Wyoming Superintendent comments on Uvalde shooting

WYOMING — Wyoming Superintendent Brian Schroeder used his weekly replace to share ideas and reflections on the latest faculty capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas.

Nineteen kids and two academics have been killed on Might 24 by an 18-year-old who legally bought an AR-style rifle from a federally licensed gun supplier within the Uvalde space on Might 17 and a second rifle on Might 20, based on a report by the Related Press.

“The protection of our colleges has all the time been sacrosanct in our nation, and to even have to think about the prospects of one thing so hideous taking place at the area people schoolhouse, for many of us, by no means as soon as crossed our minds after we have been youngsters,” Schroeder wrote.

He went on to debate “the traumatizing impact on all of us”, calling it “intangible” and laborious to keep away from, particularly for younger folks.

Schroeder speculated that “The results probably might be assorted, deep and life-long: some will grow to be more and more cynical about life and the character of the human situation, whereas others may very well develop deeper spiritually, guided by the verities of their religion. Most, nonetheless, won’t know course of this. With out steering and intervention, they are going to be susceptible to paralyzing ranges of confusion and even despair.”

Schroeder went on to debate his work with traumatized kids and households. “[I} heard from not a few kids how pronounced the darkness was in their own hearts as well as some of the evils they fantasized about enacting. In almost every other way, these were regular, loveable, delightful kids, but deep down inside, they were tormented. Finding someone they could talk to about their torment (and still feel loved and accepted after having done so) did offer them some relief,” Schroeder wrote.

Schroeder wrote, “while it is human nature to deal with this stuff by not dealing with it, going on through life as if nothing happened, that is exactly what we can’t do. You don’t have to be a mental health worker to care. You don’t have to be a professional counselor to listen. And you don’t have to be a pastor to weep with those who weep and pray for those who need it – which at this point, it goes without saying, is pretty much all of us.”

“In these days of heaviness, it falls to all of us to become more human, and in doing so, more divine. There is a time to work, and then there is a time to lay aside the duties of the day, move in, and become the healing presence some of our students need. This is one of those times,” Schroeder said.