Imagine you drop your daughter off at school, and you have yet to leave the parking lot, because something has distracted you. You’re about to leave and you see her and her ex-boyfriend outside of the school talking, when all of the sudden he pulls a gun out and starts to shoot her. 4 times. And then kills himself.
Jessica Forsyth, 17, was taken to Hurley Medical Center in Flint, where she was in serious but stable condition, hospital spokeswoman Christie White said Wednesday afternoon.
Midland Police Chief James St. Louis said the gunman died in the parking lot.
First of all, something has got to be done about American gun laws, but that’s besides the point… It’s a really sad thing that happened. And a few things piss me off about it, too.
Where does a boy learn that the life of a woman is in his hands? That killing a woman is completely okay if she has broken your heart. So many of these gun cases are men shooting or hurting women. Like the girl from Mississauga who was gang raped by 4 boys.
Where did these boys get the idea that it is in their power to take advantage of a woman? To kill a woman? To destroy her integrity? What’s really sad about the Mississauga case is that the boys likely did it “joking around” and thought it would be “hilarious” to get some action from a drunk girl who didn’t know what was going on. So I’m extremely glad that they’re getting so many charges and that the school is making a big deal out of it. Because it is a big deal.
On a much smaller piss off and almost unrelated, but not really - something needs to be done about this whole teenage love struck business. Teenagers in high school date for 2 months and all of the sudden they’re so in love that they’re saying things like “I could never live without you” and meaning it. Everyone who is out of high school knows that it’s very rare for a high school relationship to last - sure, they do sometimes, but generally speaking… they don’t last.
The first year of university completely transforms people, and clinging on to significant others from high school just doesn’t happen. But these kids in high school think that they’ve found their life partner. They’re completely convinced that they’ll never find anyone better for them - when most of them don’t even know who they themselves are. But they got so consumed in them, and turn all emo. …Cutting their wrists, wallowing away for weeks if he hasn’t said “I love you” and just getting way to connected.
But then again - how do you stop it? Well, I don’t know. I guess part of it would be the parent’s responsibility to explain how important it is to focus on education and figuring out who you are before getting involved with someone else… But if my mom told me in grade 11 that I was going to be a completely different person in 2nd year university I’d have told her to screw off because she clearly knew nothing about my life! (I love you mom. I know now that you know everything.) But really, now I’m seeing that almost every relationship I’ve had in the past was a complete train wreck and should never have happened because until 3 months ago I didn’t even have a personal style of music to label myself with.
People say labels are dangerous - but they’re sometimes pretty necessary for yourself. Finding personal niches is important. We all know high school students don’t do that - they conform to whatever niche looks cool and eerie enough to fit their mood that month.
Anyway, I’ve gotten way off topic. My point is a) I’m glad the school is sending out the message that that sort of behavior isn’t funny or cool in the least bit and really snapping down b) I will spend the next 4 years of my life (if I dont get it by then, i’ll give up) trying to figure out how we can stop teenagers from thinking their in love and really getting into self exploration c) whatever is sending the message to young boys that they can demean a woman when ever they feel like it, really needs to feck off.
