Tkaraoke wrote:Not to totally get off the subject of pumpkins but I'd also have to also point at the extremely violent society (media) that this generation of children have grown up in. For example...back in the days when I was a kid, the most violent video game action was making the girders disappear underneath Donkey Kong's feet so he would come crashing down on his head...these days the video games encourage you to punish your opponent with no remorse and no mercy. When I first saw this with Mortal Kombat (original game) I was horrified and knew it would lead to things like the games we have today. Sure, these games are not meant for children but I guarantee there are tons of them out there playing them. I'm not blaming all of society's faults on video games but I'm just using that as just one example how violence is deemed "ok" and even rewarding (higher points) in the minds of some kids.
Video games don't cause people to be idiots. There were idiots before video games. And there were lots of them. I doubt Lee Harvey Oswald played video games. I don't think Hitler played them either.
Don't blame TV, Don't blame the Media, Don't Blame Video Games, Don't blame society. That is the problem. Everyone wants to lay blame on something else. The only blame that should be laid is on the parents of the children who do these things. Parents must teach their kids that TV is fake and so are video games. Parents must instill a sense of respect into their children (So STOP DRESSING UP LITTLE GIRLS LIKE LITTLE HOOKERS!!!).
Violence is not deemed as okay. Parents need to teach their children that it's not okay. That is what the problem is.
I wonder what the GPA of these kids were. I wonder if they were from one parent families? I wonder if they held jobs or anything like that?
I am smart just don't have the will power to study. 
