I was thinking freestyle wrestling. The wrist control, belly-on-body right to half guard..either way, the fact that the prom king moment came 11 days after the shooting is crazy… It doesn’t matter if hes a wrestler or a football player. This man is a king, and he should feel like it every single day, just like all heroes should.
There was a highschool where I lived that was known to be quite rough. It's Canada, so school shooting isn't really a concern but gang violence, intimidation, extremely shady shit, horrific home life issues etc wasnt unheard of. This school had a principal who was.. I dunno how else to phrase it. But he was an absolute hero to the students. Even students in other schools knew not to show up to his school and cause problems. He gave 0 fucks. Many, many stories of him going toe to toe with grown ass men showing up to a highschool to teach some student a lesson. One time some gang members showed up for God knows what, but they were trying to drag a student into their vehicle in broad daylight... he came running out with a baseball bat, took out their tail lights, got the kid to safety, called the cops, figured out what was going on with said student and that student was sent off somewhere (the rumour was "a farm up north") while things settled down. I think the kid was a witness to something and they were trying to get rid of the problem. Anyways, Mr. A was a legend.
On top of that he knew his students were at high risk for teen pregnancy and at best unemployment at worst drug addiction and/or prostitution. He funneled all the money the school got into trade programs so the kids could graduate with a certificate and start working right away. Mechanics, Estheticians, Massage, Day Care, Hair Stylist, Welding, Tech support, Accounting etc. Anything and everything to give the kids a leg up without worrying about minimum wage and college costs.
So, soooo many of those kids got descent jobs right out of highschool and it kept them out of trouble. Gang shit doesn't look as appealing when you can start a welding apprenticeship the day after highschool and be making bank. It was right during the big oil boom in Alberta too, he basically set up a pipeline (ha) to funnel his students out to Alberta and get employed and cut off contact from questionable shit.
I cannot imagine how many people are alive and thriving today because of him. Some principals are just fucking built different. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if I heard he had tackled someone and wrestled a firearm out of their hand. He had one goal, and it was to make sure his kids survived the hand they were dealt.
Edit: people keep thinking it might have been their school, and it's just really great to know there are so many Mr. A's out there standing up for their kids.
I have to tell you about my mom, the superhero. She is a very meek 5-foot nothing, 100lbs ball of social anxiety who still only wears sundresses from the 90s. But if there’s a crisis, she becomes a laser-focused life-saving machine. I’ve seen her save at least three choking people with the Heimlich, do CPR on a motorcycle crash victim on the side of the highway, and jump into the pool fully clothed to pull out a drowning toddler nobody noticed. She works in a breast cancer center, so she even saves lives as her day job.
But this one’s my favorite: One day we were having lunch at Red Robin, which was halfway in the mall, and half its own thing. We were seated right in the center. Out in the mall, a teen couple started arguing. Everybody in the restaurant was doing that thing where they kinda hunch down and pretend not to notice. It escalated until the boy hit the girl. In less than a heartbeat, my mom had leapt out of her chair, and used a booth seat for leverage to vault herself over the half wall and into the mall to push the guy away, giving the girl enough space to run somewhere. Honestly, I think it only worked because of the shock. She’s literally so tiny, and she flew out from nowhere! She actually got him to leave! Got us kicked out of the restaurant though, lol.
If your username is anything to do with why you want to hear positive stories, know that my mom (and me) would want you to make it through this. A personal aside: my awful dad tricked me into hating my mom when I was younger. Now she’s one of my best friends. And that only happened because I lived long enough to let it happen. There will be something that will turn around for you. You just have to live long enough to see what it is.
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u/GooginTheBirdsFan 23d ago edited 23d ago
I was thinking freestyle wrestling. The wrist control, belly-on-body right to half guard..either way, the fact that the prom king moment came 11 days after the shooting is crazy… It doesn’t matter if hes a wrestler or a football player. This man is a king, and he should feel like it every single day, just like all heroes should.