The School Life

Jordan Blackwell's Account

Stop gun violence.

Dear Diary...

My name is Jordan Blackwell, I am in 8th grade. My mom gave me this diary a few days ago, and this is my first page. This is the last two days of school, I'm so happy to graduate middle school and go to high school! We are about to be getting awards for our performance this year, and I'm really excited!

I'm back and I got two awards! I got my graduation award, and I got an award for being on A and B honor roll! My parents were there, and I'm sure they took pictures of me. I'm planning to print those pictures and tape them here.

[PUT GRADUATION PICTURES HERE]

Dear Diary...

We are under lockdown, I'm in math class and we're hiding in the corner of the classroom. I'm scared, what's gonna happen to me? I'm with my friends, one of them trying not to cry audibly, and the other comforting her. I already texted my parents about the school shooting, and now we're just sitting here waiting until we find out if we're coming out of this alive.

I can hear the class next door screaming and crying for help. Then all of their screams were cut off by loud gunshots. I don't wanna die, not this early. I'll write in here later, if I survive that is.

Dear Diary...

Mom, if you're seeing this, I love you. Thank you for giving me this diary. I loved it so much. Thank you for caring for me and loving me. Please don't be sad when I die, be happy that I'm in a better place now. Dad, if you're seeing this, I love you. Thank you for being there when no one else was. I'm still your little girl, and don't forget that daddy.

I've been shot in the arm and in the stomach. When is the police and the ambulance gonna get here? I'm bleeding out so much, I don't know if I'm going to survive, I'm replaying every memory I have with my family and my friends. This pain and torture with end soon. I can hear footsteps comi

That was the end of Jordan's diary. She got shot two more times. When police got inside the building, They knew she was dead, but her parents begged them to bring their child to the hospital. She was officially announced dead, her parents were devastated. Months after Jordan's death, her mom died from suicide, and her dad died from a heart attack years later after both of their deaths.

Both of her friends, Elena Richards and Talia Wiggins died hugging each other.