James Eagan Holmes was born on December 13, 1987, in San Diego, California, and raised in Castroville, California. His father is a mathematician and scientist with degrees from Stanford University, UCLA, and UC Berkeley, his mother is a registered nurse, and he has one sister. In high school, he played football and ran cross country. He attended the local Lutheran church with his family. In 2006, he graduated from Westview High School in San Diego, California. Holmes moved to Aurora, Colorado, where he lived in a one-bedroom apartment on Paris Street, in a building where other students were also studying health. Before attending the University of California, Riverdale, Holmes was an intern at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 2006. During his internship, he was assigned to write computer code for an experiment. Supervisors described his attitude as stubborn, uncommunicative and socially inept. Holmes also supported his supervisors' views since he was tasked with presenting a project to the other interns, which he never actually completed. In his college application essay, he wrote about his experience at the Salk Institute, stating, "I had little experience in computer programming and the work was difficult, to say the least. However, I taught myself to program in Flash, then to build a cross-temporal calibration model. Completing the project and presenting my model at the end of the internship was exhilarating. The statement in his college application essay was a completely different opinion than what the company stated about their experience with him as an intern. In 2010, he received his associate degree in neuroscience with highest honors. At the university, Holmes was a member. de...... middle of paper ...... movie fanatic As the affair was vilified, he entered the movie theater as a regular customer and exited through the back exit to collect his guns . There was no way for anyone to predict it. Not only can we become more aware of our surroundings and not overlook the little things that seem out of place, but they will now need to plan for the possibility of such incidents occurring in their business. They may need to impose stricter security measures and raise prices to ensure their customers' best interests. This is no longer the world our grandparents grew up in, where you could leave your front door open and not worry about anyone doing harm. your family. We live in a society in which we must remain constantly alert to the possibility that the person standing next to you will try to harm you..