a good reason I'm glad I don't have children....

.....three students from Pekin High were killed in a crash on Red Shale Hill Road a few weeks ago. Apparently the driver had just gotten his license, and rumor has it they were doing over 90 AND took a picture of the speedomoter and text messaged it to a friend from a cell phone. The passenger side is the side that hit the tree first.

.....two other students from Pekin High were killed about a week or so ago when they hit each other on their dirt bikes. They were riding without helments, no lights, and it was dark outside.

.....a girl in Peoria (can't remember what school she was at) was found dead in her car, which was folded almost in half, when it hit a tree (I believe).

.....the college student from ISU that disappeared...was found several days later in a burned out chicken coop in Mississippi...her car was found in Atlanta, Georgia.

.....so what's going on? No common sense anymore? Were those kids that ignorant? I'd be so afraid mine would turn out that stupid.
.....as for the girl in Mississippi, when they find who did it, let the parents and friends at him with baseball bats. Drastic? Maybe, but too many people are killing too many people. Defense is one thing, but just to kill someone?
.....that's why I have so many animals here. Maybe we shouldn't make fun of that cat lady down the street. She may be onto something.
posted by Wanting at 11:33 PM