Gun Violence in School “Do you believe in God?” Imagine being asked this question‚ and your response was what determined whether or not you would be shot to death. This is what happened at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado on April 20th‚ 1999 (“Columbine High School Shootings”). This terrible tragedy affected many people‚ including the entire nation. After this happened‚ many schools took their security precautions into consideration. The school district I have grown up in‚ Rochester
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State School No.1812 Analysis Questions What visual cues are used to imply the negative impression of school? Visual cues such as the reinforced concrete walls separating a place of monotony and being imprisoned from the open world filled with freedom portrays negativity against schools as if attending school is being in-captured in such a world where freedom is non existent and no joy whatsoever is present. Spikes above the walls possibly symbolize captivation as if whoever is held behind the
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fairly common in schools‚ including multiple well-known contentious books. Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ is a book about a boy named Huck who is kidnapped by his father. He escapes his arrest and joins forces with a man named Jim‚ venturing with him down a river‚ exploring and experiencing new things (Bookrags). According to americaslibrary.com‚ this book is “now considered a classic novel.” Despite the fact‚ it is still “one of the most complained-about novels in US schools‚ according to the
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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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For Bellmont High School our band always does concessions for football‚ basketball and wrestling season. In order for us who are in band to get our patches for our letterman jacket we must do eight concessions. Although‚ if we don’t have eight concessions for each year done by the time we graduate the students‚ who don’t have them don‚ can’t graduate without paying a $100 fine. Well sometimes there are difficulties to get all eight in. I think that the people who don’t have their eight in shouldn’t
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Starting School Later A big topic in the news right now is students‚ especially athletes‚ not getting enough sleep due to a combination of athletic practices and events‚ homework‚ and family activities. Having to get up at six o’clock is already extremely challenging‚ but it becomes even more difficult when students have enormous day ahead of them‚ including school‚ practices‚ homework‚ and anything else needed to be done. Starting school later would be the perfect solution to this‚ and would give
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If you ask me‚ I’ve never really been too hype about the idea of school uniforms. I don’t know which I hate more‚ the idea of looking like the other 200 girls in my school or having to wear the same thing every day. Though imagine never having to worry about matching those cute blue jeans to some shirt in your closet or shopping for name brands you can’t even afford. Even though school uniforms reduce one’s expression of individuality‚ they level the playing field ‚encourage a healthy learning environment
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huge effect on other schools deciding to accept you as a student. Along with being kicked out‚ a cheater may lose all financial help they have received. Cheaters could also be stuck paying back any financial aid they have already received. The person or persons that the cheater used to cheat may get in trouble too. Even if this person was not aware they were being cheated off of. These are things that should be considered before a person decides to cheat. To do well in school you need to work hard
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Worldwide drownings are at ridiculously high numbers. “1.2 million people around the world die by drowning every year‚ that is more than two persons per minute. From that more than 50 percent are children. There are perhaps eight to ten times that many who experience a drowning process but who reach safety alone or are rescued by their peers‚ by others or by lifesavers/lifeguards.” (Drowning Facts and Figures). It has been a strong focus to end murder and suicide for years which contributes to this
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My goal once I graduate is to become a licensed vocational nurse. I will need to complete my high school diploma first. When I am finished I can start taking CNA classes for a year or two. After working and saving some money‚ I will continue my education to become a LVN. I hope i can get alot of hands on training during the CNA program. I choose to finish my high school diploma because of my daughter. Back when I was younger I was not really interested in continuing my education. Now that I have
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