Last Friday, a gunman killed 10 people in a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. So far in the 20 weeks of 2018, there have been 22 school shootings in America, which averages to about one school shooting per week.

With social awareness involving gun violence increasing since the Parkland shooting in February, the narrative has shifted to include vocal and active teens who have pressed lawmakers for forms of gun control. These teens have organized marches around the country and called out politicians who have ties with the NRA.

Because the truth is that school shootings have become so prevalent in American society that children of all ages see them as inevitable.

After Friday's shooting, American teens took to Twitter to talk about the inaction of lawmakers and the cycle of violence that threatens their lives every day.

The hashtag #IfIDieInASchoolShooting voices the final wishes, fears, and unachieved dreams of teenagers if their lives were to be shot down in a classroom.

Many wanted their deaths to push the conversation for gun control forward:

#IfIDieInASchoolShooting Use my death to push for gun reform.
— Sarah Chadwick (@Sarahchadwickk) May 21, 2018

#IfIdieInASchoolShooting put my body in the parking lot of the NRA
— Skylar. #NeverAgain (@a_pasta_dealer) May 20, 2018

#IfIdieInASchoolShooting politicize my death. It's not too soon to talk about guns. It's too late.
— Sofie Whitney (@sofiewhitney) May 20, 2018

#IfIdieInASchoolShooting don't say “it's too soon to talk about it" because it would be too late to save me. #fixit
— Jose Iglesias (@Joseforchange) May 20, 2018

Others were aware of how their future would be cut short:

I'm gonna try and get a hashtag trending called #IfIdieInASchoolShooting. If you wanna join, feel free. #IfIdieInASchoolShooting I will never be able to finish my animated TV series, I'll never be able to see my sister again, and I will have to become a martyr. #NeverAgain
— Andrew Schneidawind (@SoldierSchnyd) May 20, 2018

#IfIdieInASchoolShooting I wouldn't have to worry about my future kids dying in one.
— Adam Alhanti (@AAlhanti) May 21, 2018

Or that, in the end, their lives would make little impact to prevent future tragedies:

#IfIdieInASchoolShooting I will be just one of many kids who's life meant nothing to our lawmakers. Just another statistic.
— Janelle (@janelledelrey) May 20, 2018

And teens who have already been affected by gun violence remember those they lost:

#IfIDieInASchoolShooting I'd get to see Carmen again
— Emma González (@Emma4Change) May 20, 2018

#IfIdieInASchoolShooting or any shooting, I want to be buried right next to my brother.
— Zion Kelly (@zionkelly18) May 20, 2018

There was a heartbreaking moment during the aftermath of Friday's shooting in which a student was asked if she thought something as momentous as this would ever happen at her school.

Her eyes downcast and her voice shaking with shock, she let out a small sound of exasperation. "No," she said. "It's been happening everywhere. I always kind of felt like eventually it was going to happen here too."

We are no longer surprised.

School shootings are regular fixtures in our news feeds. We comment on the tragedy and look on as politicians make excuses and fix nothing.

The fact that children in America know that they might be murdered in their classrooms is inexcusable. No child should ever have to fear for their life or plan their eulogy. Change is desperately needed, and we can no longer afford to forget.