Tag: Robyn Anderson

The Equation for Seceding Success

“By junior high, the gifted program Dylan was in had come to an end. Like many kids that age, he was excruciatingly conscious of anything that might make him stand out from the crowd.  In junior high, he told me, it wasn’t cool to be smart.

Despite this, he continued to do well academically. By the time he was in eighth grade, his junior-high math teacher recommended he enroll in an algebra class at Columbine High School. Dylan refused to go. All three of us met with his teacher to weigh the pros and cons. It’s intimidating enough to start high school as a ninth grader, let alone to go there a year early, and the logistics of getting him back and forth safely were complicated. Together we concluded it would be best to let Dylan stay at the junior high for math.”

– Sue Klebold, “A Mother’s Reckoning”

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“He was one of those kids that didn’t pay a lot of attention.  He got a B in the [ninth grade] class, but he didn’t work very hard.  And he was just a normal student.  But as a senior, he was one of those kids that just wore grubby clothes all the time, wore his hat back wards all the time…He was going to do the very least amount of work possible.  That’s basically what he did.  He tried to talk me one time into letting him not have to come to class–just show up on the days of the tests.  And I said, “No.  You have a choice.  You can come to class and stay awake, or you can drop the class.”  But he barely passed the first semester AP calculus.  I’m not sure he would’ve passed second semester.  He was borderline.  ‘Cause he just didn’t work hard–he was a slacker.  The kids had nothing to do with him, but when kids act and behave like that, the other kids that are in AP calculus, the really good kids, don’t want anything to do with him.“

 – Dylan’s calculus teacher, Mr. Joe Higgins, discussing Dylan Klebold from a 2004 interview, Understanding Columbine, by Ralph Larkin, p. 81. 

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Dylan’s AP Calculus roster is on page JC-001-010453.

Remarks from Dylan’s progress report from his diversion file about the aforesaid AP Calculus class:

September 17, 1998: Period 3 calculus – 69.7% – D.  
Sleeps during class, didn’t retake 1st test. Higgins.

October 13, 1998: AP Calculus –
Dylan Klebold, you have received 74.43% of the available points, and your grade is a C.

November 3, 1998: AP Calculus –
Dylan Klebold, you have received 74.29% of the available points, and your grade is a C.

December 1, 1998: Period 3 calculus – 67.9% – D.  
Use of class time needs to improve! Higgins.

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Dylan’s grades were all over the map, from an A in Video to two D’s, which, notably, were not in slacker classes: French and honors chemistry. The common denominator was that Dylan rejected school because of the classroom strictures and because he didn’t like the people.

Like Magistrate DeVita, Kriegshauser understood Dylan was smarter than his grades showed. “I got the distinct impression it was lack of effort,” he said. “He seemed far more capable than that in my discussions with him. He seemed articulate and intelligent, and it just—just didn’t add up for him. Now, they were AP classes, advanced placement classes, but they still seemed low compared to what he should be doing.”

Kriegshauser told Dylan to improve his grades and if not, he would have to come into the diversion office daily to do homework and compile a weekly homework log.  At first, Dylan’s grades went up, but then dropped to an F in gym. The math teacher noted that Dylan could use his class time more appropriately, and Dylan admitted reading a book during class. Kriegshauser also confronted him on his math grade since comments from the math teacher stated that he could use his class time more appropriately.   “I told him that his effort needs to improve or he will face consequences here including possible termination,”

Kriegshauser wrote in the log. “I also confronted him on his minimizing and excuse giving. I told him to listen to himself and think about what he is saying. It all sounds like he feels like the victim although he denies this.”  
– Columbine: A True Crimes Story by Jeff Kass

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Report comments from Diversion counselor Robert Kriegshauser shows sporadic near-failing grades in math and also gym class.

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Meanwhile on March 11, 1999….

“Tom and I attended parent-teacher conferences at Dylan’s high school. We’d received a midterm report the previous week showing that Dylan’s grades had dropped precipitously in calculus and English. I was pretty sure it was “senioritis,” a high school senior goofing off after being accepted to college, but wanted to touch base.

Dylan’s calculus teacher told us Dylan sometimes fell asleep in class, and had not turned in some assignments. He’d taught Dylan before, and was disappointed Dylan wasn’t more motivated. I was bothered to hear Dylan was slacking off, but not alarmed.  

