NEW FACE OF FAILURE

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMETHING SO OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON THE RIDE HOME FROM VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE. MY BUDS SHOTTA AND T. JONES TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPERS RECENTLY. IT WAS A STORY ABOUT TEENS SEXUALLY ABUSING THE ELDERLY AT A NURSING HOME. NOW, I'VE ALREADY HEARD THE STORY BUT JUST HEARING IT AGAIN MAKES IT WORSE. HOW CAN ANYBODY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I GUESS THEIR WAY OF JUSTIFYING THE ACT WAS THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FUN. THE OLD PEOPLE CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES! I WONDER IF THE PERSON RUNNING THAT NURSING HOME HAD ANY IDEA ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THEY DID SOME HALF-HEARTED DAMAGE CONTROL BECAUSE I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS STORY LAST YEAR AND NOW IT'S REARING ITS UGLY HEAD. SOMETHING WENT WRONG SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WITH THESE PEOPLE--I THINK THEY SHOULD DO SOME TIME BEHIND BARS. IT'S ALMOST AS BAD AS ABUSING CHILDREN. IT AMAZES ME THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE CAPACITY TO COMMIT SUCH HEINOUS CRIMES. PERSONALLY, I FEEL THAT THIS STORY NEEDS MORE ATTENTION--THE PEOPLE HERE SHOULDN'T KEEP MUM ABOUT SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE. SURE, THEY DON'T WANT TO AIR THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY TO THE WORLD, BUT THEY BROUGHT IT UPON THEMSELVES. HAD THEY HANDLED THIS CORRECTLY AT THE MOMENT IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE COME RIGHT ON OUT AND JUST TELL THE TRUTH;IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DRAMATIC DEFINING MOMENT. THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE HAD SYMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS AND APPLAUDED THE BRAVERY OF THE NURSING HOME FOR TELLING EVERYONE. THEN AGAIN, I LIKE DRAMATIC ENDINGS TO DRAMATIC EVENTS AND NOT EVERYONE FEELS THE SAME WAY. I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED THESE CRIMES ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND THAT THE NURSING HOME REDEEMS ITS REPUTATION, AND FINALLY, I HOPE THE VICTIMS FEEL RELIEF/CLOSURE.