Even more thoughts on Columbine

            So last week some immature brick head decided to be a tool and write “Columbine” on the bathroom wall or something. Who even does that? Honestly this kid probably has no idea what Columbine even is, I heard he was a freshman. This was definitely one of those what the bleep moments everyone has when someone does something dumb. They were even considering taking down the book from the curriculum for future years too because of the incident. But while on the topic of the possibility of the book being removed from the curriculum, I think that it is important to weigh the pros and the cons. I feel like the book is really informative and non-censoring because it shows one of the horrible events that have happened in the past. I doubt anyone in their junior year of high school would be really disillusioned or anything of the sort because violence happens everyday, however, the book still is very freeing in that it does not sugar coat anything to make it less horrifying. Of course the con of reading the book would be that it may not be pleasant for some readers because of its violent descriptions. Though, I’m pretty sure that any high school student would be able to handle it. I feel like whether or not the book is in the school curriculum does not really matter much, because it is either we read it for the information and discuss it or we don’t. The book is a nonfiction book, and we as students usually read fiction books, so I feel like breaking away from the old way may be good. The group discussions about the book have certainly been anything but slow or boring. Also, I and a couple others have not had any previous knowledge regarding the school shooting, so I think that reading the book is very informative for us.