Students and Security Should Carry Guns on Campuses After massacres at schools across the country everyone should be able to feel safe in public‚ even if this means one must carry a gun. Citizens should be able to have the reassurance that they are able to fight back if an attack against them or a school massacre were to happen‚ especially since one cannot entirely rely on the police force. On average‚ the police takes 11 minutes to arrive at the scene of the crime. In those 11 minutes it takes
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January 20‚ 2017‚ at West Liberty-Salem High School the first school shooting of the year occurred when a 17 year old boy bought and assembled a shotgun in the male restroom of his high school then proceed to shot at his teacher and another 16 year-old class mate‚ fortunately only one person was injured. The epidemic of school shootings has become a complicated problem that has caused a lot of frustration‚ this frustration has put pressure on the school officials‚ law enforcement and the government
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are all kinds of school related violence and shootings today. If The Police are not full force in the schools they are not going to be able to quickly respond to something that happens unexpectedly. The first people to protect the students are the school staff themselves‚ Yet they do not have the resources to do so. Arming the teachers is the easiest way to do that. Indiana has passed a law that requires schools to have an armed Protection Officer on campus at all times during school hours (Chapter
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School shootings have been in an uproar in the past couple decades; and there have been times they have tried to slow the occurrences of them by. Stricter gun control‚upgraded security‚ and training teachers‚ and students in situations of shootings happening. The training could be beneficial and enhance their ability under stressful situations. The problem is that gun control is not the problem‚ and teachers having guns is controversial. But the more and more shootings that happen in schools
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High school is something everyone has been waiting since elementary school. I know I have. The anticipation built up– from K-6‚ middle school‚ and the first day of high school. Little did I know‚ that high school life isn’t all that great. High school can easily be described as a roller coaster. It has fantastic highs and devastating lows. Sometimes you let it bother the hell out of you‚ and other times‚ you just really don’t care. Granted‚ when you are younger‚ all you want to be is a high school
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We go to a Catholic School which exists because of the 1st amendment. But what if we did not have this amendment?! Let’s say the only religion the U.S. allows is Islam. The whole school has assembled in the Church to celebrate mass. Just then the NCIS comes in the back and arrests the whole congregation for celebrating mass in the Catholic Church. “This is NCIS. Stop your service and you will be allowed to go on your way!” Shouts Officer Gibbs. Most of the congregation starts to leave‚ but the priest
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have the Freedom of Food Choice. In 2012‚ the United States Department of Agriculture. established new laws to help increase the nutritional value of food in school lunches. Today many students are disagreeing with this new healthy food act because they aren’t receiving the amount of calories needed to go through an entire day. Different school districts are trying to establish new policies in order to give students the amount of energy they need as well as the nutritional values of the food their
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The Wait Schools around the United States have been changing their lunch programs to a healthier option that will cut down on food that is unhealthy to the body. The high obesity rates were the leading cause of why schools began to cut out unhealthy food because of the results of “ child obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years” (Childhood Obesity Facts) . The reason why this will lead to an unhealthy life is that adolescents will not change their eating
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Homophobia in schools Homophobia is a problem in many public and private school systems‚ denying homosexual students a safe learning environment. Everyday a student is discriminated against because of his sexual orientation. Gay‚ lesbian and bisexual students are being verbally‚ physically‚ and academically abused. Homophobia is taking hard working students and creating a negative and damaging learning environment for them. It’s time for a change. Words like “faggot‚ queer‚ homo‚ fairy
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Since the Columbine massacre safety in schools has been heightened by an extreme amount. Schools have begun to have active shooter drills as of recently and some schools have random locker searches. Since the tragedy‚ metal detectors have been placed at the entrances of the schools‚ dress codes have been more strictly enforced‚ and carrying school ID’s is mandatory. Recently‚ as of last year at Smithville‚ we started having active shooter drills. Active shooter drills aren’t only a thing in Smithville
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