Pick Me-Choose Me-Hire Me #18- Complete Shock
As I'm sure most of you have heard by now, there was a shooting on Virginia Tech's campus early this morning. I have been following the story on CNN and the latest count was over 30 members of the community have passed away, including the shooter. The rampage began early this morning in a residence hall where one student was killed and then the shooter moved to an academic building where he opened fire in a classroom.I am usually effected by these types of stories, but this one really hit home. My greatest fear in my professional career is a student death. I simply cannot wrap my head around what it would be like to be working as a student affairs professional at Virginia Tech today. I just saw them at Placement, sat beside them during orientation, and saw them throughout the Conference. It is very hard for me to put myself in their place, but my heart goes out to each and every one of the community members at VT.
It is incidences such as this that make every little thing that is stressing me out seem absolutely and totally trivial. What matters are students. Their physical and mental safety, their growth, their development. Period. End of story.
posted by StudentAffairs.com @ 12:23 PM
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