I think it sucks that the shooter didn't have someone out of high school to say that the "cool kid" status and the "dork" status really won't matter in a few short years. I was not prom queen nor was I on the brain bowl team. There was a defined social hierarchy. But now, who cares? Can anyone of us truly say that your popularity or lack thereof effects your life today? I know it's hard to not fit in, but you have to keep looking ahead. I really wish that the poor boy, who felt that shooting up his school was the only thing to do, had someone to tell him that nothing in high school (or college) is worth what he did. If only some one had told him that "this too shall pass"...
Heidi