Columbine High School massacre

$768 million is the amount that schools and universities spend on security measures in 2014 (8). “The Fear Industry Goes Back to School” by Sasha Abramsky states that school shootings, according to statistical evidence, do not happen as often as security fundings may make it seem. Social media implements fear into the minds of parents all around the world. Therefore, schools are spending too much on security systems, even though school shootings don’t happen as much, and the excessive…

4712 ACT 1 Scene 1 Setting: Principal's Office Time: 10:23 Monday morning. Characters In Scene (CIS): Kass Keets, Venus Salazar, Honey Lao, Jem Knight KASS: Those three creatures are trying to ruin my life! I demand that they be expelled from this school immediately! Midna rubs her temples. - MIDNA: You want me to expel these three brilliant students because you don’t like them? That’s hardly professional... KASS: They’re not only ruining the school's reputation, but trying to ruin my life as…

“When We Wake” by Karen Healey, is a science fiction book about the world in 2128 AD. The book covers many topics from cryogenics and no migrant policies to environmental destruction. The main character, Tegan Oglietti, has to face the many problems of the future, while being threatened by groups such as the Inheritors of the Earth. The book has so many cultural and social details about Australia in 2128 AD, that it was easy to make a book cover full of symbolism for the book. From the cover…

Jason Brannick Starsha Blankenship ENG 111-30H 11/3/2015 School Safety Not Gun Regulation As always with the unfortunate event of a school shooting people cope with the loss of loved ones and stay somber for a spell, but as the dust settles from this tragic event the usual debate of gun laws begins anew. This debate although important does not focus on what truly matters when trying to mitigate the occurrence of school shootings. The subject of discussion that will lead to progress in the…

happened that changed the way I've lived. The school shooting that happened in the year 2012 was a major change in society and a greater effect in my school life. After the shooting a lot of things changed in school Parent's couldn't relax knowing that schools might not be a safe place for the kids. Before that event there wasn't so many cops at school they would only be one officer. Also there wasn't so many lights that covered the school haft of the school would be dark and they would be okay…

Did you know there have been 175 school shootings since the year 2013? There has been an average of 1 per week! ("175 School Shootings In America Since 2013”). The question I want to ask you is how many of these school shootings could have been stopped if there were armed guards present? Even though an untrained guard can cause accidents, armed guards will make schools safer because armed guards can work with teachers to prevent and avoid these dangerous situations or if a dangerous situation…

cannot turn to something as dangerous as guns on school property it would create an even bigger problem. They had a buzz-in system at Sandy Hook, but it did them no good at all, the guy shot his way in. School-associated student homicide rates decreased significantly after the federal laws restricting guns in schools were adopted in the early 1990s, and fewer students are carrying guns. Proposals offered by the gun lobby to repeal the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act and arm teachers as a…

School shootings can happen anytime, and at any school. How many more innocent children have to be killed by armed gunman for our to carry concealed weapons? Calling 911 is no longer a solution. Waiting for the police to arrive is time for you to die, become injured, or fight back. Many schools do not have the necessary security, have violent students, and an intruder could attack at any time. The Arkansas Christian Academy has recently let faculty members carry firearms. We can’t stand by and…

Chamber of Secrets is about three friends named Harry, Ron, and Hermione who all go to the wizarding school of Hogwarts. During the first few weeks of the school year, Harry hears a weird voice that nobody can hear. Throughout the following weeks, the voice becomes more savage and killer like saying things like ”Rip ….tear …..kill ….time ..to..kill.” Vicious attacks begin happening to students at the school, but the group of friends can't find what is doing it. They look very far back into…

A tragic event occurred at 10PM on Saturday night. Jeremy and Jean-Louise Finch were attacked by Mr. Bob Ewell. This occurred after the pageant at the local high school earlier in the evening, in which Scout played the ham. Mr. Arthur Radley saved the children and from Mr. Ewell with the very knife Mr. Ewell intended to use to kill the children. Before the attack, all seemed normal in the town to most of its inhabitants. This Halloween celebrated the fruit of Mrs. Merriweather’s brilliant mind.…