Violent shootings are becoming more and more popular in the United States. Last year there were 58‚543 shooting incidents. There were 1‚956 incidents where it was a self-defense case. There were also 2‚552 home invasion cases and 2‚201 of the shooting incidents were unintentional‚ which does make a whole lot of sense to me because I don’t know how you accidentally shoot somebody. However‚ 384 of these shooting incidents were classified as mass shooting incidents. That means there was a mass
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Similarly‚ “The Man He Killed” also portrays war negatively which is reflected through the poets choice of words describing war such as‚ “quaint and curious war is!”. However‚ ’The Man He Killed’ focuses on the senselessness and futility of war‚ where a man has killed another quite simply because they were fighting on opposing sides in a war. Likewise “Dulce et Decorum Est” illustrates the harsh reality and brutality of war but in this poem the poet writes about an actual event in war that he has witnessed
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Title: Asian Elephant-Elephas Maximus 2. Purpose: To learn how and why the Asian Elephant got on the endangered species list. Elephants are one of the largest land mammals in the world and they have been targets to man and other animals. 3. Background: My overall background the Asian Elephant is very limited. I know that they come from Asian and many were hunter for their tusks. You can find a few Asian Elephants at the local zoos and there is always controversy on elephants and the circus
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Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were
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Habitat for Elephants After observing the giraffe exhibit‚ my partner Nan Chen and I decided to make our way to observe the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat which was built in 2008; an exhibit‚ home to seven different elephants‚ both young and old. The exhibit is home to adult bull Thai‚ adult cows Methai‚ Shanti‚ and Tess‚ juvenile bull Tucker (Tess’ son)‚ and calves Baylor (Shanti’s son) and Tupelo (Tess’ daughter). Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat exhibit covers an enormous
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Aristotle on education – why does he think it is important? Why does he think the curriculum should be roughly as he says? “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) The hardest mountains to climb in life are the mountains we create. A humans ability to reason can be both the making and breaking of any man‚ woman‚ child and community. We learn to train our ability to reason through education‚ habits‚ and life experience
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Columbine Shooting On April 20‚ 1999 two young men from the city of Littleton‚ Colorado went on rampage causing a massacre. In total there were thirteen casualties; twelve students and one lone teacher. Preventing violence in public areas such as schools‚ airports‚ malls‚ etc. security must be increased. Violence can happen anywhere therefore security in schools and public places should be increased. In our society
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chapter 6. Yet did he do this on purpose? So George killed Lennie because of him getting in too much trouble and people wanting to hurt him. Lennie always gets in a lot of trouble in many different ways. In the story‚ the first thing he gets in trouble for is in Weed. “Well‚ he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb @#!*% like he is‚ he wants to touch everything he likes. Just wants to feel it.” (Steinbeck 41). When someone like Lennie gets in trouble‚ he doesn’t really mean it. He only thinks it is
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Inside the Aurora Colorado Shooting On the night of July 20th‚ 2012 the term tragedy was rewritten as the largest mass shooting in United States history took place in a movie theater located in Aurora‚ Colorado. What is now known as “The Batman Massacre” resulted in twelve casualties‚ fifty eight injuries‚ grief ridden family members‚ and left the rest of the United States searching for answers. This horrific scene will be replayed in the minds of the survivors for life and will be one of grave
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Metal Detectors: Justifying School Safety How much is your child’s safety worth? Are you willing to put a price tag on your child’s life? Many schools are putting a price tag‚ but fortunately several are not. A shocking one in ten students has carried a weapon to school in New York. Statistics like this cannot be music to the ears of parents. You have to wonder what schools are doing about this awful matter. A notion that has been around‚ yet a new idea is helping pave the future on student safety
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