Prom

The buzz right now for high school students all across the United States, is prom. It is prom season, and girls are busy pinning hair ideas on Pinterest, and getting their nails painted, while guys are trying to rent tuxes for the night all high school students look forward to.

This is such an exciting time of year for students but what happens when one of your best friends or your prom date gets murdered after becoming prom queen?

I thought, this can’t be real, this sounds like a seen from a movie, but it’s real for students in Connecticut.

At Jonathan Law High School in Connecticut, a 16 year old prom queen was murdered by a classmate.

Maren Sanchez was stabbed to death Friday morning in Jonathan Law High School. According to reports she was stabbed by a classmate, (who’s name can not be released because he is a minor), because she didn’t want to go to prom with him. Or at least this is what is suspected. This kid must’ve felt pretty rejected in order to act out in this way.

This is a tragedy. People need help with their mental illnesses. We need to find ways to prevent these things from happening. Maren Sanchez or her friends or family did not deserve this.

According to an article that can be found here,

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/connecticut-town-mourns-girl-killed-prom-n90886

“The suspect is currently under psychiatric evaluation and a 15-day emergency commitment at a medical facility.”

The above quote is from the suspects attorney, Rich Meehan. According to Meehan the suspect will be charged as an adult.

Friends of the suspect say he was a great kid from a great family. The suspect is on the football team and one of the nicest kids. No one is sure why he caused this tragedy to happen, though it is suspected to have something to do with Maren Sanchez not attending prom with him as her date.

The stresses that things like prom put on high school students of my generation are absolutely ridiculous in my opinion, especially if they cause someone to be mentally ill and to commit a crime of this demeanor.

Please talk to your friends or your kids or someone you know and remind them that these events are meant to be joyful, and these times in your/their lives are supposed to be worry free. We want to prevent tragedies like this from happening. We, as a society, need to take away the stress of these things on our young adults today.

For more on prom related, visit my last blog here: http://lydiasblog0703.blogspot.com/2014/04/asking-celebrity-to-prom.html