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Personal Narrative: Life After High School

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The boy told you what he was going to do- had his plan laid out and all. You took it as a joke, not ever thinking he would have killed three of your best friends along with four other people, and one just so happens to be your brother. What if you could have prevented that? What if you told a trusted adult ahead of time? What if you would have talked to the boy himself? A lot of teens ask these questions whenever it’s already too late. We don’t tend to think about things like that though because we never want to think that we could be involved in the situation. We say, “Oh, no big deal. He probably told someone else the same thing too. They’ll take care of it if they think it’s something serious.” The truth is, according to research within …show more content…

Matthew, a young freshman boy, was at lunch when he overheard a fellow student mentioning his plan for shooting up his school. Just about as any teen would, Matthew took it as another joke and just let the thought pass by in his mind. That’s when a couple weeks later the same kid repeated the plan, had a map of the school, and “started to pick dates” for when and what he was going to do. He knew it was no longer a joke, and he had to take charge fast. In this article, it states, “Today, Matthew knows he did the right thing. But what if he hadn’t spoken up? That’s something he thinks about whenever he hears news of a deadly school shooting.” Just think about. What if you didn’t speak up, and had to hear a daily newsflash about, let’s say, 13 deaths that involved a school shooting? That memory would come back upon you, and you would be sitting there feeling ashamed of yourself for letting a life go. Since the year of 2013, there has been approximately 203 school shootings in America. Does it seem like so much? No, not to some people. But what about when that shooter is going crazy and just shooting everywhere? Now, that number of deaths adds up and catches your attention. Teens need to be alerted about research like

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