Questions after Virginia Tech

I've been thinking about the life of Seung-Hui-Cho and I just have a couple of questions for teachers and other educators:

1. Did any of your students go through their entire day today without one meaningful conversation with somebody else?
2. Did any of your students go through their entire day without having at least one positive thought about themselves?
3. Did all of your students hear their name said in a pleasant way at least once today?
4. Did you compliment a student today whom you did not compliment yesterday or the day before?


(Even if every one of these questions is answered no, it does not excuse Cho's behavior. But as teachers we can't change the past. We can influence the future.)