Carry It On

Guns on Campus In the article “Students Should Have the Right to Carry Guns on College Campuses” by David Burnett (2012), Burnett wrote in his article that campuses are not always safe. Student should have the right to carry concealed weapons to protect themselves and defend themselves. Owing a gun will not only save yourself from shootings but also save other lives of people. Although it is harder to obtain a gun because of these shootings. A student carrying concealed weapon feels a lot safer…

The issue if college students should be allowed to carry firearms on college campus has been a heated debate over the last five years. Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska have already allowed students to carry concealed weapon on campus. And Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio, and Illinois are considering permitting such gun laws. But should these states and others really be giving these life threatening insurgents to irresponsible teens and young adults?…

Should colleges allow students to carry guns in their campuses. A lot of people would say that colleges should absolutely not let students carry guns on their campuses for obvious safety reasons. Students being allowed to carry guns on college campuses would most likely feel like a living nightmare. Students would probably stop going to college because they do not feel safe. Colleges should not allow students to carry guns on their campuses because they are risky, unsafe, and nerve-wracking.…

Women should carry handguns with them everywhere they go because it will protect them in any situations. In “A Peaceful Women Explains Why She Carries a Gun” by Linda M. Hasselstrom, the author explains to her readers why she carries a handgun. She carries a handgun because it makes her feel safe when it is in her possession. Secondly, carrying a handgun demands people to do the right thing. Finally, it avoids you from getting yourself in dangerous situations. For women, carrying a handgun is…

In order to ensure the safety of all students and faculty on campus, as advisors to the governor we are proposing legislation to allow individuals with legal concealed carry permits to carry weapons on their respective campuses. By passing this legislation the people that will be most affected by these changes is the students and faculty of the schools. The following policy is to ensure the safety of everyone involved in academia so that they can have a safe educational experience. To make sure…

Problem Solving      There are many different strategies that good problem solvers use to solve a problem. Before using a strategy, you must remember a few things. First, take your time. Few good problem solvers solve problems fast. Second, don't give up. You will never solve a problem if you don't try. Last, be flexible. If a first you don't succeed, try another way. And if the second way doesn't work, try a third way.      There are a few…

Stevie Smith’s “To Carry the Child” is a shrewd and reflective piece of literature. The title suggests that the poem is going to be about how it is to carry a child. When I read the poem I noticed that the speaker is the author herself. She gives it meaning by letting it be known that she is speaking about a second hand experience and is not revealing whether or not she has been in such situation since she is speaking about men. My reasoning comes from seeing that he never addresses to herself,…

What A Soldier Carries Nowadays very few authors of fictional writings decide to use the mixture of fact and fiction in order to demonstrate the main ideas and themes of their writings. In the fictional novel The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien used the mixture of fact and fiction to demonstrate what the soldiers had to carry in and after the Vietnam War, and how these things affected their actions. The Things They Carried is a two hundred thirty three page novel that…

Hard Work Teaches. “Let's go!” We’re starting the job. There is the constant smell of cut grass. It's one of those smells that you never get used to. It is always haunting and can smell either good or bad. If it's fresh, cut grass will smell satisfying, but if it's old and stagnant, then the smell can be so overpowering and abusive to the point where it makes you want to throw up. However, your average person doesn't always have to deal with this struggle. I've grown up as a…

The things we carry In interview 1 with my grandmother I found out somethings my family carried that I didn’t know mainly because I never sat down and asked questions about my heritage. I figured only people on TV or rich families or people who moved to Africa had a lot to offer about a heritage. When in fact every family has a heritage that dates back. My grandmother informed me that in her early years around her mid-twenties she had graduated college and become a nurse becoming the first…