Since 2013‚ there have been 153 school shootings in the United States‚ although not all have resulted in injury or death. Some of the most horrifying school shootings include the 1966 University of Texas clock tower shooting‚ the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. More recent was the school shooting that killed 20 children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Most parents want to believe that their children are safe in school‚ but statistics
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that is very disturbing. Maybe some people are just crazy‚ but after watching the documentary about Brenda Spencer‚ I have concluded that there might be other things that make a girl like Brenda open fire. I can concluded the same thing with the Columbine school shooting‚ where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire and shot several students and a teacher – after I watched the documentary about the two boys‚ I understand things better. When I compare the two cases of school shootings‚ I can see
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Jacob Stoutt Speech 103\UO7 April 6‚ 2016 Guns In Schools Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to support teachers with proper training being allowed to carry guns in school. Thesis: Teachers carrying guns in schools could greatly improve the safety in our schools. Introduction: (Attention Getter) How many of you have heard of or seen a school shooting on the news? (Thesis) Teachers carrying guns in schools could greatly improve the safety in our schools. (Relevance) This is important for you
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Violence and Aggression? 1. Statistic – “In spite of the violence‚ the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market” (Paragraph 2) Anecdote – “On April 20‚ 1999‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves. Although nothing is for certain as to why these boys did what they did‚ we do know that Harris and Klebold both enjoyed playing the bloody‚ shoot-’em-up
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From Boys to Savages Does every individual have the capacity to commit mass murder? Would the Dalai Lama commit unspeakable evil under the proper circumstances. Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding about a group of ordinary schoolboys stranded on a remote island free from adult supervision‚ the boys eventually commit unspeakable acts of violence and evil. The boys are unconsciously mimicking the world around them where the adults engaged in a world war. Almost anyone under the
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also protect from a human predator who pursues another human as prey. The more powerful guns get and the more access people have to them the sum for me is simple “guns aren’t dangerous‚ but people are dangerous. On Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999 the Columbine school massacre happened in Littleton Colorado near Denver. “Two senior students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ embarked on a massacre‚ killing 12 students and 1 teacher. They also injured 21 other students directly‚ and three people were injured
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Gun laws in the United States of America need to be altered in order to make American society safer. The Second Amendment of the Constitution reads “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed.” This means that from the point any American child is born they have the right to possess a gun and use it for their own safety. How can a child as young as the age of ten years old know the difference between
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Amanda Cummings Essay Lesson II Do Violent Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior? How and why does mass media influence aggressive behavior? More specifically‚ does playing video games cause aggressive behavior? Because children and teenagers spend an increased amount of time each day viewing/playing video games‚ they are shaping their values‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors. For people who do act out aggressively‚ the results can be deadly. Monthly‚ the news is filled with blood-chilling
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204-206. Lange‚ F. (1971). Frustration-aggression: A reconsideration. European Journal of Social Psychology‚ 1(1)‚ 59-84. Stegenga‚ J. (1972). Personal aggressiveness and war. International Journal of Group Tensions‚ 2(4)‚ 22-36. Wikipedia (2009). Columbine High School massacre. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
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School Shootings I. Cases of where this has happened A. Columbine High School massacre B. Montreal‚ Canada shooting II. How can it be prevented A. Metal detectors 1. Efficiency 2. Private rights B. School Resource officers 1. Intimidating 2. Friend C. School Surveillance 1. Cost 2. Effectiveness D. Counseling III. Who is committing these crimes? A. Students B. Outcasts at school C. How they form groups IV. Why is this happening? A. Teasing B. Lost of old friends
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