[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

He may have already hidden the knife in the school perhaps in a locker and used the opportunity to retrieve it when he was out of the class photocopying. Maybe this was premeditated to a degree but to kill her I'm not sure that's how he saw it ending.

What a sad and dangerous concoction of youngsters we have these days. A mixture of lack of discipline, no enforceable authority from anywhere other than parents. 24 hour access to hard core Killing Video games, liberal dispensation of drugs anti-depressants/tranquilisers to children, questionable food additives, extreme pressure to do well and succeed at all costs, not enough jobs at the end of the college/training....etc etc

Is it any wonder a few go completely off the rails under these conditions.

Maybe as a society a bit of soul searching and reflectiveness may be a good thing as this poor lady should have had a more than reasonable expectation when she set out for work on Monday morning that she would return home on Monday evening.

Tragedy for all concerned.

..I think if you stab someone in the neck several times, then it's likely what the ending will be and to do that is a very disturbed mental state...and that isn't kind of a 'decade' thing it's an individual thing..I would say most teenagers play video games and they don't do what he did...and I really don't know if he was on medication or anything but he certainly seemed to be showing signs of his emotional state much before the incident...I think the fact that he and his brother didn't reply when an adult neighbour said hello to them is something that I would have found a bit worrying...