A lot of times teenagers feel like we don't have anyone to go to. And so on the question of whether a gang of armed kids would prompt her to notify school authorities or any adult, for that matter she sighs a regret. You just don't feel safe, no matter what. And then if those people get arrested, they'll have other people get you. That's how it is.
Some students feel it's better to be cautious than alarmist.
You never know what they're thinking. I trust her judgment as to what she believes is safe and not safe. A month ago, Thea Delage discovered a dagger on a Blair staircase. And perhaps even more demoralizing than incrimination is ostracism. Tonya Aultman-Bettridge, a researcher at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, recalls the case of a Denver area public school student who told authorities about guns in his school and found that his life took a bad turn.