Disconnect

I see a disconnect in the way I view the world and what others view. In the news today Jamie Hood, who kidnapped a man and the killed a policeman this week, said that he shot the policeman so they didn't kill him. And he regretted killing the policeman. But no comment on the illegal act (kidnapping) that he did that started the whole mess.

And Brian Nichols, who broke out of jail and killed 4 people, says that it was a protest against a racist system. He was in jail for raping a girlfriend and, I believe, attempting to kill her.

I have students who do not follow directions given to them by multiple adults (as in multiple adults tell them the same thing) and then say we didn't tell them or they didn't know.

Why is this so hard?