Dawson Massacre

One topic has been ripping through America, resurfacing every couple months after another tragic event — Shootings. The type of shooting that I fear most take place where I am required to attend 5 days a week, 10 months of the year — school. The idea of teachers being allowed to have guns rattles me more. How do teachers being armed prevent school shootings? In fact, looking at recent news stories teachers having guns becomes an apparently bad idea. Take the gun trained teacher in California,…

Government in Action Summery 1 Shooting in schools and how to prevent it: According to Trump shootings are a problem because of mental illness. Mentally ill people do unexpected things. School shootings happen more often in America than any other place. People who are more likely to commit these horrible crimes are loners and rejected by others. Trump uses the resent shooting in a community college and he says that this particular college was a gun free zone, and that if more people on that…

The fact that school shootings are uncommon, most students think that school is safe, but unfortunately it has happened before and we should be prepared for one. Usually, kids who are going through depression, bullying or a hard time in their life are most likely to commit a mass school shooting. The shooters probably think that they will be remembered forever if they committed a mass shooting in school. School should have an website where you can report a crime like this anonymously, so they…

I recently had an epiphany it happened within the last few years. I never realized how cruel the world is until I got into highschool. Everyone knows about the Columbine High School School Massacre in 1999. It was where 2 seniors of Columbine High School killed 12 students, one teacher, and also injured 21 other students. The boys planned the school shooting and ever since then people have tried to recreate the Columbine school shooting at other schools. As of today September 27, 2017 there have…

Columbine The tragedy among youth, April 20, 1999; two troubled young men lash out their rage and depression on the high school they were cast out from; Columbine High, Littleton, Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were the two adolescents that committed this heinous crime. Over all, these murders had caused thirteen deaths and twenty one, brutal injuries. Although, most of the deaths and injuries were by gunshot, many explosives were also used. The explosive were manufactured by Klebold…

I am probably one of many students reaching out to you regarding previous events such as the devastating shooting in South Florida in this last month. School shootings have become very popular in the last couple of years. The numbers are doubling by the minute. I would first like to say that I am very pleased with the way you are handling these situations by taking immediate action and trying to fix a problem that will never be completely fixable. As a child who has been raised with multiple…

As educators, and school administrators, one of the goals is to provide a safe learning environment for students. In recent news there has been several school shootings and incidences where school violence occurred. While the members of the district hear about these acts occurring, they realize that there is a possibility of an actual school shooting or violent act occurring within their school district .Therefore, school districts are seeking ways to prevent it. When deciding how to protect…

Introduction Almost 20 years ago, two high school students altered the public school environment as we knew it at that time. Granted, there were plenty of other incidents involving guns and school grounds, but none on this massive level. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the time to journal and plot the murders of their peers and teachers at Columbine High School in April 1999. The journals that were left behind tell just some of what they were experiencing; but no one could quite figure out…

Mass Shootings and the Moral Decline in the U.S. Megan jones 2 There have been over 294 mass shootings in the U.S so far in 2015. Many people have been left wounded or dead due to them. Yet they have very little attention payed to them due to a combination of the FBI’s definition of a mass shooting being when 4 or more people are killed, and because no one who enjoys a lack of gun control wants to put an emphasis on the fact that people are being killed, very easily, because of guns. Mass…

Assignment 2 In “Understanding School Violence,” (2015) school violence is defined as “youth violence that occurs on school property, on the way to or from school or school-sponsored events, or during a school-sponsored event.” Events such Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Sandy-Hook have increased student’s and parent’s fear and has led people to believe that school violence is on the rise. Violence at schools does not have to only consist of shooting such as these incidents, but can include fights…