Orange and Maroon Effect




today's the day of silence.
where we just take a minute or two to concern about the school shooting incident that happen half way around the world which resulted in 34 lives lost.

today we remember:
Ross Abdallah Alameddine
Christopher James Bishop
Brian Roy Bluhm
Ryan Christopher Clark
Austin Michelle Cloyd
Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
Kevin P. Granata
Matthew Gregory Gwaltney
Caitlin Millar Hammaren
Jeremy Michael Herbstritt
Rachel Hill
Emily Jane Hilscher
Jarrett Lee Lane
Matthew Joseph La Porte
Henry J. Lee
Liviu Librescu
G.V. Loganathan
Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan
Lauren Ashley McCain
Daniel Patrick O'Neil
J. Ortiz-Ortiz
Minal Hiralal Panchal
Daniel Alejandro Perez
Erin Nicole Peterson
Michael Steven Pohle, Jr.
Julia Kathleen Pryde
Mary Karen Read
Reema Joseph Samaha
Waleed Mohamed Shaalan
Leslie Geraldine Sherman
Maxine Shelly Turner
Nicole White

today is one of those days that we stand together and reflect on oursevles.
what caused the people of current day society to do such drastic actions.
we have been fighting for equality, for meritocracy for so long.
but what have we acheived?
if being look down upon is what contributes to the acitons of the murder.
could we have done more and perhaps stop this incident?

so people search for all your orange and maroon things to wear.
let's commerate these people.
we cannot make time turn back.
so all we can do is relfect on this.
learn from this.
and appreciate and feel sorry for the sacrifices that 34 people have made and for the family and love ones of these 34 people.

in normal school, ex.DHS
when such things happen.
we would do like mass counselling, to ensure that students are feeling better.
maybe not better.
but less shocked.
more calm perhaps.
but guess what these people are doing...

Classes to resume Monday, April 23
The first day of class will involve broad ranging discussion of these events from various perspectives. There will also be discussion of the options, which are available to students concerning their completion of the semester.
Classes will be continued with the elimination of one week of work. Students will have the option of requesting, on a course by course basis, that the semester grade be based on the faculty evaluation of:
Materials which have already been submitted for grade prior to April 16, or
The already submitted material plus any other assigned material which the student wishes to submit for grade, or
The material that would have been submitted for grade upon regular completion of the course.

i mean...
come on.
maybe 34 people in the entire population of your school is a really small number.
but it is 34 people.
it is 34 lives.
it is 34 innocent lives.
can't people put in more effort to value lives?
yes, we have to move on with life.
but not so soon.
healing needs time.
understanding needs time.
seriously.
what has happened to man?