first of all im sorry for the young mans death, no doubt he had a bright future ahead of him. Several items in the newspaper article makes me think though. its odd to me the difference in my eighth grade life and his. I didnt start going out with friends at night when i was at Central junior high screwl. matter of fact, i remember having to convince my parents to go to Washington theater on friday night once when I was sixteen. i was told to be in at ten oclock, and i remember getting caught by a train at 945,walking to a pay phone across the street and explaining that i might be 5 or 10 min. late. Didnt the article say that his mom said he was a man who was very busy? lets see when i was in the eighth grade i was 14, and i sure wasnt a man. I wonder how he got to the party?, what time was he supposed to get home if his night was cut short at midnight? Ive the word culture mentioned from time to time, really dont know what the real meaning of it is but this boys life and mine are definetly of a different culture for sure. I would guess that most of us on this board are older, maybe we could glean something of value out of this tragic loss, help a young parent understand that the place to be is at home at that age. im sorry for the obtuse angle here, just trying to help others avoid this kind of torture. And, i might add that im preaching to the choir also, i lost my son when he was sixteen, and i looked for him for 7 years before i found out the truth about what happened to him. Folks, its a mean world out there, didnt one of our tv stations used to say,"its ten oclock, do you know where your children are"? much more to ponder here, its nap time.
on May 7, 2019, 5:20 am, in reply to "