Dawson Massacre

increase in violent crime. Why would we increase violence in schools when the goal is to increase protection? In addition, we are not addressing the issue of mental health by administering guns to our teachers. Donald Trump, who believes the recent massacre at an Oregon Community College could’ve been stopped by arming teachers, admits “This isn’t a gun problem, this is a mental problem.” We should be putting out efforts into combating mental health issues instead of arming teachers and adding…

Have you ever heard about mass hysteria? Well, it is a huge group of people being affected by an illness that no one is forsake about. In the last decade we have seen multiple incidents of mass hysteria. Mass hysterias happen mostly at schools because kids at schools would overreact, and with attacks they were seen as easy targets. It was April 13, 1989 in Santa Monica, California when a mass hysteria hit a high school. As kids were getting ready for their band concert everything seemed fine.…

word "Columbine” today, they do not think of the flowers that cover the Centennial State. Instead, the name “Columbine” now invokes thoughts of Columbine High School and the horrific event that ultimately defies the flowers’ beauty. The Columbine Massacre of 1999 was an eye opening tragedy that led to a series…

The Dodgeball Ban Is dodgeball a game or a discipline? I am against dodgeball because the non cool kids always get hurt and the gym teaches may not see it but the non cool kids are getting bullied. All of the incidents of dodgeball bullying and the most recent incident was at Elkton,Maryland. The school principal wanted to take a vote on keeping it or getting rid of it. Some of the participants in the voted and most of them said that it is inappropriate and it is the opposite of what we…

Sometimes you hear about a student at your school threatening to bring to a gun to school but they usually don’t. Well, at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, it happened, but it was much worse than bringing a gun to school. Matthew, a 16 year old student at that school, heard a boy repeating that he was going to start shooting people at the school. Then Matthew told the police what he knew and the police arrested three students that were going to shoot people at the school. But…

On 12-08-2016, Zavion Frederick Southerland was charged with Rule violations 10 and 31. Information gathered from staff and student witnesses indicated that Zavion Frederick Southerland was observed trespassing and in possession of a loaded handgun on Phillip O. Berry campus during the 2nd period lunch. Coach Andrew Howard (Dean of Students) stated that while on lunch duty he notice a young man who did not look familiar to him in the atrium area. He asked the young man to come here for a…

lunch. While on Monday, April 20, 1999, two seniors by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold called this massacre Judgement Day. This massacre “Judgement Day” was the largest massacre before the twentieth century. This shooting shocked the whole world, and it still is to this day. People till this day what motivate them to murder thirteen innocent people. Their motivation for this massacre is because, they wanted revenge on the students that bullied, and picked on them. Dylan Klebold was a…

Life wanted to continue, but something was holding it back, a deep gloom settled over the world and held it there; refusing to budge. When the final report marked the event was over, that thirteen victims had perished, twelve teenage students and one teacher, and the shooters had committed suicide, everyone expected life to continue forward. But what actually happened was the complete opposite. For weeks, even months after the event, the main topic of conversation was the Columbine School…

Is Arming Teachers an Ideal Way to Protect Students? Providing teachers and school staff with weapons is not efficient, instead schools should invest using the money on professional school public safety officials like school resource officers. Teachers will have a significant responsibility when handling the gun, which they should not worry about. Arming teachers and school staff and training them on learning how to handle the gun will not make them qualified to provide safety for a school full…

“I have bad news,” said Mr. Bannon. He continued and said, “Our president was shot and killed.” This is what Nancy’s high school teacher said in the middle of class on the day John F. Kennedy was killed. John F. Kennedy's assassination was traumatic around the whole country, if not the whole world. Nancy Zuber was willing to be interviewed on what she thought of the situation. At the time Nancy was a student in eleventh grade at reading high school in 1963. Nancy Zuber was sitting in her book…