“Is he being disrespectful to you?” I asked. The teacher replied with amusement, “Oh, no, not Dylan. Dylan’s never disrespectful.” I wondered aloud if being a year younger than his classmates explained his immature attitude, or if he was blowing off the subject because he planned to take it again at college. Then I worried I was making excuses for Dylan, and I shut up.

When I told the math teacher Dylan had been accepted at the University of Arizona, he seemed impressed and slightly surprised. When we mentioned the other Arizona university, he laughed and said, “Oh yes. That’s where all the jocks go after they flunk out of UCLA.” We later shared this comment with Dylan, who changed his mind about visiting the school. The upshot of our meeting was that Dylan wouldn’t fail the course if he went to class and turned in the overdue assignments.

The math teacher noted that Dylan could use his class time more appropriately, and Dylan admitted reading a book during class.”  

– Sue Klebold, A Mother’s Reckoning

According to Sue in AMR, “He met his prom date, Robyn, in class; they studied calculus together.”

The Klebold’s said that Robyn and Dylan studied Calculus together and described Robyn as a very sweet girl and again said that they don’t believe that Dylan ever considered Robyn his girlfriend and again pointed out that there were groups of kids that dated together. [JCO-01-010508]

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Robyn Anderson described Dylan as being very smart but sometimes he did not apply himself. She stated that an example of this would be Calculus where he did not like it so he did not complete his homework.

In regards to disliking any teachers, Robyn Anderson stated that Dylan Klebold did not like the Calculus teacher but added she also did not like him.  She further stated they would joke about the Calculus teacher because of his high pitched voice but Dylan Klebold never said anything mean about him. She further stated Dylan Klebold got into trouble several times because he slept in class. – Robyn Anderson [JCO-01-010624]

Anderson states that she recalls the date of the purchase of these firearms as being in December because she and Klebold were planning to study Calculus at his house because the finals for that class was December 16th and 17th with a make-up day of December I8th, 1999. Anderson believes that the date of the purchase would have to be December 13th, 1999. Robyn Anderson stated that since Dylan and she needed some calculus homework she followed him in her car up to his house.
–Robyn Anderson [JCO-01-008218]

Robyn Anderson stated the last time she talked or saw Dylan Klebold was on Monday, April 19, in their Calculus class which begins at approximately 8:25 a.m. She stated she had been gone for a week and April 19 was the first day for her back at school since being gone. She continued by stating the last time she saw Dylan Klebold was after Calculus class on Monday when Dylan and another friend of hers by the first name of Joe were walking down the hallway after the class. She stated that Joe had a class close to hers downstairs following their Calculus class together. She stated that Dylan would also walk with them for about a minute since he was en route to his Video Productions class and then he would turn off with Joe and her continuing on to their classes. She confirmed that was the last time she saw Dylan Klebold as he was walking towards his Video Productions class.When asked if Dylan Klebold seemed different on the morning of 04/19/99, Robyn Anderson replied not really but that he was kind of quiet. She further stated there were a lot of mornings that he was quiet but she attributed this to him being tired in the mornings. She described Dylan Klebold as not being a morning person and that on weekends if he could he would sleep until noon or 1 o’ clock. She stated it was not odd if he was quiet on most mornings although sometimes he was talkative.
– Robyn Anderson [JCO-01-010624]

Friedman advised he had a calculus class with Klebold and a history and English class with Harris, Friedman advised that Klebold was always quiet in calculus class. He advised that Robyn Anderson often assisted Klebold with his calculus. – Matthew Friedman [JCO-01-006402]

[Redacted] then stated that he had been in a Calculus class with Dylan this current semester, but he hadn’t any problems with him. He was very sedated, though Dylan was in trouble a lot for either being tardy or not showing up at all, then when he was there he would sleep in the class and the teacher would yell at him and embarrass him in class.
– [Redacted] [JCO-01-010542]

Jeffrey reported that he had noticed a behavioral change in Dylan the prior several weeks before the incident. He stated that Dylan was normally a very good student but had been falling asleep in the 2nd period class each day. The teacher kept threatening to throw him out of class if he fell asleep again but never did. And there were times in that several weeks that Dylan appeared unusually hyper and full of energy.
–  Jeffrey Marquardt [JCO-01-000988]

He said that Dylan was in his Calculus class at the beginning of this semester, however was constantly falling asleep and eventually left the class.
– James Davis [JCO-01-05598]

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Dylan’s final words regarding Calculus just the day prior to the attack..

