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Ritten Off Day 13. Michigan closed 70 schools yesterday.
Nope, not snow. Fear closed them.
I have a theory today but the evidence is hard to find I must admit. Calling out to any child psychologists? I believe that when kids call in these threats or write them on bathroom walls, they only have one goal; close the school.
They have come to realize that not going to school is their only recourse against adults that clearly have all their heads up their asses.
Here’s the local report I saw today.
I mean, look at what is happening. Think about it. If you were a kid afraid every day that you were going to get murdered what would you do? This is beyond bullying now. These kids are facing a complete existential crisis at every level of their lives now.
The first option, you would hope the adults would take care of it. IT’S BEEN OVER TWENTY YEARS since the Columbine massacre. NOTHING has changed. In fact, it's clearly gotten worse. The system is running on shoe strings and duct tape to keep it together. An ENTIRE GENERATION of…
