to bring ONE snack packet, which we three siblings need to share. But now most of the fathers bring 3 separate snack packets, if they have 3 kids. Where will they learn sharing then? Also most of the working parents are not able to give enough time to their kids and think that giving enough pocket money will do everything. The frustrated kids are just finding wrong outlets.

It is high time to find solutions to save the future of our kids.