Indeed, the community's corporate office parks, its strip malls, bike trails and housing tracts contrast with the nefarious, non-conformist image that the clique chose. Perhaps the contrast between the two cultures was best portrayed in a cartoon that ran March 11 in Columbine's student newspaper, The Courier. Some experts in adolescent psychology find explanations in comfortable neighborhoods such as those in South Jeffco - the very place where this kind of thing isn't supposed to happen. Parents aren't around and it's fairly easy for kids to feel isolated, with hours to themselves,'' he said. Such isolation, coupled with the self-consciousness of adolescence, can lead to angst and anger that nobody understands and nobody's listening.
High school is tough.
Kids can be pretty cruel and some get very marginalized,'' said Dave DeForest-Stalls, executive director of The Spot, a nighttime activity center for urban high school and older youth in Denver. It's the same reason why rashes of teen suicides have often struck in white, opulent parts of town, he added. I do see some goth kids who are into the dark side of life. The pain gets worse, they get angry. They are teased, get angry and crave bloody recognition in order to push aside the feelings that they are society's losers.