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    Ours is better.” On April 20th‚ 1990 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire onto their high school‚ columbine. Twenty four people were wounded‚ one teacher was killed trying to protect kids in the library. Thirteen students were killed throughout the lunchroom and library. And 24 other students and teachers were wounded. Eric and Dylan both committed suicide after the mass shooting. Columbine was considered one of the first mass school shooting in the United States. There plan was to go to school

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    Full-Blown Psychopath The book “Columbine” consists of two teenage boys who murdered twelve and injured twenty-four of their classmates on April 20‚ 1999. Eric Harris‚ who was the mastermind behind the massacre‚ and Dylan Klebold‚ who contributed only because he was searching for a way to end his life‚ had been planning to place bombs in the school and shoot anyone who survived for almost over a year and a half. Before Eric and Dylan entered Columbine on April 20‚ Eric and Dylan had been arrested

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    perfection‚ people must be obsessed with what they do‚ make every single detail in something perfect‚ and make everything they do be right on the money. One way for someone to reach perfection‚ is to be obsessed with what they do. In “The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever‚” the author Michael J. Mooney notes‚ “Bill Fongs run at perfection started as most of his nights do‚ with practice at around 5:30 pm. He bowls in four active leagues and he

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    Dylan Klebold) of Columbine High School in Columbine‚ an incorporated part of Jefferson County‚ Colorado‚ killed 12 students and one teacher‚ and injured 21 other students. After the massacre the pair committed suicide. Police followed the policies and procedures set forth by Columbine: surrounding the building‚ setting up a perimeter‚ and containing the damage. The police are to enclose on the shooter or shooters. It was questionable whether this tactic worked well at Columbine. Their goal was

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    inform my audience about the horrible tragedy of the Columbine Massacre. Introduction: It was Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999. It was an exciting day for me in the fourth grade when I turned 9 years old. However‚ the people of Littleton‚ Colorado remember that day as something more and definitely less exciting than my birthday was. On April 20‚ 1999 Littleton Colorado experienced what we now know as the Columbine Massacre. Two seniors at Columbine High School‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold completed

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    phenomenon that has and always will be part of our human behavior. Individuals have a choice over violence and for some they are able to channel these feelings into a nondestructive outlet. Others‚ like the two students who shot twelve people in the Columbine High School Massacre‚ it exhibits a frightening lack of control. There are many influences and outside factors such as gaming‚ music and psychological processes that lead to violence. Violence is an option that one can choose and therefore is part

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    The object of the game is to knock down all the bowling pins on the other team’s side. Mr. Dunn had the children line up and he split them into two groups. One group stood on a line on the far side of the gym and the other group stood on a line closer to the door. Each student got one bowling pin and was told to guard it. They could not touch the pin or stand in front of it‚ but they could knock balls out of the way with their hands when they were thrown at the pins by the opposing team. No

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    communications during actual school event. The school crisis I decided to research on specific incident of campus shooting and investigate how administrators responded is Columbine High School in 1999. I will talk about what happen on the horrific tragedies date of April 20‚ 1999 at 11:19 a.m. in Columbine‚ Colorado at Columbine High School. Upon my selection‚ I will be describing the nature and quality of the administrator’s initial communication to the crisis. Then‚ I will describe the nature and

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    Garret Miller Perspectives Essay In the “Zero Hour Columbine” video‚ the behaviors of Erik Harris and Dylan Klebold are driven or understood through three different perspectives‚ Psychodynamic‚ Behavioral‚ and the Cognitive perspective. Each perspective has terms that help explain the reaction and actions of the two murderous teens. These perspectives allow us to get into the minds of these two boys to try and understand them‚ so this event doesn’t happen again. One of the perspectives that can

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    people‚ then ending it by turning the guns on themselves. In Columbine by Dave Cullen he gives insight into the lives of the shooters‚ the victims and the police force behind the case. Cullen conducted nine years of research with various interviews‚ 25‚000 pages of police evidence and countless hours of audio and video. Being Publishes Weekly “Nonfiction Best Book of the Year”‚ truly captivates the writing for the work itself. Columbine captured the world’s attention by being so different than anything

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