October 2, 2018
Ted Kaczynski
The Unabomber
Lyzette Flores
I really liked how this article was written. I believe Ted was a very smart man obviously because he was already attending the University of Harvard at just the age of 16. That is something you don’t really hear often. He could have used his knowledge to do something bright but his feelings got the best of him. I feel as if he had good friends and was not bullied things would have been different. I strongly believe he could have been a completely different person.
02/10/2018
3:35 pm
Christopher Hohman
Nice article. The unabomber sounds like he was a disturbed guy. It is sad that his life started out with so much promise, but then he became a monster. I do not care what you believe in, whether it is technology is evil or whatever, that does not give you the right to start killing people. What I find fascinating is that they did not catch him until the 1990s. He was at large for quite awhile it seems. I am glad that his brother did the right thing and turned him in.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Rebecca Campos
This is one of the most common crime stories you hear, but the author really included a lot of details about the Unabomber and that I had never been informed of. I actually had never known where the title “The Unabomber” had come from, but now it makes perfect sense. It’s kind of sad that the life he lived was one of isolation and I’m sure it definitely did not positively contribute to his mental state. He was obviously a very intelligent individual because I don’t know any sixteen year olds in college. It’s just unfortunate that his life went the direction that it did.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Daniela Duran
This was a very interesting article! I can’t believe that someone who could have had such a great future would end up like this! There is no doubt that Ted was actually a smart man, and perhaps all of the ways in which he was excluded from society were what ended up ruining his future. I can see from the article that he constantly followed a pattern, in which he got farther away from people every time. He just wanted to be lonely. Perhaps he did not feel welcome or he felt different to others, and this is what ended up developing emotions, such as anger, within him, and they later got out of his control. I am glad that he was caught in the end, because he could have been capable of hurting a lot more people. I really liked this article.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Robert Freise
It is crazy to think that somebody that was so intelligent at such a young age and had the chance to make a successful and peaceful life of himself. From what I understand, is that the setbacks in his life and constant state of being angered by technology ultimately got to him and caused him to turn to mass destruction on selected individuals. I am really surprised that Ted had no way to cope with his problems with technology. His isolation and lack of a social life really got him.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Adrian Cook
Ted was a very smart man that again suffered from loneliness and other factors to effect his mind. We see it a lot in today’s age as many people who commit these acts are suffering from something. It’s crazy how all of this happened and how he was such a smart student in school. These bombings can be so simple but do tons of damage to a person. We should always be cautious of what we open because we may never know what’s inside. This was a very interesting article and have never heard of the “Unabomber”.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Crystal Baeza
I find it interesting how some criminals usually grow up to be troubled at a young age and continue to spiral down then become criminals from their illegal acts but for Ted, that wasn’t the case. It’s insane how he had an IQ of 157 at the age of 10, skipped several grades, and be able to work with those much older than him then attend Harvard at the age of 16. If only people had treated him differently rather than judge him for his high intelligence then maybe Ted could have had a different ending.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Faten Al Shaibi
Ted Kaczynski , a person who is very smart and It is a pity to lose someone with such extraordinary intelligence, and do not take advantage of his talent and harness it to help people. On the contrary, his intelligence was the source of his misery .It is a sad story that he did not find someone to direct him to the right path and help him to be a better person and beneficial to his society.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
Eloisa Sanchez Urrea
This article did a really good job of showing the evolution of Ted Kaczynski from a Harvard student to a criminal. It was this evolution that really surprised me, because someone with such a promising future a criminal. This goes to show how complex our minds can be as well as how dangerous mental illness can be if they are left untreated.
03/10/2018
3:35 pm
William Rittenhouse
This is another perfect example of mental illness that went uncured and unanswered. It sounds like he was bullied because of his intelligence and had no help. I’m curious what his relationship with his parents was like. I’m assuming it wasn’t the greatest either. It’s also interesting how all his teachers described him as smart and ambitious. He valued education more than most things it seems like. Either way it was a terrible thing.
02/10/2018
3:35 pm