Anderson Cooper 360 Guest Blogger: Andrew Robinson (Update)

Posted On: August 2, 2009
Posted In: Initiative, News
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Everyone, Below is an older post that I had written several months ago for Anderson Cooper's blog on CNN. I wanted to republish it as a reminder of things to think about as numerous kids around this country prepare themselves to return to school.  Columbine: Lessons Not Learned By Andrew Robinson Ten years ago today I was a senior at Columbine High School when two of my fellow classmates, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, opened fire. Their actions that day took the lives of 12 students and one teacher before they turned their weapons on themselves and took their own lives. While I try to avoid such phrases as “a day that will live in infamy” it seems, ten years later, we still remember Columbine. However, I’d like to take this opportunity not to reflect on the day, but about where we’ve come as a society since that terrible day. Recently, I took part in a panel discussion in Colorado with Darrell Scott the father of my friend and slain student Rachel Scott. In the years since Rachel’s death, Mr. Scott and his son Craig have founded Rachel’s Challenge, an organization that speaks to school aged kids, mainly high-schoolers, about Rachel’s life and message surrounding ...

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