Amish school shooting

even cooking themselves a real dinner, besides frozen pizza and ramen noodles, for the first time. However, these experiences are not exclusive to just college students. These events happen to the seventeen year old, who may have dropped out of high school and moved out of his parents home to live with a girlfriend; he experiences these new responsibilities in a whole different fashion, not because college is forcing him to do so, but because life itself is forcing him…

He killed three teenagers, injured three more teenagers and surrendered the same day of the shooting. He is one of the many male school shooters in history but what sets him aside from the rest was his lack of remorse and motive for the shooting. When he entered the courtroom, he removed his dress shirt to reveal a handwritten t-shirt that said “Killer” scrawled across the front. After receiving his sentence, Lane addressed…

which 3 or more people are killed), specifically school shootings, have been in the news many times over the past 16 years (Ehrenfreund). Since that deadly day at Columbine High School in 1999, student safety has become an increasing concern, with the opposing topics of arming school administrators versus gun control at the forefront of debates. Lawmakers, parents, students, and administrators discuss the ongoing topic of gun-carrying laws in schools, with both sides presenting valid points for…

tried to deal with. In a number of ways, they have been able to diminish the amount of preventable injury through stricter training and regulation methods as well as imposing work-safe programs which give benefits for years gone by accident free. School systems offer security measures and rule based regulations to create safer learning environments for their students and staff. Mental health programs have been put into place to protect the mentality of workers and students by imposing “mental…

Applying Crime Theories to Seung-Hui Cho Tragedy struck Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, when Seung-Hui Cho opened fire on his college, campus killing thirty-two people. His family had reason to believe that something like this could happen as the result of Cho’s odd behaviors. The list of symptoms that Seung-Hui Cho displayed is practically endless, and most, if not all, can be related to different crime theories. Crime theories can be used to help explain what leads someone to commit a crime.…

consequently behaves. The media coverage of shooting at Kent State University in 1970 is a prime example of the power that media has over the general public. The media coverage led to an immediate backlash from individuals all over the country, including those who supported the protesters as well as those who supported the National Guard. The news articles written by John Kifner, Jon Corelis, and William Furlong contain different portrayals of the Kent State Shooting due to the difference in…

The Kent state shooting may 1970 students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by the U.S military forces, when the Guardsman shot and killed four students on may 4th. The Kent state shooting became the focal Point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam war. By 1970, thousands of people in the U.S were actively protesting the Vietnam war. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft…

The Amish culture has a very unique lifestyle and is dictated by rules. The “rules” are known as ordnung in which they outline the basis of an Amish lifestyle and faith (Hostertler 1993). These ordnung helps identify what it means to truly be Amish. The ordnung dictates a person’s dressing, hair length, schooling, technology, and important farming techniques. Amish clothing is very different from the world we live in. The clothing is an expression of their faith. The Amish style is known to be…

According to the article, "To Tell or Not To Tell," 4 out of 5 school shooters revealed their plans ahead of time, but no one reported any threats.” The article also stated that, "70% of people who committed suicide told someone or gave warning signs before carrying out their plan." These numbers could be decreased significantly if more people would tell an adult about a person's harmful plan, but most teenagers have troubling deciphering whether a comment from a peer is a harmless joke or a…

Kent State/May 4 and Postwar Memory Article Review In this article, the author analyzes and discusses the effects of the May 4, 1970 Kent State shooting and war as well as the monuments and the varying views on the memories. Additionally, this article includes background of the May 4 incident and both the official and the rejected monuments in Kent State. Kent State/May 4 and Postwar Memory is written by John Fitzgerald O 'Hara. Fitzgerald O’Hara is a professor at John Hopkins University.…