I wondered about this, too. I’m a teacher and we’re trained in how to respond in the event of a shooting, but not in detecting the signs. I’m guessing because it’s never as clear-cut as videos like this make it out to be, and the idea that teachers need to be more watchful is insulting. If a teacher is doing their…

You know....I don’t think I love this. Who is this aimed toward — teachers? Do we think teachers don’t try to intervene with troubled kids? Students? There were students interacting with this kid, and anyway, asking students to police the behavior of “creepy loner weirdos” is how you get bullying. (And I mean, say you…

I’m choosing not to be cynical about this.

I’ve always been on the fence about Eat, Pray, Love as “priv-lit” but that is incredibly touching even to my critical heart. Wishing Gilbert and Elias the best.

ALASKA!!!!!!

I have no credentials to support this opinion, but in high school I was in what I sometimes call a “borderline abusive relationship.” In hindsight, there were definitely red flags. He fell in love with me within days, which made me very uncomfortable. I was 16 and had no idea what was going on, but the word he was…

What I want to know, in all honesty, is how do you avoid guys like this? I’m talking in the first stages of dating (because clearly there were warning signs later on if the cops were called for a domestic disturbance). I guess what I’m struggling with is the idea of this poor woman falling in love, making a life, and…