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There have been rumors at my school that there will be a school shooting tommorrow, as it is the anniversary of Colombine. I know that many schools are having rumors such as this circulated, and that it probably won't happen. However, I don't feel safe going to school tommorrow. I'm terrified. My mother is making me go; she refuses to listen to me when I say that I'm scared. How can I convince her?
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wow i think some other people already answered i was just looking at some peoples comments. omgare they retarted? bannanas taking over the world eh. That is absolutly nothing to take lightly i belive i am answering this way after the fact. And no school shooting is not that slim of a chance. Look at all the things that have happened after virginia tech. today is annevisary for columbine. Dont ever take something like that unseriously. I hoped you had a good day today and i hope nothing happened
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Even if it's just a rumor, this shouldn't be taken lightly.
Tell a school official.
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if you do go to school, then the first thing that you should do is go to the office, or a teacher, and tell them. say exactly what you know. say that you are scarred, and that you dont feel safe. they will take care of it. you will feel a lot safer if you tell someone that would stop it.
if you really are terrified of going, then you should tell your mom again. get her into a room that ther is no distractions for her and tell her everything. from the rumors to saying that you dont feel safe. ask her if she could call the office and tell them. make sure not to start yelling, or "talking back" haha. say that you will make up your work, and that you really hate going to school, but you are just so terrified.
also, it is very unlikely that you will get shot, or that a person will bring a gun to school. someone could have just started that stupid rumor just to scare people.
hope that helped and good luck!! :-D
~stephi
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Ahaha. There's a better chance of you getting hit by lightning than being shot at your school. There are hundreds of students in your school, and the most that have ever died in one shooting was 32. That's the most recent one at the Virginia Tech. 32 out of all the students on the campus were shot. That is a small percentage of people who got shot. Besides, the most likely person to be shot in a classroom is the teacher. He or she is the one in charge of the classroom, and on top of that he or she is standing. That should give you enough time to hide under your desk or something, if there is ever an EXTREMELY RARE case of a shooting.
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Okay, that's an irrational way of telling me that a shooting will happen at your school. I don't understand why an individual would be so swayed from a mere RUMOR. You don't really know that a shooting is ACTUALLY going to happen. Besides, if you don't have hundreds of students at your school, there's even less likely of a chance that one of your fellow classmates is a raging nutcase.
If a shooting really happens at your school, then I'll apologize with my forehead touching the ground. But giving me a 1 for my logical response is way too unfair. You can at least negate the score on my account.
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Well it seems like I'm being called a "retard" for my logical advice. Still being called a "retard" by someone who has no evidence to back the "high probability" of a school shooting and having my advice still receiving a low rating irritates me.
"American students have only one chance in two million of getting killed on school grounds."
So let's calculate that. Grab your calculator. Divide 1 death over 2,000,000. You'll end up with 0.0000005, which is 0.00005%. Wow, school shootings must happen a lot... NOT.
"The probability of being struck by lightning is 1 in 600,000."
This means that there is a 0.0001666% chance of being hit by lightning. Which means that you actually have a much better chance that you'll be struck by lightning than by a school shooting.
People, stop being so paranoid, do some research, and don't say anything before you think.
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i would seriously do anything you can to stay home..it might be nothing, just rumors but it is possible that something could happen..and if you still cant get her to let you stay home try saying something like
"what if i went to school tommarow and got shot, how bad would you feel" lol
hope i helped <33
heyy did you end up having to go to school?? was ne thing wrong??
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why don't you go into a room inside of your house, somewhere that your mom will hear you. And put your finger in your throat. You will throw up. And will probably have to stay home.
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Get facts about Colombine, and say how it was unexpected. Also, get facts on the more recent Virginia Tech Shooting- deadliest in history.
just beg her, and say you fear for your life!
good luck, and I hope you can stay home.
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