He notes the time while writing this passage:
26.4 hours = roughly 9:15 – 9:25 am on April 19, 1999 which would’ve been approximately when Dylan had (literally) ended his 2nd period calculus class per his day planner schedule [JC-001-026244].

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“It’s interesting, when I’m in my human form, knowing I’m going to die.  Everything has a touch of triviality to it, like how none of this calculus shit matters, the way it shouldn’t, the truth.  In 26.4 hours I’ll be dead & in happiness. “

2005 article with Joe Higgins

“Very good” says Veronica Jones

Veronica Jones [004976] said that she did not know anything about Eric Harris, but said she had Dylan Klebold in one of her classes during the first semester.  Veronica said this class was a Composition College Bound class that she was in with Dylan.  She also said that Robyn Anderson was a student in the same class.  Veronica described Dylan Klebold as being nice to her and said that she did remember that Dylan Klebold wore a trench coat made of an unknown type of fabric that hung down to approximately the mid-calf length.  She said that this coat was black in color.  Veronica said that as far as Robyn Anderson goes, she could only say that Robyn did not wear a trench coat, but wore baggy clothing.  Veronica said that she did not get along with Robyn Anderson, and said they fought, verbally, all the time. 

Veronica handed a report that Dylan Klebold had written for school and this report is dated 11-03-98, during L.A., period 6.  Veronica said she had just found this report as she was moving into the apartment and said she forgot she had it. Veronica said that the reason she had this report was because different students had to exchange reports to be corrected.  It should be noted that the name of the report that Dylan Klebold had submitted on 11-03-98 was titled “The Minds and Motives of Charles Manson.”

At the end of Dylan’s paper Veronica sums up her critique:
“Your paper is very good. all the little circles are just little mistakes. Just make sure you double space”

I guess Dylan never received his corrected paper back, and I wonder if he knew which classmate was reviewing it or maybe they all anonymously shuffled papers to review and read. 

One little thing that I love is that on the very last page that Veronica sums up his paper as ‘very good’, I see that she missed circling his misspelled ‘believing’– he has ‘believeing’. Hey, the dude was gifted but definitely not perfect. lol

And can’t you just imagine Dylan watching Robyn and Veronica throwing shade in class?  😉 

Shades on; arms crossed: the reclusive solitary man

Melissa Couris said that he had been in at least one of her classes last year and she knew who he was.  She thought he had been in a Language Arts class with Miss Jankowski last year (’98). She said that he was always quiet, didn’t talk to anybody and sat in the corner with his arms crossed.  She said that he wore a trench coat and sometimes he wore his sunglasses in the classroom.  

“..you seem a lot like me. Pensive, quiet, an observer, not wanting what is offered here (school, life, etc.)“ – DBK  

Robyn Anderson First TV Appearance [June/4/99]

dylthegoldenboy:

Did you guys see the new upload from CVA? Quite an interesting find! I’ve never seen this footage of Robyn before.

“The only thing that I can ever think – I mean, just randomly when he asked me what day prom was – and I told him – you know it was – you know, a weekend – you know, two weekends away. And he asked me what day, and I told him the 17th, and it seemed like he had, something else, you know, going on after that. That’s – the only thing that I can think of that really, kind of says, you know, that he had other plans, you know, that something was going to go on.

Yes, I did (accompany him to prom).  We were just good friends, He went with me as a friend, kind of as a favor, to me. Um, I really wanted to go and I knew we’d have fun if we went together. Um, so I actually asked him – not really as a date – just as friends. And he was happy the whole night pretty much ..as far as I could tell. He seemed in good spirits, so…” – Robin Anderson, June 4, 1999 


Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer

Robyn Anderson First TV Appearance [June/4/99]

What are best friends for?

Robyn later told a friend that Dylan behaved gentlemanly on prom night, complimenting her on her dress. “They were holding hands and stuff,” said Jessica Hughes, one of the limo crowd.

Jessica sat next to Robyn and Dylan during dinner at Bella Ristorante. There was a lot of silly joking between them, playing with knives and matches. "They were pretending to light themselves on fire,” Jessica said.

