
'Constant state of anxiety.' Yet another school shooting takes its pyschological toll
CNN
Legions of teachers, school administrators, staff and students have been emotionally scarred by rampages that -- according to the authors of a new book on mass shootings -- have become "routine events in our lives."
Giddings, 39, comes from a family of educators who -- along with school staff, students and their parents across the nation -- have become unwilling participants in a recurring American nightmare.
The copycat threats have been rising since Tuesday's shootings at Oxford High School, according to CNN affiliates WJRT and WXYZ. A 15-year-old sophomore is accused of fatally shooting four students in the halls of the Oakland County school -- about an hour from where Giddings teaches English and social studies.

Oklahoma’s governor picks energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill US Senate seat through end of year
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