Watching Again as Lawmakers Do Nothing
In the politically charged atmosphere we have cultivated in the United States, there's barely any time to mourn. The time to mourn was yesterday--or years ago, when students were killed at Columbine, or Virginia Tech. I've spent another week trying to process. Disbelief. Sadness. I've been watching as my roommate, studying to become a teacher, looks at the articles, videos, and town halls and tears up thinking about how her ideal profession has become more and more dangerous. I've read articles and seen tweets and thought about how different school would be if teachers were armed, or if schools were heavily guarded. I've cried and signed petitions and accepted an invitation to a March for Our Lives. We all have a right to a basic education here in the United States, but we also all have a right to bear arms. In the last week we have been reminded that one of those rights seems to take precedence over the other. Accusations are being thrown across the country--th...