Remember Him As Great

Today started out like any other day. We had class and of course I was complaining like most people there. What none of us knew, however, was that within hours, even minutes, our lives would change by the next thing we heard on the intercom. The message started out with one of the secretaries saying they had an announcement. Then it cut off. They came back on, and you could hear people crying in the back. Next thing we knew, they said a student had commited suicide. This student was one of the best kids in this school. Immediately people started sobbing. His closest friends, luckily, had been called into the office before this to be told in person. I can only imagine the horror they faced at that moment. Unfortunately, though, one of his closest friends was overlooked. He heard about his best friend through an intercom. There is nothing to do when that is heard.

Chad has changed this school. Today the halls were full of people weeping for the loss of one of the smartest kids in the school. He was also considered one of the nicest. His shirts were always so funny. Never again will I, or anyone, see his great "I'm Hungary for Chad" shirt anymore. Today we lost a great person. In the blink of an eye we lost what could have been an amazing person. People come and they go, but Chad will never leave this school. He will live on through the people that knew him. I do not ask for sympethy, for I did not know him nearly as well as others. I just ask that people take a moment of silence and pray for this amazing person's parents and friends. Today we see what people are capable of. Today we see what effect we have on people. Today we see what the world can look like through the eyes of someone so seemingly cheerful. Today we lost a great person. Today, we learn...