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As of today, 23 students in Chicago Public Schools have died by gunfire. One of those students was a seventh grade boy that i taught. The other 22 are students throughout the district...mostly from the southside. Some from the westside. All minorities. Today, I was watching the five o clock news like I usually do and there is a breaking story. Fifteen year old boy shot on the southside...my pulse increased a bit as the story went on...the shooting happened literally in my school's backyard. A fifteen year old boy is is in the hospital in critical condition for what? The news says kids were shooting at each other...kids. Shooting at each other. What is that all about? How can we live in the wealthiest nation in the world where kids shoot at each other. For what? Why? How long are people going to continue to ignore the issues of violence, inequality, poverty, and injustice that perpetuate the violence in our own backyards. Why do my students have to live in such a violent place where hearing people getting shot is normal?
Yes the issues are complex. No money won't fit it. But something seriously needs to be done. Too many kids are dying or getting lost in the system. Too many kids are not being given the simple blessings of safety. Too many kids are not being given the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because their lives are being cut short by the violence in the society they happened to be born into.
I am numb, sad, angry and perplexed all at the same time.
Yes the issues are complex. No money won't fit it. But something seriously needs to be done. Too many kids are dying or getting lost in the system. Too many kids are not being given the simple blessings of safety. Too many kids are not being given the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because their lives are being cut short by the violence in the society they happened to be born into.
I am numb, sad, angry and perplexed all at the same time.
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