Yesterday, we read Molly Ivins' editorial on guns, "Get a Dog, Get a Knife, but Get Rid of Guns." Today we read Lillian Rubin's "Guns and Grief." Remember that you can use these pieces for one of your research journals. Likewise, let what you read inspire you to create more journal entries.
Some additional ideas we've discussed in class are:
1. According to Cullen, many of the Evangelical Christian parents in Columbine were comforted by their faith in the face of their children's deaths. Write about a time when your religious convictions have given you solace.
2. Assume you are one of the counselors who evaulated Dylan and Eric, and write a report on one of the boys, explaining possible motives for the massacre. Consider all the causes--immediate and remote, main and contributory--that might have led to his decision to commit this terrible crime.
3. The Virginia Tech shooter had been a student in several creative writing courses where he wrote extremely violent and disturbing short stories. Assume you are one of his writing professors, and write an article for the school newspaper in which you briefly summarize the causes of the tragedy, but focus on the specific effects of the crime on various segments of the university community.
4. Explain how reading this book has changed your perspective on students who are different from you. Do you feel like you've been bullied? Do you feel like you have been a bully? Do you regret the way you've treated someone? Would you feel responsible if a victim of your bullying reacted violently to others and said it was because he/she was bullied?
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