The Trenchcoach Mafia donned Nazi crosses, admired Adolf Hitler and spoke German. Harris bragged about his new guns in a school video. Members slung racial slurs at students of color. One of the killers submitted a paper describing a plot to kill everyone at school. After the murders, the teacher admitted to overlooking the boy's disturbing thesis.
Teachers volunteer countless hours to coach football or cheerleading.
Teachers don't care about unpopular students. Teachers are too wrapped up in cliques, too concerned about social status. You'd think a teacher would notice. When I was in high school, if the homecoming queen snagged her pantyhose, the school practically shut down. Yet, I remember writing a term paper on teen suicide and the teacher never questioned my undiagnosed depression.