One observation very few have made about the Littleton tragedy is the following: Why were the perpetrators so taken with Adolf Hitler? The answer for me is quite clear. As teens, all they knew about Hitler was what they might have read, but even more what they had seen in movies, TV, pictures, etc. And what was this? Very orderly troops, banners of all kinds, precision marching and saluting, choral singing, shiny weapons and impeccable uniforms - in other words, an extreme example of discipline, structure, and order. And what were they getting from our society, from their families and from their schools? Minimal order, hardly any discipline, play-it-by-ear classes, encouragement of separation between groups (multiculturalism), and minimal control.

The time has come for educators to stop experimenting with what might appeal most to Johnny and Janey, and face the fact that since the beginning of time (Greece and Rome) youth has always hankered unconsciously for STRUCTURE AND ORDER in their upbringing. The Littleton school system was one of the first to try eliminating the virus known as OBE (Outcomes-Based Education) in the early 90s, but the virus mutated and became a psychology-based education, with the tragic outcome of a few weeks ago. Once schools succumb to this virus, it takes a miracle to avoid some kind of violence or rebellion by students.