Dylan ate a big salad, followed by a seafood dish with shells, mussels she thinks, then dessert. “I was like, my Lord,” Jessica said.

what was he bowling alley called that eric and dylan played at?

AMF Belleview Lanes in Englewood, CO

“The AMF bowling alley dimmed the lights and brought in a DJ from midnight to 2 a.m. Eric loved the disco lights and rowdy music and camaraderie he found at Rock N’ Bowl. He was there most Friday nights. Only this night, many of his pals had early-morning Saturday plans. Only two made it to the bowling alley, Dylan and Robyn. Dylan wouldn’t let Eric down, wouldn’t let him be all alone.” – Eric’s last birthday – The Rockey Mountain News – August 22nd, 1999

Do you think Dylan genuinly enjoyed prom night?

I think he dreaded it at first and was looking forward to it being over. However, I think he found himself kind of pleasantly surprised in the midst of it all and by something he thought he would loathe so much. He was surrounded by some people he knew in the limo, some of which were part of the same gifted program in elementary school. They were all cutting loose and joking around. He was at ease enough with Robyn, enough to compliment how she looked and to hold hands with her as she initated that with him. The two clowned around over dinner pretending to light themselves on fire ( and what’s not to love here, hm?) Robyn and Devon managed to coax him out on the dance floor, and Devon got him to slooow dance with him to “Take My Breathe Away” – I mean, how is this miracle possible????!! Well, it apparently it was and so he must have felt o…k enough in himself to participate as much as he did – and part of that may have had to do with the fact that he was living this as if it was his ‘last party on the earth’. Celebration before death day countdown. He was going to do everything at that dance for the very first and very last time in his life, so why not? Just let go. Eric wasn’t there to set boundaries that he shouldn’t dance because ‘it’s ridiculous looking’. Dylan was with people that wanted to pull him in and get him to participate. That’s what he did to the best of his ability. 😊 Later, at After Prom, he got to rejoin up with Eric and his other dudes and they hit the gambling tables. I’m sure he was good at poker and figuring out all the right card deck moves and the right advantages to win. Guys eat that sort of stuff up, and he was no exception. Then Robyn took him home.. I love how Robyn drove him to and from prom – very cute that she was a bit ‘in charge’ that way because she claimed him to be the dude to go with her to prom. 😏 Yeah, I think he had a pretty good time, certainly better than he ever expected or hoped for.  Sue mentions that Dylan was actually effusive when he got home and confessed to her  “I had the best night of my life” according to her book “A Mother’s Reckoning”. I think that he meant that genuinely..that it was a pleasant surprise.

everlasting-contrast:

Saturday, April 17, 1999  – 16 years ago at the Columbine senior Prom at the Denver Design Center​….

Cigarettes. A white stretch limo. A girl in a royal-blue prom dress and soft blonde curls. She’s holding his hand.

This was one of Dylan Klebold’s last nights.

Prom night for Columbine. Hardly the outsider, he was one of a dozen dressed-up kids who piled into a limo and dined at a ritzy LoDo restaurant. Then it was off to the dance at the Design Center on South Broadway in Denver.

Dylan wore a black tuxedo, a pink rosebud tucked into his lapel. His long wavy hair slicked back into an uncooperative ponytail.

His date was Robyn Anderson, now a valedictorian contender with her straight-A average. She asked him to the prom — just as friends.

In recent months, Robyn and Dylan’s relationship had been wobbling along that murky territory between friendship and romance.

Robyn later told a friend that Dylan behaved gentlemanly on prom night, complimenting her on her dress.

“They were holding hands and stuff,” said Jessica Hughes, one of the limo crowd.

Jessica sat next to Robyn and Dylan during dinner at Bella Ristorante. There was a lot of silly joking between them, playing with knives and matches.

“They were pretending to light themselves on fire,” Jessica said.

Dylan ate a big salad, followed by a seafood dish with shells, mussels she thinks, then dessert. “I was like, my Lord,” Jessica said.

Jessica and Dylan chatted about a party both planned to attend in a couple weeks, a reunion for kids who’d been in the gifted program in elementary school.

“He was all excited to see everyone,” Jessica said.

Dylan even agreed to bring pizza because he worked at Blackjack.

Back in the limo, no one was drinking anything stronger than Pepsi, Jessica recalled.

