Bowling for Columbine

A doctor who would have found the cure for cancer, and a teacher that could have created a method to provide her students with the best education she could. Athletes that could have won gold medals in the olympics, and the next Michael Jackson who could have set the record for most won grammys in history. All of those who would have reached their dreams, but instead someone entered their schools and shot them to death with a gun. There are many causes associated with school shootings, but gun…

“less than a man”, were rebuffed in their attempts to date women, could not live up to societal and peer expectations of being “cool”, and were not confident in their masculine identity (Kalish & Kimmel, 2010). Prior to the shooting, students at Columbine teased the shooters for being gay and girly, would throw rocks at them, and some students went so far as to publish an article in the paper stating the pair were a gay couple (Kalish & Kimmel, 2010). Both of these individuals were part of a…

Even though school shootings are bad in most people’s eyes, the government thinks we should bring more guns into school. Are they trying to prevent school shootings or cause them? I’m going to explain why the government might change the school environment forever and why it is the worst idea. There may be some pros to the idea but the are a LOT more cons to counter. Let’s get right into it. About a month or two ago, there was a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The seventeen people who lost…

Did you know that since 2013, there has been over 200 school shootings in America? That is an average of nearly one shooting a week. To be specific about a school shooting there was an incident in Pittsburgh, Pa on December 17th, 2014. This school shooting occurred Sunnyside elementary school. School shootings like this one causes parents to worry about their children’s safety. Which in their defense is totally understandable. Another common question parents ask is, “how can they be more…

Specific purpose: To increase awareness of the escalation and medias role of school shootings in the United States within recent years. Thesis: School shootings, and the medias portrayal of such events have had a negative impact on children and adults alike. However, there are documented characteristics and risk factors associated with persons identified as shooters that may indicate potential problems prior to an event. Introduction I. Attention Getter: Imagine it’s a nice spring day and…

Colorado's Columbine High School, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been studying what motivates people to carry out these crimes. As part of our investigation into threat assessment, Mother Jones documented the chilling scope of the "Columbine effect": We found at least 74 plots and attacks across 30 states in which suspects and perpetrators claimed to have been inspired by the nation's worst high school massacre. Their goals ranged from attacking on the anniversary of Columbine to…

With respect to the American education system, the enactment of programs to identify the beginning signs of a mentally disturbed individual or a potential mass shooter is necessary. According to Salem police officer Sean Cooper, “The introduction of both mental health courses for students of all ages and more in depth evacuation and lockdown procedures in schools will further protect America’s youth.” Similarly, Officer Cooper also endorsed the bulletproofing, additions in security to public…

interests they had. Dylan was hard on himself with his physical appearance, he was very self- loathing and girls did not find him appealing. Depression had a huge impact and was the underlying reason for the actions of Dylan Klebold in the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999. As time went by Dylan’s depression worsened which caused his withdrawal, shyness and all passion for learning to disappear. Dylan’s depression weighed on him every day and affected him in his real life situations.…

Are Violent Video Games Necessarily Bad for Children?” In October 1958 Physicist William Higinbotham created the first video game; a simple tennis game. Since the completion of the first video game they have became one of the many escape outlets for people of all ages. It 's now common to catch your husband or children engrossed into the T.v playing a video game. By 2017 video games are predicted to reach $102.9 Billion in worldwide sales most of those sale being violent video games. On…

According to California law, ultra-violent video games are defined as video games in which the range of options available to players includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting a human being. Ultra-Violent video games are in dire need of thorough regulation. Although violent and offensive video games are not revolutionary items, they are now getting a second-look based on research that suggests these games cause a lack of empathy in players. Ultra-violent video games are a…