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26. Schools are powerless to do much about kids like him

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:41 PM

Dec 2012

We had a boy like that in the high school where I taught. He stabbed kids, bit teachers, made bomb threats. His father knew the system and threatened to sue the school district if anything displeased him.

The boy now sits on Texas death row.

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Ex-babysitter: Mother of Newtown School Shooter Warned Me About Him (Never Turn Your Back on Him) [View all] Hissyspit Dec 2012 OP

Could mean anything. Sensationalization. Let go, crazed media, and let us heal. truthisfreedom Dec 2012 #1

I am reading more and more about kids like Adam. this is very frightening. secondwind Dec 2012 #2

Schools are powerless to do much about kids like him marshall Dec 2012 #26

Good! malibea Dec 2012 #30

It's good now, but he terrorized the school district for a decade marshall Dec 2012 #35

It's too bad that everything was allowed! malibea Dec 2012 #40

Unless Texas has its own laws over and above the federal IDEA (which I doubt), KamaAina Dec 2012 #43

What the teams decide is least restrictive is suspiciously similar to the least expensive. Chemisse Dec 2012 #47

That was the case in this situation marshall Dec 2012 #50

You are correct. Parents are sometimes WORSE than kids in some cases! malibea Dec 2012 #62

That is very expensive... AnneD Dec 2012 #63

"Teach for America kids" KamaAina Dec 2012 #64

These young kids graduate with a mountain of debt from student loans.... AnneD Dec 2012 #68

Well, if she indeed said that and then gave him access to an extensive gun collection qanda Dec 2012 #3

She wasn't thinking vlyons Dec 2012 #5

I so agree with you. qanda Dec 2012 #6

I agree with you qanda. malibea Dec 2012 #31

I thought the same thing; the mother was the one with the mental illness. ciking724 Dec 2012 #38

Mental illness does run in families lbrtbell Dec 2012 #51

I don't believe it obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #4

Why not? Do you know any of the people involved? yellowcanine Dec 2012 #19

The mother isn't here to verify it obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #21

Well the same poster said that DU was the only source of the "survivalist" story, and that is not yellowcanine Dec 2012 #22

I don't believe it because every single element that has been reported has been reversed underpants Dec 2012 #45

I have said the same thing Epiphany4z Dec 2012 #7

Media always has to dig up someone from the past who "saw the signs" ... Myrina Dec 2012 #8

the heaven05 Dec 2012 #12

congenital analgesia TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #9

So then why did he wear a bullet proof vest.... Historic NY Dec 2012 #10

What a silly question leftynyc Dec 2012 #17

And why doesn't the purchase of a bullet proof vest set off alarms in this day of Homeland Security? mother earth Dec 2012 #18

Actually in some places its legal but not in CT. Historic NY Dec 2012 #25

Looking at that law, it doesn't seem like it would have applied to Lanza. Ash_F Dec 2012 #46

I've never understood why such equipment is available for civilians TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #59

My neighbor has this condition - he's an animal toby jo Dec 2012 #27

People with this condition are not "animals" obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #28

Yow...... Sorry about what has happened to you and your pets being glinda Dec 2012 #49

his friends are liars TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #58

I have a nephew with Downs who is also autistic. s-cubed Dec 2012 #11

This is why we need to re-open the publicly-funded mental institutions. Crowman1979 Dec 2012 #13

Shall we round up all those with Asperberger's? Your way of thinking is a double edged sword. I'm mother earth Dec 2012 #16

the medication is a good point orleans Dec 2012 #61

The mental illness didn't fall far from the tree. Toronto Dec 2012 #14

Guess you better start checking Gerald Celente followers, and don't forget the preppers. mother earth Dec 2012 #20

Not paranoid - no weapons in my home Toronto Dec 2012 #24

I'm not defending her assault weapons, however, lots of people are wondering if mother earth Dec 2012 #29

I agree with you regarding the media Toronto Dec 2012 #32

Best to aim that rage where it would serve a purpose. United we stand, divided we fall. Facts are mother earth Dec 2012 #37

Well, I'm John2 Dec 2012 #41

Sensationalizing BS & media whores abound...we should be writing letters & complaining about the mother earth Dec 2012 #15

The Kato Kaelins emerge from the woodwork slackmaster Dec 2012 #23

You know what mom could have done as well? Keep guns out the boy's reach as much as possible MrScorpio Dec 2012 #33

Thank you, Mr. Scorpio. Spot on. SCRUBDASHRUB Dec 2012 #34

exactly nt steve2470 Dec 2012 #36

Hell yes! pitbullgirl1965 Dec 2012 #39

That's exactly what I would have done. It's always been my policy to keep weapons secured. slackmaster Dec 2012 #44

And taking him shooting wasn't the best idea either. we can do it Dec 2012 #53

Why have guns in the house!! fun n serious Dec 2012 #42

Notice what this article does NOT say. Chemisse Dec 2012 #48

The baby sitter was interviewed personally on the nightly news sasha031 Dec 2012 #52

If he hadn't said it, he wouldn't have been interviewed. julian09 Dec 2012 #54

so what's the point, the kid had mental health issues sasha031 Dec 2012 #55

The point is, I don't believe she said that. julian09 Dec 2012 #56

I think this babysitter was out for his 15 minutes Chemisse Dec 2012 #60

Me either obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #67

People want to hate him Egnever Dec 2012 #65

It's helpful that you point that out. Chemisse Dec 2012 #66

Well, the one thing we can't discuss intelligently here, it seems, is the fact that psychotropic meds libdem4life Dec 2012 #57