Thinking about movin to Chicago so my daughter can go to a nice school like this
 

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/oc...chic-o07.shtml

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-...9100700409.jpg

wow.

I would home school if I had kids and lived in the USA. You either go to a shit school or pay through the ass for a good one.

People think our schools in the UK are bad... makes me laugh. Our Government is halfway through building brand new schools for every old school we have. My old High School looks awesome nowadays.

Theres always been fights at school, who here (males and females) didnt get into a little schoolyard scrap.

But the level of violence occuring today is NOTHING like the "meet me after school punk" fights we had growing up.

These savages split this kids head in the street with a 2x4. he wasnt even involved, just a passerby walking home from school. Cracked his skull open and left him in the road.

Words cant even describe this type of behavior. Animalistic is about the only word I can think of.

Oh shut the fuck up, I live 20 miles from that school mentioned and went to BGHS a blue ribbon school recognized by the U.S. state department of education.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%28USGS%29.png

10 miles from BGHS is Stevenson HS where my little brother went. It was ranked #69th best high school in the entire country.

http://district125.k12.il.us/

Both are public schools.

http://www6.district125.k12.il.us/sp...mages/p3_a.jpg

http://i.dailyherald.com/stories/93/93923.jpg

http://www.bonnieabrahamhomes.com/im...20Schoolsm.jpg

That is a bit of a joke. Most schools are just fine. We used to hear about inner city schools being iffy places but that was by the standards of the country living area where I went to school.

If you are going to judge a whole nation's school by isolated incidents, they don't let your toddlers go to school in Scotland either because a madman might come into one of them and shoot kids. Things happen, it doesn't damn the every other school.

Ross, the place where that crap is happening is just a bad part of a big city. There are plenty of nice public schools in the US especially once you get out of the big city areas.

Blacks killing blacks for no reason. Nothing new there.

The problem is not the school, it's the people.

Still, a very sad story no matter the race. I feel for his family.

No animals I know act that way unless they've been around man too much.

Indeed it is. Hope my comment didn't come off racist. I'm far from it.

no culture, no education = back to stone age

To understand why this happens please reference the continent of Africa.

chi town heat takin it to the street.

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:2 cents: ... every fucking asshole on that pic and every fucking asshole fighting others have to be kicked out from the school to the street where the trash belongs ...

Every city in the world has its bad and dangerous schools

I'm from Chicago and can echo the sentiments that yes, there are some very fine schools there (and yes, Stevenson is one of them).

Part of the problem right now in Chicago, is that many schools have been closed due to budget cuts/resources etc. And, kids are being bused to other schools outside of their area, which creates a situation where rival gangs (yea, i guess gang kids go to school or whatever) come into contact with each other more frequently.

Either way, the problem isn't just the kids. It's the fucking parents and community leaders who need to step up and do something. Activities with kids, after school reading programs etc. It's not the government's job to make these people stop killing each other. And yes, while Arne Duncan was an excellent administrator of Chicago schools, I'm sure he has more important things to do right now...

Man i miss my hometown :winkwink:


:2 cents:

-L

Any big INNER city is a bad place to live. My wife grew up in a Chicago suburb and just like any big city suburb it has very low crime.

Yeah, that's terrible. Chicago, eh.

Do you expect more?

'At least five Chicago teenagers have died in similar violence since the beginning of the school year a month ago, and at least seven others have been wounded'
That is always too much.:(

Yeah it's soo much better in NOLA where you'll be sending your soon to be kid to school

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2...n_shootin.html
http://blog.bradycampaign.org/?s=louisiana+campus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_204704.html

Louisiana School Shooting: Student Shoots Himself In The Head After Firing At Teacher

did I hit a nerve there sweetie?

Pretty sure they'll be home schooling.

I dont know why any of this surprises anyone. Whats the motto of todays public school?
"You are dangerous" - metal detection, body searches.
"Zero tolerance" - if you're gonna beat someone, kill them.

