Should we have a class?

This will probably be one of the toughest discussions to partake in for me. First of all, when I found out that we were going to be talking about school shootings, I immediately thought about Columbine. I have read Wikipedia's posting about Columbine before but it was a while back. It is mind boggling to think about how these situations happen. Therefor, I pulled the website up again and typed in Columbine high school massacre in the search box. The very same, detailed article popped up and I found myself reading again, every word of this event that happened in 1999. This article describes in detail to the minute, the events that took place on this terrible day. It also describes the details that took place months prior leading up to the day. I have to say that I was as disturbed recently as I was the first time I read this article. it has pictures of the school and video images of these two boys in the school with students laying on the ground at the feet of these individuals. Again, it is very disturbing.

So, reading this article and how these individuals were planning this event through web postings and journal entries, it made me wonder what it takes to stop a situation like this from happening. In reality, I believe that is would be very tough to actually spot and prevent one individual from doing what they feel is the way out. With that, I am going to go another route with this discussion. After considering what it takes to actually stop these events, I want to ask the question of why we don't have a class to prepare students of these circumstances. This is a very real situation and obviously can never be overlooked. I honestly believe that it would be in the best interests of a student, if it were to be required that students take a mandatory class where they are taught about how these situations can occur and if so, what to do. I can't of think of any problems with this which is why I am bringing it up in this class. Again, this is a very terrible thing but a very real matter. Why not let students of this campus, as well as many other campuses know that this is a situation that can happen and can be somewhat prepared for?