Michigan schools cancel classes due to potential threats, end of world rumors

[brett_jv]

10. I think a lot of you are misreading this ...

As someone who once went to a high school (in the early 80's) where bomb-threats (esp. during finals week) were fairly common for a few years, my guess is that what has likely happened is that some kid(s) (perhaps who wanted to get out of their finals) have heard that the 'end of the world' was, shall we say, a 'theme' in the CT shooter's life. One of them probably decided to call up and start rambling about the end of the world and talking about violence, so the schools have reacted by shutting down classes ... of course, wanting to avoid a repeat of the tragedy.

My guess is that this 'angle' will be likely be used by students wanting to get out of school (for whatever reason) for years and years after this episode.