Kids are not dumb, then know they are dangerous and should show no mercy.

yep the highschool I went to installed metal detectors the year after I graduated.

That's just insane... :Oh crap:Oh crap

damn, looks like a nice school. blows most out of the water here

you cant make this shit a race issue, Otherwise blacks can put these two on the shoulders of the entire white race.

http://www.members.tripod.com/~Vanes...anklebold4.jpg

Isolated incident? News like this come from the states daily. There is more violence in those schools like in the rest of the world combined.

yeah looks nice.

20 miles is quite the distance though, and taxes from houses in the area pay for it. I bet if we took a look at "houses" near the school where this killing took place they wouldnt be as nice as the golf course looking ones in pic above ;)

the school looks nice but damn, that shit is crazy

In that area it looks like it was the GD's v.s. the Stones.

:thumbsup

Here is a glance at some of the worst school violence worldwide in recent years:


By The Associated Press (AP) – Sep 17, 2009

A student armed with an ax and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in southern Germany on Thursday.
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April 30: Farda Gadyrov, 29, enters the prestigious Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in the capital, Baku, armed with an automatic pistol and clips. He kills 12 people before killing himself as police close in.

March 11: Tim Kretschmer, 17, kills nine students and three teachers at his former high school in Winnenden, Germany, and three others after he flees the building. As police closed in, he turned the gun on himself.

Sept. 23, 2008: Matti Saari, 22, kills nine fellow students and a teacher before shooting himself at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland.

Feb. 14, 2008: Former student Steven Kazmierczak, 27, opens fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, fatally shooting five students and wounding 18 others before committing suicide.

Nov. 7, 2007: Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, shoots and kills eight people and himself at a high school in Tuusula, Finland.

April 16, 2007: Cho Seung-Hui, 23, fatally shoots 32 people in a dorm and a classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, then kills himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Nov. 20, 2006: Sebastian Bosse, 18, goes on a rampage at his former high school in Emsdetten, Germany, near the Dutch border, shooting and injuring four students and the school janitor. Police commandos later find Bosse dead.

April 26, 2002: Robert Steinhaeuser, 19, previously expelled from a school in Erfurt, Germany, kills 13 teachers, two former classmates and a policeman before committing suicide.

April 20, 1999: Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before committing suicide in the school's library.

March 13, 1996: Thomas Hamilton, 43, kills 16 kindergarten children and their teacher in Dunblane, Scotland, and then kills himself.

Ditto ....

But thats like 5% of all shooting incidents in schools.

where are you getting your #s?

Derrion Albert was an honor student too. Sad stuff.

I tyhought they beat him in the head, I may be wrong, seems they jumped on his head

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/28/...ing/index.html

For the record the thread title wasnt to be taken too serious or a slap on Chicago. However it did get views.

Actually no, they beat him in head too...

video http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/28/...ml#cnnSTCVideo

holy fuck man watch this shit

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_301319.html

they fucking crack his head open, dude swings board full on...

anyone involved sho7uld be put to death immediately.

I get your point and I live in Europe so probably more than most here. However, it is just untrue that most schools in the States are overrun by violence. It just is not true. Now, when things go wrong they go rather spectacularly wrong.

No redeeming qualities. None.

Crazy fights happen in Milwaukee Public schools too. The bizarre part is once the fights start, calls are made to family members and before you know it there are 40 or more people throwing down.....most are adults from both sides. Instead of stopping the violence the adults escalate it. Very sad.

The only reason this got attention was because it was on video. Last year, something like 40 public school students were killed in a 35 day period and it didn't even get national news.

When 6 people were shot at pricey Northwestern University a while back, it was huge news, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox both wore little Northwestern patches on their uniforms in sign of support.

When society ignores a problem, it just gets worse. Then everybody acts like they can't believe how things got so bad when it finally boils over.

fucking animals.

Same place Obama is getting his numbers of the uninsured :)