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    Causes Of School Shootings

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    School shootings don’t occur often‚ in fact‚ they are very rare‚ but when they do‚ it is a catastrophe. According to Macmillanddictionary.com‚ school shooting is a violent act in which someone‚ usually a student‚ uses a gun to kill or injure teachers‚ students‚ and staff. School shootings have started political debates over the act of gun violence and also gun control. According to Wikipedia.org‚ The United States is the highest number of school related shootings. From the year 2013 all the way to

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    Kent State Shootings

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    The Anti-War Movement In The Late 1960’s And Early 1970’s And The May 4th Kent State Shootings During the late 1960’s the United States was raging a war on two fronts. One front in Vietnam fighting the communist North Vietnamese forces‚ the other on the campuses and streets fighting the students and protesters across America. The anti-war movement was one of the most successful moments in US history. For 11 years from 1964- 1975 Americans protested a war they believed they did not need to be

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    It would be great if everyone could have the capability to view things from the perspective of others‚ for a better understanding of how a person from a different background see things. Unfortunately‚ in “Shooting an Elephant” the Burmese perspective was limited being that they were happy for an elephant to die for immediate satisfaction‚ ignoring that the Elephant is a symbolism for power and dignity within their culture “However‚ the white man and enforcer of imperialism was able to experience

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    Mass Shooting Speech

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    Peace not violence. Mass shootings are one of the many acts of violence in society. I would like to talk about one in particular‚ the mass shooting in Las Vegas‚ NV. The shooting took place on October 3‚ 2017. The shooting was one of the most violent shootings in American history. The shooting left 58 people dead‚ and 546 injured. The shooting occurred at a Country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip and directly across from Mandalay Bay‚ where the shooter was shooting from. It will always be one

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    Rampage Shooting Essay

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    to rampage shootings. In The unmentionable causes of violence‚ Andrew Stephen claims that if there is anything unique about Cho Seung-hui the Virginia tech shooter‚ “it wasn’t that he was a paranoid schizophrenic armed with Walther .22 and 9mm Glock pistols and driven by rage but rather it was the ease at which he was able to obtain the weapons” (20). Furthermore‚ Stephen provides evidence supporting the effect media publicity had on the aftermath of the Virginia tech rampage shooting. Stephen states

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    would perform an act like a school shooting. Often people jump to a stereotypical conclusion because violence is frequently found in games and further media. Stereotyping is a subconscious act when a person places someone into their custom arrangement of how they act‚ speak‚ and look. (Ann) Can there be a another reason other than a stereotypical one? Can it be possible that violent media and a different style of music are not the true reason for a school shooting? Well yes‚ a school shooter can be

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    was born. Racism was a big thing for blacks. They weren’t able to go many places or do many things without getting yelled at. “Sweetness” proposes the impression of how hard it was for an African American family in the nineties. Sweetness and Lula Ann struggle in their everyday life to make it through the day. The narrative is first person point of view and is told by Sweetness‚ a single‚ African American woman. These characters try to function in a world filled with discrimination and hate. This

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    Brainology By Carol Dweck

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    up education without even trying. Regardless of students age‚ race or academic background‚ educational goals‚ student are fear of failing and have certain mindsets or beliefs that that hinders or helps students succeed. In the article “Brainology”‚ Carol Dweck talks about two different types of mindsets; Fixed and Growth mindsets on college and seventh grade students and how each of these mindsets have a profound effect on student’s

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    Essay On Police Shooting

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    Opinion paper police shoot My opinion on police shootings is they are just trying to do their job. Their job is to protect the people and property which if it takes shooting someone that is not following the demands of the officer then that is what they should do. The research shows that most gunfights accrue at about three-six feet apart from the officer to the inflictor. Police have a job that could get them killed‚ so when they see someone reach in their pocket or for something they will be extremely

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    Shooting an Elephant Sarig T. Cohen George Orwell is the author of “Shooting an Elephant”‚ a short story that uses the small incident of the murder of an elephant to portray the horrors of British Imperialism. Due to the fact that George Orwell writes a short story in the form of an essay‚ it contains a thesis‚ which is the argument about the nature of imperialism. The great thing about George Orwell’s essay is that the theme is represented throughout the plot and can be analyzed from any

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