18-year-old SC student accused of plotting to bomb school
By icyorchid
@icyorchid (2564)
United States
April 23, 2008 4:31pm CST
What the heck is happening with our children!! Why do they think it is OK to blow up schools?!!! I just don't understand today's youth!
Article:
Students arriving Monday at a small South Carolina high school face newly installed metal detectors and extra police after a student was arrested in what authorities said was a plan to carry out a Columbine-inspired attack.
Bomb-sniffing dogs have already checked the hallways and classrooms at Chesterfield High School, authorities said. Metal detectors were borrowed from a courthouse.
The alleged plotter, Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday. His parents called police after 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate were delivered to their home in Chesterfield and they discovered a disturbing journal.
"He seemed to hate the world. He hated people different from him — the rich boys with good-looking girlfriends," said the town's police chief, Randall Lear.
Schallenberger was one of the top students at the high school of about 580 students and had not caused any serious problems before his arrest, principal Scott Radkin said.
The school's Web site lists Schallenberger as a member of the 2007 academic bowl squad. He won an academic award from Newberry College in the last school year.
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@ayumitakashi (4462)
• United States
23 Apr 08
Wow. You know what I kind of get scared everytime something like this happens. I'm in college and I keep hoping that something like this does not happen in my college. It's sad that these kids have to resort to violence and doing things like this. I think that one of the things in this are the bullies and the "cliques" that are in high school and college. These things are very destructive and can really damage these kids along with the stress of family and school. I hope that his parents just talk to him and get him some help so that he won't try and commit something like this again.
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@icyorchid (2564)
• United States
24 Apr 08
I hope nothing like that happens where you are too.
I hope the boy gets help, but he needs to be taught that this was not ok to think of doing too.
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
23 Apr 08
Please tell me this is the SAME story that someone posted about earlier this week!! cause if its not then WOW two in one week?!
Whats happening to our childrne? They've been put on the backburner in life...They are demanded too much of, schools and parents are more concerned with stats and other things rather than taking the time to pay attention to their kids, getting to KNOW THEM, staying on top of their lives, who they hang with, whats goin on in their heads, helping them with teen issues etc etc..IMO THATS whats happening...and it makes me SICK...
Whats happening to our childrne? They've been put on the backburner in life...They are demanded too much of, schools and parents are more concerned with stats and other things rather than taking the time to pay attention to their kids, getting to KNOW THEM, staying on top of their lives, who they hang with, whats goin on in their heads, helping them with teen issues etc etc..IMO THATS whats happening...and it makes me SICK...2 people like this
@icyorchid (2564)
• United States
24 Apr 08
Hi Raven,
I haven't seen the one from earlier this week, so I don't know if it is the same or not.
I know I was guilty of not knowing what my daughter was up to when she was 15, I got a reality check real fast and my whole attitude changed!
I became manager of the place where I worked and I had so much to do, I also gave my daughter her first job. What I didn't know was she had a boyfriend (she was 15 and wasn't suppose to have one) also I didn't like the boy!
When I found out, it caused a LOT of problems between her dad and her, and myself and her. I didn't talk to my daughter for several days that's how upset I was at her and myself. If I had been paying attention to my child, NONE of that would have happened. I cut a long story short.
Anyway, after that, I now know my daughter, what she does, who she is with and she is now 25 years old and she still calls me and lets me know what is going on out of respect. Thank God she still has that respect for me.
I wish other parents were more attentive, then no one would have to worry about their children in school.
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