The senseless death of Derrion Albert, the 16-year old Chicago student who was caught up
and severely beaten by a group of teens during a fight in the city, makes you ask yourself what
is wrong with people nowadays- have they lost their mind? There are plenty of factors to blame for this tragedy and here they are:
The Students: If you watch the video either on the news or on YouTube (it is a very horrific video to watch) you noticed a bunch of students/teens watch the fight take place and no one did not bother to step in and stop the beating. Someone recorded the beating on a camera phone, but everybody else stood there and doing nothing while a fellow student was attacked and severely beaten until he was knocked unconscious. It wasn't until after someone kicked Albert in the head after he regained consciousness when a few people carried him out of harm's way and to a safe area, where he eventually passed away from his injuries.
The Police: You only wish that there was a regular police presence at every school zone in Chicago because they need it really bad. In the 2008-09 school year, 37 Chicago students were murdered, up from 27 deathsin the previous school year and so far in the 2009-10 school year, four have passed by because of violence. The school year just started a little over a month ago and four students have already died! That doesn't make any sense at all.
The Parents: For the most part, the majority of the parents out there really care about how well (or poorly) their child is doing in school. They will find ways to improve their kid's reading habits; try to solve their math problems; help out with their science projects; and perform volunteer activities at the school. However, there is a segment of parents out there who could care less about what their kid is doing at school.
If you have one parent or both parents spending more time running the streets than staying
at home teaching their child or children values, respecting other people and discipline them if they get out of line, then we wouldn't have so much problem with teens in this country (you are gonna have some problems with kids anyway because it's always been that way, but it wouldn't be as bad as it is now.) Parents need to get involved in their child (or children's) school activities. For example them should show their support at football and basketball games, but they must also need to attend Open House and get involved in any school-related activities such as Bake Sales, Parent Teacher Conferences, PTA Meetings, etc. The goal here is find out their child's progress (good or bad) at school, and find ways to make them a better student.
The School: If is a tough world out there for teachers. Even though you have some teachers have the "as long as they ctc (Cut The Check) I will show up and do some work" attitude, for the most part, teachers are doing the best that they can. Nowadays, teachers are more than just educators because they are also: counselors, disciplinarians, therapists, and in some cases another parent/guardian. If as student gets out of line, a teacher can't grab the kid and discipline them (the use of a paddle, etc.)like they used to years ago.(It seems that once capital punishment was taken out of school, the amount of violence has increased a great deal. You always had kids fight at school, but that was as far as it got.)
The Community: Right now, four teens are in jail without bail facing murder charges. However, the Chicago Police Department said that out of all the people who witnessed the beating, not one person has come forward and tell them what happened and who was involved in the crime. This whole "Stop Snitching" nonsense is just that: nonsense, and it has to stop now! These folks have to realize that if they have some information about a crime, that they contact the police department by remaining anonymous.They can either call, send an email, fax or text to the cops and no one is going to find out who gave up the info.
One of my favorite shows is "The First 48, a program that illustrates how detective can solve
a murder within the first 48 hours. In a number of episodes, there are some people who saw
the murder take place and once they are in the interrogation room at the police station, they refuse to talk to the detectives. Once the detectives tell them that if they withhold any information about a murder case, they would spend some time in jail, they start singing like
a canary by telling the detectives the suspect(s) name, their nickname, where they live at,
a detailed description on what the suspect(s) wore when the crime took place etc. The show
is living proof that the "Stop Stitchin" theory doesn't exist when you are staring at a possible jail sentence because it doesn't make any sense for you to go to jail for someone else's stupidity.
America needs to wake up and see that people, in this specific case, African-American teens, are dying in the streets because of gun violence. Everyone must get together, take a stand and put an end to it immediately because if we don't, it is going to get worse as the days, weeks, months and years go on.
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