began hunting when she was eight years old • At age 15 she was challenged to a shooting match against Frank Butler‚ she won and ended up marring him a year later • She joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West traveling show and because of her impressive sharp shooting talents she was quickly made the star of the show • Soon after she changed her name to Annie Oakley for unknown reasons • Some of her acts included her shooting a small metal coin out of the air from 27 meters away and holding her gun over
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just a simple fight‚ school violence is getting a little out of hand. There have been several school shootings in the last few years‚ and the number of school shootings seems to be growing rapidly these days. When the last figures were taken by the government educators had found more then 2‚000 weapons stashed by students in lockers‚ backpacks and pockets in the 1996-97 school year. These school shooting and the findings of all these weapons makes parents wonder if their children really are safe at school
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America. It was made to tell people what was wrong in America; that there are too many gun related killings. The portraits of mass murderers were printed at a fairly large size. This was done to emphasize the significance of the rising numbers of mass shootings. The reason behind this understanding‚ is that when objects are great in size‚ it usually captures the attention of
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Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell Reflection by ______________ In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell describes how when he was younger he worked as a police officer in lower Burma in a place called Moulmein. At this time Burma is controlled by the declining British Empire. He writes about how he was hated by the Burmese people and that whenever they could they would trip him or says insult behind his back. At some point during his stay there an elephant got loose from its chains and was
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give tax breaks to those people who had suffered casualties or theft during the hurricane. Furthermore‚ we can view how certain massacres within our country have changed the freedoms of the many. Taking a look at the well known Columbine school shootings; where two individuals purchased guns from a gun show and later went to their respective school shot and killed 12 students‚ 1 teacher and wounded 21 other students. This massacre ensured schools were to be considered gun free zones‚ unless you were
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It has been months since the Sandy Hook school shooting‚ and Americans have been barraged with commentary blaming guns‚ bullets‚ rounds‚ magazines. There is a few realistic solutions that former Arkansas Congressman Asa Hutchinson and a team of experts from around the country have found. The National Rifle Association contacted and asked if he’d head a project that would offer recommendations to policy makers regarding an increase in school safety around the nation in the wake of the most recent
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An Impactful Event in History On December 14‚ 2012 many elementary school students and teachers died due to an awful shooting in Connecticut. The massacre of Sandy Hook elementary. ” Twenty students and six teachers to be exact.” says Jeffery Kluger author of Time magazine. This became a very impactful event in history all due to one person: Adam Lanza. Classes were under way at the school and about 700 students were present that day. As he entered he headed toward two kindergarten and first grade
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believe in God?” Imagine being asked this question‚ and your response was what determined whether or not you would be shot to death. This is what happened at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado on April 20th‚ 1999 (“Columbine High School Shootings”). This terrible tragedy affected many people‚ including the entire nation. After this happened‚ many schools took their security precautions into consideration. The school district I have grown up in‚ Rochester Community Schools‚ did as well.
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Narrative of Thought I remember when I first read Heart of Darkness. I was a sophomore in high school when I had been required to read it. I remember when I got it. I thought to myself that it might be a cool book. I read the first five pages and wanted to throw it the window. It was confusing‚ frustrating and a little weird. Eventually I did read it. The more I read the more it made sense. When I finished it‚ I was still a little confused‚ but I understood it better. I would not say that the exact
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Are Some Parents of Violent Children The Main Cause of Their Child’s Behavior? Are some parents of violent children the main cause of their child’s behavior?When children commit a horrible act such as a school shooting their parents often look for someone or something to blame rather than looking at what role they‚ as parents‚ may have had in the tragedy. The often targeted entertainers‚ video game developers‚ teachers‚ drug companies‚ and writers are rarely‚ if ever‚ responsible for such tragic
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