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Teachers Should be Allowed to Conceal Weapons. How many more students have to be killed in school shootings before teachers are allowed an advantage in protecting the kids they are responsible for? Criminals that shoot up schools are cowards and have no common regard for human life. Gun control is an overwhelming debate in this day and age, people believe that guns kill people when in reality it is people that kill people. People are so afraid of guns that they take them out of the hands of…

As I walked out of the cafeteria and outside for recess I saw him… standing there in the freezing cold air, watching me as the snowflakes fell on my head. We locked eyes and It was like my heart was pounding out of my chest beat, after beat, after beat, going a hundred miles and hour. Then he turned away. my heart rate went down and my blood was running normally again. It was the 2nd week of the 3rd grade school year, and I already had someone on my back, Justin Heart. He was in 5th grade, 9…

physical activities is warmly remembered.children using their large muscles in these activities are strengthen their gross motor development. Beginning in infancy, children improve neuromuscular coordination through repeated use of their large muscles. Batting at a mobile as an infant, walking during early toddlerhood, running and climbing at the preschool level, and swinging and skipping in the primary years are all examples of how play enhances physical development. Play activities also…

of the most decorated professional baseball players of all time. Rose received many awards for both his offensive and defensive skills; these include the Rookie of the Year award in 1963, seventeen All-Star selections, three Gold Gloves and three batting titles, one most valuable player award, and three World Series victories. In addition to these accolades, Rose to this day…

I was born on July 10, 1983 in Seattle, Washington to Leo and Debra Miller. However, I was not born like most children. I was born with a rare congenital birth defect known as, Club Ulna Disease. This resulted in a hyper-extended left arm, which is also considerably shorter than the right. Each arm is missing two digits on each hand. I would like to explore how society, at the micro, middle, and macro levels helped shaped me into a productive member. Each level has had a significant impact on my…

women in the Iranian culture are both enforced upon. The opposite is happening in the Dominican Republic. The men there are worshipped for getting as many women as they can. The narrator says when talking of Oscar, “Anywhere else his triple-zero batting average with the ladies might have passed without comment, but this is a Dominican kid we’re talking about, in a Dominican family: dude was supposed to have Atomic Level G, was supposed to be pulling in the bitches with both hands.”(24) The…

Why Twelve Year Olds Aren’t Presidents Humanity’s goal is advancement. Advancement in our technology, our quality of life, our intelligence. To foster these incredible advancements, it is a prerequisite that the government surrounding oneself is much more than simply adequate. The government, and governing officials, need to be made up of wisdom, knowledge, and justice as to cater to its citizens. However, in Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, a group of preteen boys is left to…

to love the land and surroundings when asks, “…do we not already sing of our love for and obligation to the land of the free and the home of the brave?” (204) He is obviously peeved that in contrast, we are diminishing all the resources “without batting…

Having played softball for nine years, I have been through five coaches. I know what makes a good coach, and I know what doesn’t make a good coach. Your coach can be one of the most influential people in your life. You spend everyday after school and most weekends with your coach. Over the course of the season you form some sort of relationship with your coach. As a coach, it is their job to encourage you, support you, help you improve your skills, and push you to be a better athlete. When they…

“If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves,” wrote author and political activist Thomas Paine, his belief, regarding beliefs. Every person has the right to believe in what they choose, but no one has the right to tell him or her that he or she is wrong. Merriam-Webster defines belief as “conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence.”…