The car’s TV was off. The radio was turned to a hard-rock station and on so low the kids drowned out the music. They were being, well, normal goofy teens enjoying themselves. Cameras flashing. Lipstick smiles. Whisking through the night in a mirrored-ceiling car.

“We were flipping people off because the windows were so dark. We were making fun of people,” Jessica said.

Dylan even talked of everyone staying in touch after he left for college in three months.

“He was in a really great mood that night,” another friend in the limo, Monica Schuster, said.

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Classic Reblog redux. – 16th anniversary of the Columbine High School Prom 

April 17, 1999 – April 17, 2015

How did Dylan feel about Robyn? I heard that she had a crush on him but he didn’t like her in a romantic way and felt weird around her sometimes. She was a pretty girl though and it looked like Eric and Dylan liked her sooooo.

Dylan saw Robyn as a friend, a ‘very cool friend’ that just so happens to not be a dude (for once). He liked that she appreciated his sense of humor and that he could just relax and feel at ease – just hang out and goof off. I think Robyn saw Dylan as a friend but a very good friend. I get that she saw him as a really gentle, nice guy underneath the quiet exterior. It’s like, ‘OH, you people have no clue what a crack up he actually is when you actually get to know him.’ Warm hearted and does stuff for you.

Some of their other friends viewed Robyn as crushing on Dylan. She gave off that ‘I reeeally, reeeally like my “friend”’ vibe. While Robyn may have been kinda-sorta-yeah attracted to Dylan, she may not have even fully acknowledged her being sweet on him in a conscious sort of way. She went out of the way to very actively initiate get-togethers with him. She called Dylan nightly at least three times a week (imagine those calls..lol), went to Blackjack to make plans for the weekend. She encouraged and cultivated a decent girl friendship experience for him. Robyn also seemed to understand that Dylan was not interested in anything beyond friendship and that he wasn’t quite ready yet because he was a bit socially introverted and so she simply respected his boundaries. Good christian girl, top student, respectful person. Robyn was content to have a good time with Dyl and enjoyed goofing off, having ‘inside jokes’ together and doing ‘stuph’ like going bowling, renting movies, studying together (she usually helped bring him up to speed with his Calculus, though he was quite capable of it, he simply wasn’t applying himself but his parents thought he was helping her with the homework.) I think she understood that because Dylan wasn’t giving her any clear signals that he might like anything more than just pals, she was content to keep it at the platonic level they were at instead of pushing for more and risking things becoming awkwardly changed for good. What they had was perfect and fun – why ruin a good thing?

Robyn was experienced with guys and dating and her ex boyfriend had been in the TCM. If Dylan had made it known in any remote way that he was interested, I am sure Robyn would have encouraged him and returned his affections. She was content to be friends, but hey, with time, maybe it could become something more? Robyn met an older dude that was in the marines (I believe?) that she was amorously interested in him. When she wrote this guy around Prom time, she claimed that if he were not out on duty, she would have gone with this him as first choice. Robyn told him about her buddy Dylan and how they were good friends but that he’d never once been to a dance before and also that she had asked him because they have such a good time together. Both Eric and Dylan liked Robyn probably because she was all around ‘nice’, inclusive and non judgmental to them so they were with her. She was friends with the TCM and also non TCM. To make friends, you have to be one. Robyn just assumed friendship with the boys. She even bought Eric a belated birthday present, a t-shirt, and meant to track him down at school and give it to him..on 4/20.

do you really think Dylan asked that Marla girl to prom? because I feel like he would of written about it in his journal? And he & his parents said he didn’t want to go to prom & his parents payed him like $100 to go with Robyn Anderson.

This is an interesting ask and I’ve thought about this myself on occasion – so thanks for it. 🙂 

Marla Foust states this in the 11k: 
“Did know Dylan. He asked her to this year’s prom, but she already had a date. Would not have went if she already had a date.”

