Wednesday the 30th November saw 67% of England’s 21‚700 state schools completely closed due to industrial action. By Cameron Wall The strike action from millions of public sector workers was triggered after the government announced its plans for pension reforms that include; a £2.8 billion rise in contribution payments by 2014/2015; changing the retirement age to the same as the state pension age; and moving public sector workers from final salary schemes to career average schemes. Public
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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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firearms were due to mental illness. The number of guns entering the United States continues to grow with approximately two hundred million privately owned firearms in the United States as of 2000 and more than seven million added to this number every year. It is easy to purchase a gun without having to go through background checks. Guns sold privately or at gun shows do not fall under the federal government’s gun regulations. About forty percent of gun sales fell through this “loophole” where private
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The history of guns in America is a long one‚ but they were first introduced to the world long before they were introduced to the United States. According to Linton Weeks‚the first guns in the world were most likely cannons used in the fourteenth century. There were also hand cannons carried by European soldiers (Weeks). This expresses that guns have been around much longer than the United States has. After cannons‚ there was the muzzle loader. Muzzle loaders had a fierce recoil ignited by a matchlock
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Abstract In this paper‚ I will explore the controversial question of whether teachers should be allowed or required to carry weapons on school campuses. The question of whether the topic should be entertained has come up time and again after tragedies occur‚ the timeline of which will be summarized herein. The recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ that devastated the nation on December 14‚ 2012‚ has wrenched this debate crudely back into the spotlight. I will investigate
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United States have different opinions when it comes to gun control. Some of them like the idea of being able to carry a weapon on your person as long as you have been licensed to do so. Others feel that this is a bad decision and that no one except law enforcement and military should carry guns. My personal opinion on the matter is that if the person has legally obtained a concealed hand gun license through their state then they have the right to carry a weapon. When you sit back and think about the thousands
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Outline—Gun Control in Schools I. Introduction II. Parents Feel Safer III. Stopping Threats IV. Saving Lives V. Conclusion Tylor Fontenot 3rd Block English III 29 April 2014 A national telephone survey finds that 62% of Americans with children of elementary or secondary school age would feel safer if their school had armed guards (Pavlich). Many people (parents) believe that if schools had armed guards on campus they could stop the next mass murder at schools. These are some of the reasons that
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S t r a i g h t s v/s G a y s Can openly homosexual teachers work at schools with children? Being an English Teacher in Chile is kind of a hard experience‚ but being an openly gay teacher is even more criticized‚ because you have to deal with many factors that make your life more difficult. Chile is characterized for having narrow-minded‚ chauvinist‚ and homophobic people. It was just in the early 2000’s when the gay people started to say in public their personal sexual condition
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said about teachers and teaching “Ah! There you have the worst paid and the best rewarded of vocations. Do not enter it unless you love it. For the vast majority of men and women it has no promise of wealth and fame‚ but they to whom it is dear for its own sake are among the nobility of mankind. I sing the praise of the unknown teacher‚ king of himself and leader of the mankind‚” This‚ we may say is the philosophical meaning of teaching‚ but is very relevant and meaning also. The teacher is the
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Elementary School Teachers are the beginning of every student’s life for 14+ years of schooling ahead of them. They are people who are starting each child out with a successful future. Elementary school teachers introduce to the children curriculum areas in reading‚ math‚ social studies‚ and sciences which are all basic requirements for further education. Every state requires that public school teachers be certified for at least one‚ or several related subjects. Not only a Bachelor’s Degree is needed;
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