Not the least bit surprised you feel this way.
SMH.
you kidding me?
he's essentially blaming kids for their own murders...
he's completely disregarding that every child is different in terms of their desire to be social (or not)...
he's completely disparaging an entire generation as stereotypically self-involved, lacking sensitivity, lacking empathy and obsessed with status
he's blaming school shootings on kids with behavioural problems...
he's suggesting also that kids are responsible for the burden of dealing with issues of people they dont even know - that’s an inappropriate load for him to expect children to carry...
he constantly says “He could likely be our next shooter."
-No. It’s not likely. It’s actually entirely unlikely. Basic common awareness of statistics says that the vast majority of lonely kids never become school shooters.
the author of that open letter is doing a huge disservice to children who struggle enough as it is by portraying antisocial or emotionally impaired student as “likely” mass murderers
there's a fallacy inherent to his argument anyway - it’s incredibly presumptuous of that former teacher to assume that every child sitting alone wants to be included in social activities
im not saying that kids shouldnt be nicer to each other - but its not like they should be forced to interact with people outside of their comfort zone necessarily... why is that their duty?
and since when do adults tell kids to be friends with someone, just so that they don’t get shot up?
Plus, he deflects responsibility from where it ought to rest. They are children. It should be the job of adults to keep them safe. Every single one of them... Including the child sitting in the corner of the lunch room alone.
i also dont really get the point of the argument either in the first place: even if this was a legitimate fix why does the students marching on 1 day together preclude them from walking up to these "lonely" kids every or any other day of the year?
how low has it got that kids are being blamed pre-emptively for their own future murders?