Robyn Anderson states this in the 11k:
“Robyn stated the only thing that Dylan might have said to her regarding the Columbine High School shooting massacre was that when she asked him to go to prom with her he wanted to know what date she was referring to or what weekend the prom was going to be held.  When she told him it was the weekend of the 17th, she could only think that he was thinking of when this tragic event was going to take place. “Robyn stated that he was reluctant to go to the prom but that he did so as a favor to her.” ..and in this interview: [source] “The only thing that I can ever think — I mean, just randomly, when he asked me what day prom was. And I told him, you know, it was, you know, a weekend — you know, two weekends away, and he asked me what day, and I told him the 17th. And it seemed like he had something else, you know, going on after that. That’s the only thing I can think of that really kind of says, you know, that he had other plans, you know, that…

Robyn states that she asked Dylan to the prom and he “wanted to know what date” the prom was.   So, based on this, we know that Dylan would likely not have asked Marla to the prom before Robyn asked him because he wouldn’t have known when the prom was and it’s proximity to NBK.  Most especially, I do not think Dylan would accept going to the prom ‘as a favor’ to his close friend Robyn and then underhandedly ask Marla after his commitment to Robyn.  Dylan was especially loyal to his friends; it’s why he managed to maintain his friendships.  Loyalties aside, Dylan was also timid with girls. He had never been to dances and claimed to dislike them.   His awkwardness would not have allowed him the nerve to ask another girl out, even one that he reeeeally liked, after his female friend had just spared him the embarrassment by asking him out first.   Firstly, for Dylan, it would have been majorly embarrassing to ask any girl out to prom, let alone, a hypothetical Dream Girl from his journal (if it’s even Marla ), and secondly, even if he did do so, Dylan would then have to manage damage control by telling Robyn that he wanted to go to the prom with another girl, who accepted his ask, and there is just no way in hell that Dylan what have the balls to pull that off. That would be a mess that would cause him great anxiety.  Dylan would feel pretty sheepish about himself for breaking his commitment to Robyn and acting like a royal douche bag player. I think he valued his friendship with Robyn, he did her a favor and agreed to her ask and his character is such that he would not be sneaky in asking another girl behind Robyn’s back.   

I know that Marla says that Dylan asked her out in her statement but I question the validity of that simply based on the fact that Dylan didn’t even know when prom was.  The only thing on his mind was when NBK would occur (basically what amounted to his grandiose suicide mission) and thinking of the reward that awaited him: the happiness in the Halcyons, with the ideal Muse of his dreams.  For him to make the actual effort to ask a girl he liked to prom would’ve taken too much effort – it was a ‘human thing to do’ and he was already checked out of that sort of superficial minutia. If Dylan hypothetically asked Marla out and she refused, you can bet he would’ve omitted that from ‘the reality’ of his journal.  Conversely, he didn’t write about going to prom with Robyn and a bunch of friends either.  Dylan rarely, if ever, wrote about specific happenings in his life.  Less than one percent of his journal is superfluous tidbits like ‘the church rec thing was fun’. He tended to write figuratively about his concepts and feelings and not about actual events that he was a part of in life.. likely because he didn’t feel much a part of them. 

Also, to be fair, Dylan’s parents gave Dylan money so that he could properly enjoy the prom with Robyn. The expenses likely took care of the dinner out, his tuxedo, Robyn’s corsage, split limo costs, money for the gambling table After Prom. So, I don’t think it’s fair assessment to assume that Dylan’s parents bribed him to go.  It was an encouragement gift – sort of a “we, your parents, support you in having a very fun time at your senior prom” type thing. And they knew Dylan required that little extra incentive nudge because of his social reticence. 

Why would Robyn Anderson buy three guns?

She was exceptionally bright, taking tough classes such as calculus and Advanced Placement English at Columbine High School.

She had a 4.0 grade-point average and was in the running to be Columbine’s valedictorian, said her best friend, Tiffany Burk, 18, a senior.

And she was identified this week as the gun-buying prom date of Dylan Klebold, 17. He and his pal Eric Harris, 18, used the guns to kill 13 people and themselves in the April 20 Columbine High School killings.

On Wednesday, authorities narrowed the connection between Anderson, 18, and the guns.

“We have confirmed at this point that she did buy three weapons, those being the long guns — the two shotguns and the rifle,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Davis said.

Anderson was in the school parking lot when the shooting started, possibly headed to lunch, Burk said. Anderson told her friend she spent the aftermath of the shootings huddled in her car for three hours.

“She was actually in the parking lot underneath her car seat because she heard firing,” Burk said.

Anderson lives with her mother. Her parents are divorced and she has two older sisters, one a 1997 Columbine graduate who is now in college.

Burk said Anderson and Klebold were pals, confidants. Their relationship was close, but not romantic, she said.

