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| The young woman who loved to teach was murdered by a student. Colleen Ritzer's amazing life is being shared by thousands of mourners worldwide. |
A two-fer and a whole lot of discussion.
First things first. We here at Journal de la Reyna want to send our condolences to the families of Colleen Ritzer and Michael Landsberry. These two educators were murdered by reckless teenagers.
Also I want to send condolences to the family of Rebecca Sedwick, the young girl from Florida who was cyberbullied by two reckless teen girls. She would eventually commit suicide.
Each of these lives were loved and cherished. These lives were ruined by the irrational and callous actions of those who have no care whatsoever.
I've said it numerous times. Beware of the quiet, always seem nice "everyday man". The people who always say they never could be that person ARE LIKELY THAT PERSON!
The nice guys are the ones who will likely snap!
Those are the ones who feels like they've been bullied by their fellow peers.
They are often rejected by a lover. They're failing school or college because of heavy constraints. They're often never hired by a company, denied promotion or fired from a job. They feel like life at home is nothing but constant turmoil and nothing is getting better.
So what they do? Either they hurt themselves or hurt others because they have no escape.
They don't have outlets to channel rage. They don't share their feelings with loved ones. They destroy lives because they've been hurt. It's an ongoing issue with this. Millions of people are bullied. Bullying leads to suicide and mass murders. The bullied will either use two outlets of rage. Firearms or drugs.
KEEPING IT HONEST
I don't want to jump to conclusions but I figured the 12-year old was being bullied. He aimed his semi-automatic firearm at two individuals before Landsberry put his life on the line to prevent the teen from committing another mass shooting. He died a hero.
Now on the Ritzer and Chism issue. I don't want to jump to conclusions but I think it could have been a teacher-student relationship. Those things often happen. The junk food media often elaborates on pretty female teachers getting in trouble for having sexual encounters with their students. Or it could have been a teen who was picked on and the teacher tried to offer advice. I don't know. Chism, clammed up because he knows he could spend the rest of his life in the iron college for this murder. Again, Ritzer was a hero. She helped motivate students through her young life. And I wished this situation would have ended differently.
Now of course, seeing that the suspect in this murder of Ritzer is Black, I am guessing the racist right will waste no time trying to blame the Black community, President Barack Obama, Trayvon Martin, Rev. Perm and Cut His Nuts Off Jackson.
Already, I can say that for every mass shooting in America, the racist right will gleefully say that it's not the guns that killed the people. They'll claim that mass shooter is a Democrat or a liberal. If the mass shooter was Black, automatic Obama supporter. The racist right will revolve around crime statistics in urban communities. Blame the junk food media for not covering a "BLACK ON WHITE" crime. And of course, the racist right will claim that President Barack Obama isn't going to speak on the issue.
Here's some examples of this never ending racism.
Pick your poison!
I am just sharing an honest opinion of this situation. I am not condoning actions by those who are bullied. I would love for those who were victims of bullying to find outlets that can help them overcome the stress of being rejected.
The Department of Health and Human Services have numbers and agencies that can help motivate people with depression, mental issues and suicide prevention.
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| Michael Landsberry was a great teacher and helped motivate his students. He was killed by a deranged shooter who sought revenge on his fellow classmates. Landsberry prevented the shooter from murdering others. He was a military veteran. |
I kind of wish that our educators will inform students more about the life of being a teenager.
Okay, a shooting happen on Monday in Sparks, Nevada.
A 12-year-old student who allegedly shot up a Nevada school on Monday may have been acting out his revenge, according to a student witness.
"He pointed to us and he said, 'You ruined my life and now I'm going to ruin yours,'" Sparks Middle School student Alfrancis de Vera, who was at the scene, told CBS News.
The gunman, whose name has not been released, shot and killed a teacher -- military veteran Michael Landsberry -- injured two classmates and then turned the gun on himself. The injured students, both 12, are reportedly in stable condition and are expected to survive.
In Danvers, Massachusetts, a very popular teacher was murdered by a 14-year old. This individual Philip Chism murdered Colleen Ritzer at Danvers High School. He is being charged as an adult in this case.
She was well-liked teacher. Her body was found slain in woods behind this quiet Massachusetts town's high school and the police would later arrest the 14-year-old boy who was found walking along a state highway overnight. He was charged with killing her.
Blood found in a second-floor school bathroom helped lead investigators to the body of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School who was reported missing when she didn't come home from work on Tuesday, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said.
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| Murder suspect Philip Chism. |
"She was a very, very respected, loved teacher," Blodgett said.
The suspect, Philip Chism, was arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday and ordered held without bail. The teenager, described by classmates as soft-spoken and pleasant, also did not come home from school the day before and was spotted walking along Route 1 in the neighboring town of Topsfield at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Officials didn't release a cause of death and haven't discussed a motive in the killing.
A court filing said
Ritzer and Chism were known to each other from the high school, but it did not elaborate. The arrest was made based on statements by the suspect and corroborating evidence at multiple scenes, investigators said in court documents.
Ritzer's family said they are mourning the death of their "amazing, beautiful daughter and sister."
"Everyone that knew and loved Colleen knew of her passion for teaching and how she mentored each and every one of her students," the family said in a statement provided by her uncle Dale Webster.
At his arraignment in adult court in Salem, Chism's defense attorney argued for the proceeding to be closed and her client to be allowed to stay hidden because of his age. The judge denied the request. The lawyer, Denise Regan, declined to comment outside court.
The tall, lanky teenager had moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee before the start of the school year and was a top scorer on the school's junior varsity soccer team, said Kyle Cahill, a junior who also plays soccer. He said the team had been wondering where Chism was when he skipped a team dinner Tuesday night.
"We're all just a family. It just amazes me really," Cahill said. "He wasn't violent at all. He was really the opposite of aggressive."
Ritzer had a Twitter account where she gave homework assignments, encouraged students and described herself as a "math teacher often too excited about the topics I'm teaching."
She was a 2011 graduate of Assumption College in Worcester, a school spokeswoman said Wednesday. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in math, a minor in psychology and a secondary education concentration, according to the college's 2011 commencement program.
One of her former students, Chris Weimert, 17, said she was a warm, welcoming person who would stand outside her classroom and say hello to students she didn't teach. He said she had been at the school for two years.
"She was the nicest teacher anyone could ever have. She always had a warm smile on her face," he said.
Ryan Kelleher, a senior, said students related to the young teacher, who liked to wear jeans and UGG boots just like the teenagers she taught. Kelleher, who also plays soccer, said the arrest of the soft-spoken Chism didn't make sense to him.
"From what I know about him and seeing him every day, it just doesn't add up that he would do such a thing, unless this was all an act to fool somebody," the 17-year-old said.
Ritzer lived at home with her 20-year-old brother and her sister, a high school senior. The close-knit family was often outside, barbecuing, spending time together and enjoying each other's company, neighbors said.
Mary Duffy has lived next door to the Ritzers in the suburban neighborhood in Andover since the family moved there more than two decades ago. She had known Colleen Ritzer from the time she was a baby and said the Ritzers' oldest child had just one life ambition: to be a high school math teacher.
"All I ever heard is that she loved her job," Duffy said.
All public schools in Danvers, about 20 miles north of Boston, were closed Wednesday.
The high school's students were planning a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening.
Ritzer is the second teacher allegedly killed by a student in the U.S. this week. A Sparks, Nev., middle school teacher was allegedly shot by a 12-year-old student on Monday.
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