The children are the future, Say hello to steak knives

Lauren Hanley

“Sit down Harry. If you stand on the chair one more time, you are in big trouble,” said the elementary school teacher, interrupted by the recess bell. The little children fled in excitement to play on the jungle gym and scamper in the crisp spring air, all but nine. Theses nine elementary students are not going to play with the other children, for they have a mission to prepare and execute the upcoming morning.
Last week allegations spurred controversy among Waycross, Georgia residents and authorities, when third-graders plotted to knock out, handcuff, and stab their teacher. Psychiatry experts claim that it is unlikely for children at such a young age to sincerely intend to fatally hurt anyone. But the crystal paperweight, steak knife, steel handcuffs, and other malicious items brought in by third-graders, incited shock and fear within neighbors of the school.
According to MSN news April 1 issue, Dr. Louis Kraus, a child psychiatry expert at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, said “I doubt they would have actually attacked. Children that age are certainly imaginative and capable of creating elaborate games. The reality is it is highly unlikely they would have been successful at this," Kraus said. "Even if it had begun, it's unclear whether they actually would have followed through with it."
Police claim that the third-graders at Waycross Center Elementary School were provoked by the teacher’s strict discipline towards her students. The authorities said nine students were involved, but prosecutors are looking for juvenile charges against only three of them.
I can not believe that children so young would have the motif and anger to plot the murder of their teacher. The entire school should be examined so authorities can uncover why its environment incited such evil from little children. Also, the children need to see a phyciatrist and get help. All these children are mentally insane for wanting to inflict grave danger on an innocent being. This event is a sign and cry for compassion within school systems. Teachers need to be more empathetic towards their students and work to establish a relationship.
In regards to prosecution charges, the students should get the bare minimum sentences because they clearly do not know what they are doing and are not thinking straight.
People are always saying that our children are our future. Well if the future means attacking others with steak knives, then tomorrow does not look so good. We all need to come together and take a second look at our children to see if we are raising them with morals and virtue.