EverCurious
Gold Member
Yesterday someone painted on the wall that my son's school is going to have shooting tomorrow (Friday) The school has dutifully called all parents, noting it is not credible, increased the number of officers we'll have at the school, and have excused all absences for tomorrow. ~ Threatening message investigated at Chugiak High School
So I call my son down to talk to him about it. He'll be graduating at the end of December (early, but staying for college credits) and he turns 18 in January. He's at Chugiak for 3 hours total before he goes into the King Career Center (the college credits) at 10:30am. I suggest that I'll take him to King Career Center and he can just sleep in.
He won't stay home, says he has a presentation second hour. ~sigh~ God damned responsibility. Hard to be mad at him.
He comforts me, saying his classes are deep inside the building and no one really knows where they are. Completely unworried - other than noting that he best check his school bag to make sure he doesn't have his pocket knife as bag checks on everyone are likely. (That's pretty much where our crime rate is, a lot of the boys carry pocket knives at school still.)
I find myself 'bartering... "Well, we could have our Star Wars marathon, it's almost that time of year." (Annual tradition with us, we're geeks)
No dice. He just laughs and says he can't let his partner in the presentation down. (Goddammit)
I can only nod sagely as he runs off to check his bag and go to bed.
So now I get to spend the evening wondering if I give into my "better safe than sorry" idea and force him to stay home against his wishes, or do I suck it up and let him make his own choices, as I have since he was old enough. I am not pleased with this choice because my gut is to say noooo stay with mommy! My child is as stubborn as I am, he won't be pleased if I keep him home against his will.
On the one hand, this is likely a hoax and I fully trust the [well armed] police at the school will do their job, we are a wealthy military community with almost no crime - likely because half the police force lives out here too (there are 7 officers on my street alone.) The chances of this being a real threat are very slim, and the chances of any success are likely slimmer. Still, I am... concerned.
My biggest problem is that two years ago I would not have believed it at all - I'd say "damn punks" and ignore it. I find I cannot do that now... This is not something I, nor anyone, should have to deal with. Though in my idk self-pity setting atm I am going to complain that I do not pay out my ass in taxes so that I can be legitimately concerned about this kind of bullshit thanks to your lower 48 shit bags. Oh yes, it was obviously someone up here who did this, but if it wasn't for the rampant shit holes in the lower 48 it would not even be fathomable as a concern for me right now.
Clean up your fucking acts down there please. Talk to your kids and your friends and tell them all that this crap needs to stop.
So I call my son down to talk to him about it. He'll be graduating at the end of December (early, but staying for college credits) and he turns 18 in January. He's at Chugiak for 3 hours total before he goes into the King Career Center (the college credits) at 10:30am. I suggest that I'll take him to King Career Center and he can just sleep in.
He won't stay home, says he has a presentation second hour. ~sigh~ God damned responsibility. Hard to be mad at him.
He comforts me, saying his classes are deep inside the building and no one really knows where they are. Completely unworried - other than noting that he best check his school bag to make sure he doesn't have his pocket knife as bag checks on everyone are likely. (That's pretty much where our crime rate is, a lot of the boys carry pocket knives at school still.)
I find myself 'bartering... "Well, we could have our Star Wars marathon, it's almost that time of year." (Annual tradition with us, we're geeks)
No dice. He just laughs and says he can't let his partner in the presentation down. (Goddammit)
I can only nod sagely as he runs off to check his bag and go to bed.
So now I get to spend the evening wondering if I give into my "better safe than sorry" idea and force him to stay home against his wishes, or do I suck it up and let him make his own choices, as I have since he was old enough. I am not pleased with this choice because my gut is to say noooo stay with mommy! My child is as stubborn as I am, he won't be pleased if I keep him home against his will.
On the one hand, this is likely a hoax and I fully trust the [well armed] police at the school will do their job, we are a wealthy military community with almost no crime - likely because half the police force lives out here too (there are 7 officers on my street alone.) The chances of this being a real threat are very slim, and the chances of any success are likely slimmer. Still, I am... concerned.
My biggest problem is that two years ago I would not have believed it at all - I'd say "damn punks" and ignore it. I find I cannot do that now... This is not something I, nor anyone, should have to deal with. Though in my idk self-pity setting atm I am going to complain that I do not pay out my ass in taxes so that I can be legitimately concerned about this kind of bullshit thanks to your lower 48 shit bags. Oh yes, it was obviously someone up here who did this, but if it wasn't for the rampant shit holes in the lower 48 it would not even be fathomable as a concern for me right now.
Clean up your fucking acts down there please. Talk to your kids and your friends and tell them all that this crap needs to stop.
