Virginia Tech Shooting
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
After spending about twenty minutes today catching up on the Virginia Tech story, I’ve used up about as much energy as I can. Most people have used the story as a political soapbox, spouting nonsense about everything from gun control and racism to prescription drugs and the media.
I can find no deeper meaning in this tragedy than as a reminder of the frailty of human lives and minds.
On a personal note, I’ve thought carefully about whether this event will have any effect on my teaching next year, since I will likely have a sizable class of undergrads. And when I honestly consider it, I expect that I will have the rampage in the back of my mind, and probably form prejudices about students who seem too introverted. But, so it goes.