Today I learned that one of my former students has been killed. She was in a car with her boyfriend at her house when the stolen gun he was playing with went off and hit her in the side. She died later of her injuries. They were both attending Turlington Alternative School for the semester. She has a twin sister who was also in my class last year.

Granted, she was not an honors student by any means, but when someone you once knew is no longer here, it affects the human condition, no matter what you thought before.