One person has always had the power to make a difference in another’s life. Whether that be a family member teaching a little one kindness, or even on a bigger scale Martin Luther King Jr. leading a revolution to the acceptance of people with different colored skin. Even bad people can make a change for the good, like a school shooter who makes schools realize they need a plan in place for an attack on their students. One person can change the way others think entirely and can impact their lives in a major way. Lori Ann Heyden, my grandmother, had made a huge impact in my life. She taught me to love myself for who I am and to stay true to myself. She would do this by being herself while around me and while around others. She had always been
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himself, changed the world forever. He had a major influence on the American society in the mid 1900’s. In 1955 King organized a bus boycott to challenge public buses being segregated. After 382 days the bus boycott ended when the Supreme Court of the United States declared the laws requiring segregation on buses unconstitutional. Buses struggled without the business of the boycotters, making them realize that they were important. It also increased the respect for the black race proving that they are resilient and stick to their task until it is finished. In 1963 King lead the Birmingham campaign, the biggest civil rights protest that had occurred yet. King intentionally allowed himself to be arrested which caused President Kennedy’s administration to get involved. This is only two of the hundreds of things that King has done to change the world and each one of our lives. He taught us to love each other for who we are and to not judge based on the color of skin you …show more content…
On April 20, 1999 two teens went on a shooting spree at Columbine high school. At about 11:19 am the two teens Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, began shooting fellow classmates outside of Columbine High School. The two then moved into the school where the shot down many more students in the library. Harris and Klebold killed 12 students, one teacher, and injured more than 20 people. The shooting caused many schools across America to enact “zero tolerance” rules which bans against possessions of certain items or undesirable behavior. For most schools it bans anything that has to do with drugs or weapons whether that be from a student, faculty member, or visitor to the school. The events that happened on that day effected everybody, were the families of the students that were killed, who will never get to see them again, but there was also good hidden in this tragedy. The Columbine shooting made schools realize that they need to take more action to protect their students in every way possible. Even our own school has put precautions in place in the event that a shooter would come to our school. Our teachers have taken ALICE training, as well as the students, to know what to do should a gunman enter the school. All because of the actions of two teenagers on that fateful day in
himself, changed the world forever. He had a major influence on the American society in the mid 1900’s. In 1955 King organized a bus boycott to challenge public buses being segregated. After 382 days the bus boycott ended when the Supreme Court of the United States declared the laws requiring segregation on buses unconstitutional. Buses struggled without the business of the boycotters, making them realize that they were important. It also increased the respect for the black race proving that they are resilient and stick to their task until it is finished. In 1963 King lead the Birmingham campaign, the biggest civil rights protest that had occurred yet. King intentionally allowed himself to be arrested which caused President Kennedy’s administration to get involved. This is only two of the hundreds of things that King has done to change the world and each one of our lives. He taught us to love each other for who we are and to not judge based on the color of skin you …show more content…
On April 20, 1999 two teens went on a shooting spree at Columbine high school. At about 11:19 am the two teens Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, began shooting fellow classmates outside of Columbine High School. The two then moved into the school where the shot down many more students in the library. Harris and Klebold killed 12 students, one teacher, and injured more than 20 people. The shooting caused many schools across America to enact “zero tolerance” rules which bans against possessions of certain items or undesirable behavior. For most schools it bans anything that has to do with drugs or weapons whether that be from a student, faculty member, or visitor to the school. The events that happened on that day effected everybody, were the families of the students that were killed, who will never get to see them again, but there was also good hidden in this tragedy. The Columbine shooting made schools realize that they need to take more action to protect their students in every way possible. Even our own school has put precautions in place in the event that a shooter would come to our school. Our teachers have taken ALICE training, as well as the students, to know what to do should a gunman enter the school. All because of the actions of two teenagers on that fateful day in