Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:47 PM

Ex-Sandy Hook Teacher: Lanza Was Sweet Little Boy

Source: ABC News

A former teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School says she remembers the gunman who killed 26 people at the school as a smart, sweet boy in her second-grade class.

Carole MacInnes (MAC'-IN'-ness) says Adam Lanza did not require extra academic attention and he acted normal socially. She says she met his mother during parent-teacher conferences twice, but never his father.

The retired teacher said Sunday that Lanza was a gentle soul and she can't imagine what caused him to want to kill. She never saw him after the second grade.

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Ex-Sandy Hook Teacher: Lanza Was Sweet Little Boy (Original post)	michigandem58	Dec 2012	OP
His paranoid over protective, "needy" mother caused him to freak out.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#1
That is wild speculation	naaman fletcher	Dec 2012	#3
That is your speculation, mine is no less valid and I provide a reason for the illness, you do not.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#13
LOL	naaman fletcher	Dec 2012	#28
I'm sure that you are an expert on mental illness, it takes one to know one, right?	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#33
????	naaman fletcher	Dec 2012	#36
Not withstanding your crudeness I have an opinion, I don't use dirty language to describe	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#42
actually mental illness isn't mental illness in the way you say	CreekDog	Dec 2012	#26
Yep! +1, n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#29
Yes, good point	naaman fletcher	Dec 2012	#30
What is your backgroung to diagnose mental illness? I think you're speculating just as much.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#43
I'm not speculating or diagnosing at all	naaman fletcher	Dec 2012	#44
Gosh, I wish the rest of the fucking world had your acumen.	cliffordu	Dec 2012	#39
Did you know the family?.	easttexaslefty	Dec 2012	#4
Did you know the family or the boy? My opinion is just as good as yours.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#11
That's the thing. I don't have an opinion	easttexaslefty	Dec 2012	#15
My opinion.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#18
You knew the boy?	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#12
Link please	Lenomsky	Dec 2012	#6
Where is your link?	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#10
Opinion is what you get here, that's my opinion.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#9
Well, opinions ARE like	easttexaslefty	Dec 2012	#16
You too stinky.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#17
Clever. But not so much.	easttexaslefty	Dec 2012	#20
So, that's your opinion.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#23
An exaggeration, but I think there might a kernel of truth in there somewhere.	NoodleyAppendage	Dec 2012	#14
Wow. You pulled that one straight out of your ass. n/t	bitchkitty	Dec 2012	#25
Still curious at what age his was put on 'mood altering meds' because he didn't 'conform'...eom	Purveyor	Dec 2012	#35
People sometimes choose evil... almost always somewhat after 2nd grade.	David__77	Dec 2012	#2
Neurological changes related to growth of the person	littlemissmartypants	Dec 2012	#5
true...	defacto7	Dec 2012	#21
Well said! Thank you! n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#31
Any further distractions from the matter at hand?	TheMadMonk	Dec 2012	#7
People change as they grow. /nt	Ash_F	Dec 2012	#8
I'm sure he was.	BigDemVoter	Dec 2012	#19
Perhaps we should wait toxicological and autopsy results.	Historic NY	Dec 2012	#22
You are correct	dflprincess	Dec 2012	#24
Yea, cause he was so likely to get that from sitting in his mother's basement.	LisaL	Dec 2012	#27
Field mice often come in to get warm in basements and other parts of houses.	MADem	Dec 2012	#40
interesting possibility	barbaraj	Dec 2012	#32
I'm sure he was.	YayArea	Dec 2012	#34
so that's age 7-8 ? there are many kids who were brats around that age	JI7	Dec 2012	#37
Paging Dr. Frist...Paging Dr. Frist...Please Report to the Thread...STAT....	xocet	Dec 2012	#38
Where was	John2	Dec 2012	#41

Response to michigandem58 (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:01 PM

xtraxritical (2,931 posts)

1. His paranoid over protective, "needy" mother caused him to freak out.

"The retired teacher said Sunday that Lanza was a gentle soul and she can't imagine what caused him to want to kill."

Ex-Sandy Hook Teacher: Lanza Was Sweet Little Boy

1. His paranoid over protective, "needy" mother caused him to freak out.

3. That is wild speculation

13. That is your speculation, mine is no less valid and I provide a reason for the illness, you do not.

28. LOL

33. I'm sure that you are an expert on mental illness, it takes one to know one, right?

36. ????

42. Not withstanding your crudeness I have an opinion, I don't use dirty language to describe

26. actually mental illness isn't mental illness in the way you say

29. Yep! +1, n/t

30. Yes, good point

43. What is your backgroung to diagnose mental illness? I think you're speculating just as much.

44. I'm not speculating or diagnosing at all

39. Gosh, I wish the rest of the fucking world had your acumen.

4. Did you know the family?.

11. Did you know the family or the boy? My opinion is just as good as yours.

15. That's the thing. I don't have an opinion

18. My opinion.

12. You knew the boy?

6. Link please

10. Where is your link?

9. Opinion is what you get here, that's my opinion.

16. Well, opinions ARE like

17. You too stinky.

20. Clever. But not so much.

23. So, that's your opinion.

14. An exaggeration, but I think there might a kernel of truth in there somewhere.

25. Wow. You pulled that one straight out of your ass. n/t

35. Still curious at what age his was put on 'mood altering meds' because he didn't 'conform'...eom

2. People sometimes choose evil... almost always somewhat after 2nd grade.

5. Neurological changes related to growth of the person

21. true...

31. Well said! Thank you! n/t

7. Any further distractions from the matter at hand?

8. People change as they grow. /nt

19. I'm sure he was.

22. Perhaps we should wait toxicological and autopsy results.

24. You are correct

27. Yea, cause he was so likely to get that from sitting in his mother's basement.

40. Field mice often come in to get warm in basements and other parts of houses.

32. interesting possibility

34. I'm sure he was.

37. so that's age 7-8 ? there are many kids who were brats around that age

38. Paging Dr. Frist...Paging Dr. Frist...Please Report to the Thread...STAT....

41. Where was