Chicagoist: Another Young Girl Gunned Down

Matt Stratton

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:49:11 -0600

It's the internet. It's far more important to make sure everyone knows you are superior to everyone else than to actually care about anything. Of course, if this had anything to do with bikes on the road or dogs there would be tons of comments. But since it's a story that has to do with the tragic death of a child, that's clearly less worthy of anyone's time. Except for people who have nothing to contribute other than to think they are being smart when they're really just being d-bags.

cstratton

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:39:54 -0600

I was her first grade teacher while she attended Nicholson School which is in Englewood. Unfortunately, after 6 years of teaching in Englewood, I needed a break so I'm not teaching right now. Why the need to be so snarky when I was just commenting on how sad it was?

fed up

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:08:59 -0600

cstratton first 85th and exchange is nowhere near englewood and if you are a first grade teacher what are you doing on a blog at 8:27am on a school day when class starts at 8am.

mikely1

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:39:24 -0600

Duncan's statement reminds me of something Lafayette Rivers said (which I'll never forget) that is in Alex Kotlowitz's book "There Are No Children Here." "If I grow up, I'd like to be a bus driver." Emphasis on "if." Sad.

Matt Stratton

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:38:12 -0600

It's not clear from the way cstratton worded it, but what she meant was that she was Nequiel's first grade teacher, not that she was in first grade with Nequiel. Not that it's terribly important.

cstratton

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:27:28 -0600

Oh my gosh....She was in my first grade class. I knew that with all the shootings going on in Englewood, it would only be a matter of time before I actually saw someone I knew. I'm so angry and sad. She was such a sweet, happy little girl with her whole life ahead of her. All this shooting and killing just makes me sick.

Albanyparkour

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:17:17 -0600

What the hell is going on? Right now, it's a gang war. Recent arrests by the CPD set off a "leadership crisis" that's been sorting itself out in blood for months now. Long term, it's a poor black kid, good for a "oh no!" from most people, then shrug, then a "whaddagonnado?" and wash and rinse and repeat. Meanwhile, how much is spent hunting down missing white suburban wives?