Why didn't they fight back?

This should be my last article about the VT shootings, as there isn't much more to be said. Marc Danziger has an article that is pretty similiar in its feelings to what me and Sara talked about with each other after we heard about what happened. I just don't understand how you can sit there why a gunman fires 100 rounds into your classmates and think this is a good way to teach our kids to act. Are we so concerned with personal safely in our culture that we tell our kids that doing something in the face of violence to try and stop it will only get them hurt. I just don't understand how we can see that so many people did nothing to stop this and not see a problem. Personal Courage is an army value, but shouldn't we be teaching that it is a higher ideal for everyone?