On March 14th, schools from all around the world participated in a walkout for 17 minutes to honor the 17 victims from the Parkland Shooting, the walkout was also to get the government to do something about tougher gun laws and more gun control.
There is a lot of things that are to blame for the shooting that happened on Valentines Day. How was the kid able to buy a gun? If the kid was already in trouble with the police why didn't they do anything about it? There are so many questions that need to be answered.
The Never Again MSD movement was started by some of those students who survived the shooting, which advocated for stricter gun laws, the same group is also planning a March For Our Lives on March 24.
Although I am no longer in high school, I do support the kids that chose to walk out but at the same time, we should be supporting the kids that chose to walk up as well.
We all need to be supporting each other, we shouldn't be more divided than we already are.
Ryan Petty the father of shooting victim Alaina Petty shared this approach on his Twitter account he said this exact thing.
Walking up is something that we should be doing every day, we should be kind to each other always, you don't have to be friends with them but smiling at someone, holding the door open for them, or just simply saying hello can make all the difference.
No I am not victim blaming, I myself have been bullied and I am on the spectrum, have ADHD and anxiety and other mental illness that I don't wish to disclose just yet, but I have never wanted to shoot up a school, that is not what I am implying to anyone that chooses to walk up.
I would never think that the kid who is sitting alone wants to kill everyone, we can't be stereotyping people, most of us are adults we should be past the labeling right now. I am just a friendly person and I feel like we should be teaching our children and our future children to be good people and not bully others.
Also don't be kind to people just because you think they are going to shoot the place up, that is just mean, be kind to people just because. We should be nice to people everyday you never know what they are going through.