The massacre in Newtown, Connecticut heralds teachers as heroes but the parents are in grief for their chidren . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 6:13 PM
It is not all the time we hear of teachers easily acknowledged as heroes. The heinous crime against the 5-10 year old children attending pre-school in Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut: 20 beautiful children massacred by a lone gunman, Adam Lanza, is one for the books. It is in the sense that most of the children who were killed were 5-6 years old. Then three (3) teachers were killed. A certain Victoria Soto was one of the first teachers shot while one of her pupils was able to escape due to her heroism. She used her body to shield her pupils which allowed the lone survivor, one of Miss Soto's pupils to run and scape sure death.
CNN narrates in various ways how the massacre happened. In all instances you are left wondering why someone can do such a horrifying thing. This is aggravated by the information gathered that the guns were owned by Nancy Lanza, the other of the shooter, who ironically happened to be the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School. Then you hear some of the parents who did not condemn the shooter and his family and so we are left condoling for all parties: the victims, the parents and loved ones and the perpetrators of the crime.
Fellow mentors, we need not experience what happened in Connecticut. We can go on with our vocation to teach and learn from this sad event that teaching is our way of loving the children and doing our job not merely for financial reasons but as part of your mission-vocation to mankind. Teacher's teacher prays for the fallen teacher-heroes.
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