“They were incredibly kind to one another. Dylan had tons and tons of respect for Robyn,” Burk said. “She was someone who he confided in.”

Anderson and Klebold joined several couples in a limousine for Columbine’s April 17 prom.

Anderson told her friend they had a “wonderful time … and Dylan was being a little more chivalrous that night,” Burk said.

Burk, who’s been close friends with Anderson since the two met in freshman geometry, said she cannot fathom that Anderson knew of the deadly plans by Klebold and Harris when she purchased the guns.

The shootings left her unbelieving, Burk said. “She was very shocked, completely stunned.”

She recalled Anderson and Klebold joking around about how “the jocks think they owned the school.”

Other students say Anderson is shy, but pleasant. Normal. Now that authorities have named her as the source of most of the firepower, she has vanished.

So far, police say, she’s a witness, not a suspect.

Supplying guns used in a killing is a violation of federal law. If the buyer knew the guns were going to be used in a crime, it’s a felony.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said that federal and state prosecutors would work to determine how to handle possible charges against Anderson, but nothing is final.

Troubling questions remain about how much Anderson knew.

In Columbine’s senior class photo, she and Klebold have their arms around each other’s shoulders, laughing wildly.

Stephanie Hommel, a junior, was in German class with Anderson and had shared hotel rooms with her during a class trip to Munich in March.

“She didn’t strike me as a person who would go out and buy guns,” Hommel said.

Anderson and Hommel joked around a lot on the trip, talked about everyday stuff like boys.

John Savage, a senior who narrowly escaped being shot that day, also knew Anderson. “She was always pretty nice to me,” Savage said.

“I don’t think she would have bought them (the guns) if she would have known what they were going to be used for,” Savage said.

Why?

“I don’t think she hated Columbine.”

Anderson’s mother, Kay Anderson, teaches elementary school for Littleton Public Schools, spokeswoman Karla Langton said. Langton refused to identify the school, on advice of an attorney.

Neighbors of the Andersons say she and her mother had lived in their home a year or two.

Residents mostly knew of the family because parents of young children got angry about teens, especially boys, speeding in and out of Anderson’s driveway.

Other than that, there was never anything suspicious about her, they said.

“She looks as normal as any teen-ager, long blond hair, whatever,” said a neighbor who asked not to be named.

source: southcoasttoday “Alleged gun buyer known as bright, shy student (via peoplearesounaware)

Dylan the slacker!

burnandraveatcloseofday:

“He was one of those kids that didn’t pay a lot of attention. He got a B in the [ninth grade] class, but he didn’t work very hard. And he was just a normal student. But as a senior, he was one of those kids that just wore grubby clothes all the time, wore his hat backwards all the time…He was…

That was an amazingly thorough post – thank you for that!
Let’s see.. Dylan went to bed around 12:30 – 1 am each night. More often than not, he was likely playing Doom or Quake and chatting with Zack on the phone rather than completing essays. Dylan got up at the crack of dawn for a god awful early morning Bowling class so it’s no wonder he started to crash and burn during Calculus. I wonder if Robyn nudged him for snoring in class. heh. I recall the Klebold’s saying, to paraphrase: Robyn was a sweet girl who would come over to their house and Dylan would often help her out with math homework. But, in actuality, per Robyn’s own accounting, she, the straight A student, was the one helping Dylan out with math so he could squeak by and pass Calculus. So much for the St. John Wort aid in ‘motivation’. Oh, and, he hated Higgins; he and Robyn would make fun of the teacher’s squeaky high voice.

Dylan the slacker!

thewarmestseasofpurehappiness:

“They showed me family photo albums and home videos. I was particularly struck by a video of Dylan on his way to his prom, three days before the massacre. He’s a little churlish in the mode of adolescents, but also has a sweetness about him; he seems like a nice kid. It would never have occurred to me that he could be on the verge of wanton destruction. His long hair pulled back in a neat ponytail, he’s adjusting his rented tuxedo and complaining that the arms are a little short, smiling while his date puts on his boutonniere. ‘Dad, why are you filming this?’ he asks. Then he laughs and says, ‘Well, someday I’ll watch it again, and I’ll wonder what I was thinking.’ It was impressive dissembling, because he imparts the feeling of someone who will one day remember being dressed up, with a pretty girl, on the way to the biggest party of his life.”

                                       —Andrew Solomon, Far From the Tree