High school students mourn the loss of their peers as tradegy strikes.
At a time when students are usually at their happiest- the end of the school year and graduation- many are instead mourning the loss of a peer. In separate incidents over the weekend, two promising young men had their lives taken away from them as a result of gun violence and drowning.
In one incident the Sun- Sentinel reports that Lawrence Wong, a 17 year old junior at Everglades High School in Miramar, accidentally drowned in a small lake in a far-western area of Broward County. The incident occured after playing a ball game with friends. Wong's death has left a school community that is still trying to recover from the recent death of a graduate, and the injury of other students resulting from a car accident in pain.
Wongs's memories live on in the minds and hearts of his peers who took the time to add comments to his personal web page. The school also took the time to recognize a moment of silence in his honor http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-sstudent23may23,0,2652792.story.
In a second unrelated incident, Jeffry Johnson, a senior at Carol City High School was gunned down early Sunday morning, after a debate about who had the most "tricked out" car. The senior who was scheduled to graduate on Thursday of this week as a summa cum laude was remembered at school by his peers who posted comments on a poster being made in his honor.
According to reports in the Herald, some of the comments posted revealed anger, while others reavealed the sadness that the students were facing. The boys father also made an appearance at the school, where he encouraged the students to stay strong. Johnsons' death is another in a series of deaths to plague the Carol City High School since the start of the year. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14644084.htm
The death of these promising teens then, is hopefully not just a passing phase for their surviving family and friends but it should lead one to re-think ones values and attitudes.
In one incident the Sun- Sentinel reports that Lawrence Wong, a 17 year old junior at Everglades High School in Miramar, accidentally drowned in a small lake in a far-western area of Broward County. The incident occured after playing a ball game with friends. Wong's death has left a school community that is still trying to recover from the recent death of a graduate, and the injury of other students resulting from a car accident in pain.
Wongs's memories live on in the minds and hearts of his peers who took the time to add comments to his personal web page. The school also took the time to recognize a moment of silence in his honor http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/sfl-sstudent23may23,0,2652792.story.
In a second unrelated incident, Jeffry Johnson, a senior at Carol City High School was gunned down early Sunday morning, after a debate about who had the most "tricked out" car. The senior who was scheduled to graduate on Thursday of this week as a summa cum laude was remembered at school by his peers who posted comments on a poster being made in his honor.
According to reports in the Herald, some of the comments posted revealed anger, while others reavealed the sadness that the students were facing. The boys father also made an appearance at the school, where he encouraged the students to stay strong. Johnsons' death is another in a series of deaths to plague the Carol City High School since the start of the year. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14644084.htm
The death of these promising teens then, is hopefully not just a passing phase for their surviving family and friends but it should lead one to re-think ones values and attitudes.
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