As a high school student witnessing the drama unfold around this tragedy I cannot find words to express my devastation. I have not been able to bring myself to discuss the event with my parents, my piers, or my teachers, and I wasn't even directly affected. I cannot begin to imagine the pain the parents of those children lost in the shooting must be enduring right now. I can only hope that they look forward, and that our country does something to change the status quo in mental health and gun control policies.

by Muthu Chidambaram in Gainesville