What the Shooters Father had to Say
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99425)
Atlanta, Georgia
May 24, 2018 12:30pm CST
Yesterday I read in the Atlanta Constitution about the interview with the father of the Texas school shooter. He said he couldn't say with any certainty why his son did it. He said his son was a good boy who got along in school as far as he knew. He made good grades and had never had any complaints from the school
. He'd never been in trouble. But a week earlier the father had seen a Change in the boy. He had seemed troubled but hadn't said what was wrong. His father suspected bullying but his son had said nothing.
The father and mother were called when the boy was arrested and were allowed to see and talk to their son. The boy was sad and broken up. He was concerned that the family would be in pain, especially his sisters. He said he didn't shoot his friends because he wanted them to tell his story. I hope we hear what his friends have to say.
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13 responses
@vandana7 (98827)
• India
12 Jun 18
It depends. If he was sodomized and ridiculed by other bullies that much of anger can only be expected. But as things stand, he fancied a girl who did not reciprocate his feelings, and he got aggressive, she humiliated him in front of others, that blew the fuse. Faulty upbringing. A child does not get everything. A child needs to learn that.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
24 May 18
When his father suspected bullying, that would have been the time to actually sit down with the boy and ask him straight out what the problem was. You don't just ignore a change in personality. @RubyHawk
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 May 18
@RubyHawk I know back in the 70's my daughter was being picked on. She was acting funny and when I asked her, she spilled her guts. You can bet my next stop was at the school. I talked to the principal and had names and what they did.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 May 18
@nanette64 You did the right thing. Some kids are ashamed and won't tell although they should tell their parents so a stop can be put to bullying.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 May 18
I suspect that the parents did not have a grasp on what was going on with the kid. Being a good boy and getting good grades might have lulled them to think he was fine when he had problems before. I can't believe that he went down hill in one week.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Jun 18
@RubyHawk Yes, we have all witnessed that.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic all children are not social and outgoing. They are the ones who are bullied. And adults let it happen.
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@popciclecold (35103)
• United States
26 May 18
I just think it's sad if bullying was the reason. I can't understand it. How long will this continue. No wonder so many parents are home schooling their kids.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
25 May 18
He should have been seeing someone. It is very sad.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
28 May 18
@RubyHawk ......Just shows they weren't paying much attention to him.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 May 18
@celticeagle That's what it sounds like. Too bad for everyone.
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@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
24 May 18
He made sure to shoot the girl whom he’d been harassing for quite awhile because she wouldn’t date him though. I’m looking at this as more of a violence against women story than as a teen who turned to violence after bullying as some of the media has tried to make it out to be.
His main motive for this was the girl he’d been harassing finally stood up to him and embarrassed him publicly for the continued harassment.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
26 May 18
When someone seems to be out of place, or tells another student he will kill them, the school, should look into it quickly.
With all the shootings and killings going on, I know more people should be aware it could happen at their, job, or school.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
25 May 18
I understand that he was bullied. I thin someone should have noticed the change in behavior and tried to dig deeper in why it was happening. Schools are not as safe as they used to be and it seems like people are letting the ball drop by not interjecting themselves into a troubling behavior.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 May 18
I agree with you.The parents should have dug deeper. They might have saved their child and all the others. Schools are overcrowded and I don't know if schools do anything to prevent bullying. That should be addressed at every school immediately.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 May 18
Where did that come from anyways? I hear he wanted to tell his story is why he did it.
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