This entry is not written for public opinion. It’s merely my thoughts and feelings about today’s events.
It’s weird to think that the school “down the road” from Radford had something so tragic happen. I can’t count the number of times we met friends at Tech or hung out in the dorms. In my last year at Radford, I had to do my student teaching in Blacksburg schools, so since I spent 99% of my time in Bburg, I thought more of Tech as my home that semester. Everyone in BBurg is into Tech football and the Hokies, so I had to actually start watching the games, so I could talk about the common topic in the teachers’ lounge.
The Tech campus became a daily sight for me, and I began to know the ‘Burgs (Blacksburg and Christiansburg) just as well as I knew Radford. So it hits home to know that this place that I saw daily and had sooo many friends at could have such a tragic thing happen. You always hear on the news about shootings and you think, “Wow… that’s horrible.” It honestly never gave me the same feeling/reaction as when I found out about the shootings at Tech today. It’s not something that happens on TV–the sad reality of it [and the main reason I’m writing about it today] is that it happens anywhere. Even in little cowtowns, like those in the New River Valley. I don’t know why or how the guy did it, but I am extremely saddened to know that things like this really do happen in college towns like mine.
Thank God my friends are ok.