Recently, a Woodstock High School
student got pulled out of class and was arrested. What for? For making a
terrorist threat on Twitter. On a random whim, Lake Reynolds decides to tweet, “Planning
on pulling a Columbine tomorrow guys, be prepared!” In his message, Reynolds
was referring to Columbine High School, which experienced an actual shooting in
1999. After hearing of this, administrators of Woodstock High School sent out
letters to students and parents warning them of a possible shooting. But knowing
the high schoolers of the 21st century, it was just another troll. After
Reynolds was arrested, the police informed the public that he was unarmed and
the whole thing was just a hoax.
An event similar to this happened just a year ago
in a neighboring school of Johns Creek High School. In 2011, a student
discovered a message on the bathroom wall saying there would be a shooting on
February 11th. Because most of these threats have been lies, the
school decided to give students the option of whether to come to school or not.
Most of my friends, of course, decided to take the day off and sleep in.
It is very common nowadays for teens
to go around pulling pranks or messing with people’s minds, but it is definitely
not necessary for them to go to extremes. I do not get why they would try to do
something so crazy either—I guess all they have is “YOLO” on their minds. Do
they not realize that if caught, they will be arrested? If we took their
actions to a grander scale, it would be similar to announcing to the world that
they are going to pull a 9/11 on the school. To them, it may seem fun and games,
but they need to realize that their actions will not be taken so lightly.
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