It’s really difficult to imagine what it must have been like to be evacuated as a child during the Second World War: ’ ... During the war - when England was at war with Germany. The Government sent the children out of the cities so they shouldn’t be bombed. We weren’t told where we were going. Just told to turn up at our schools with a packed lunch and a change of clothes‚ then we went to the station with our teachers. There were whole train-loads of children sent away like that ... It must have
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On April 16th‚ 2007‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ a student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ went on campus and proceeded to shoot and kill 33 people‚ injuring 32 others before he killed himself (Shapira and Jackman). According to Christine Hauser and Anahad O’Connor‚ staff writers for the New York Times‚ “the shootings at Virginia Tech came in the same week‚ eight years prior‚ as the shootings at Columbine on April 20th‚ 1999.” In more recent years‚ mass shootings
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bombarding the American population with false statistics‚ hand picked heart-rending news stories‚ and misinterpreted information it can be easy to see why the hatred and misunderstanding for guns and pro-gun laws‚ for instance‚ campus carry‚ are so rampant in America. Campus carry is an important law that if an individual so chooses‚ can allow a person to express their right to bear arms‚ provide a means of self-protection‚ and will not bring a significant change to everyday life. With the proper and unbiased
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The youngest of four children born to Percy (an accountant and aspiring jazz saxophonist) and Kathleen‚ Jim Carrey was an incurable extrovert from day one. As a child he performed constantly‚ for anyone who would watch‚ and even mailed his résumé to "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967) at age 10. In junior high he was granted a few precious minutes at the end of each school day to do stand-up routines for his classmates (provided‚ of course‚ that he kept a lid on it the rest of the day). Carrey ’s early
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School campus’ have always been a large target for shooters and attackers. Students and teachers that have spent time to gain the trust of the government to conceal carry should also be able to holster on a campus without interruption. Many people will say having any weapons is a danger to students and any other pedestrians on campus but a law abiding citizen that has had training and known when a weapon should and shouldn’t be used could be vital to saving the lives of many during a life or death
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Urteaga PAGE 7 Joshua Urteaga Rhetoric 306 November 24‚ 2016 An opinion article addressing students who support campus carry; to be published in the Daily Texan . Daily Texan readers are generally aware concealed carry on college campuses‚ but have many different opinions about it. Many don?t know how many people are affected by campus carry. Armed Education: Is Campus Carry the Answer? In recent years‚ gun violence has become an increasingly controversial topic. There are occasionally news
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been killed with more than 500 people injured. Yes‚ we have laws‚ but laws mean nothing when nothing is done about the guns. A good place to start is the “carry law”‚ background checks to be random and frequent‚ and automatic rifles need to be discontinued for the public to use freely. Carry laws are used in America to determine who is fit to carry and conceal a weapon. There is not one federal government law‚ but different laws state to state. “Firearm owners are subject to the firearm laws of the
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Carry Nation Carry Nation contributed a lot in history. She did many things to help and get the country to where it is today. Many things helped motivate her and prepare her for the big position she was in which caused her to have many contributions and accomplishments for not only her and her family‚ but the country as well. Motivation Many things inspired and motivated Nation to keep going and achieve her goals. For example‚ she was motivated to create the Temperance Movement because of her distressed
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was fired upon. The security guards‚ principles‚ and most importantly the teachers were all defenseless. Many children lost their lives that day due to a person that was well armed and with protectors unequipped. People should be allowed to openly carry guns in Texas because of the danger that could possibly take place at anytime; they would have protection for themselves and others. Sandy Hook was just one of many harmful attacks upon this great nation. All over the world there are threats of terrorism
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understand bits and pieces of it. Evidence of pacing in stories could be found in “The Lottery”‚ “Metamorphosis”‚ “Carry”‚ and “Without a title.” Let’s start with Carry. In “Carry” it’s a poem about self-reflection and how all life is connected. To get the meaning of a story the story would have to be placed out in a way for the reader to grasp the information. Linda Hogan‚ the author of “Carry”
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