Beyond Your Limits

EP 020: A Teacher on the Crisis of Mass Killings by Teens, with Jaime McMillan

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A Teacher on the Crisis of Mass Killings by Teens, with Jaime McMillan. Jaime McMillan - Mom, Teacher, Seeker. 21 year high school English teacher. Lover of mountains and all things outdoors.

2:40 We have an expert on the subject on the show today a dear friend of mine who has been teaching for over 20 years in high schools and seeing every iteration for an entire generation of young people coming up through the childhood into teen years where she managed them.

4:17 There is a need for young adults to understand that they have a place in this world that there are, there is something they can do themselves to make a difference.

8:11 I noticed in some of the research about school shootings or young adults who are put into this into these cities or put themselves into these situations, there have been several school shootings that young adults have planned, but never followed through with because an adult intervened and taught them or in some way that attention that the adult gave the it caused the potential shooter to change his mind.

13:59 There, they're searching for belonging, they're searching for community, and when you can't find that, or that gets taken away from you. And I think even when it gets taken away from you, is as damaging and more damaging than, you know, I think is like when you're a part of something, and then that's gone.

25:55 They came up with four common characteristics that they all had, the number one thing is that they had either suffered an early childhood trauma, or they had exposure to violence at a young age. This is every single one of them had this common denominator.

36:48 It is a nagging fear in the back of all of our minds.