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Malcolm Gladwell is a credible man, who works for the N ew Yorker. He wrote an essay about school shootings, and the threshold it took for some individuals to complete an act of violence. In order to prove his points Gladwell made sure to cite from other credible researchers like s sociologist Mark Granovetter. The main points that Gladwell discussed in his essay truly captivates the reader 's attention, even though he does not talk with excitement when discussing the essay. Not only were…

Imagine you’re back in high school. It’s time for lunch and everyone starts to gather in the cafeteria. You’re talking with your friends and having a good time. Suddenly you hear gunshots. Everyone around you starts screaming; people start to panic. Teachers are rushing kids to safety, and some are calling 911. You hear more gunshots, but this time they are much closer. You and your classmates start to flip over tables for cover; others run and hide in the kitchen. You hear one final gunshot.…

One in particular blew up into a media sensation: Cassie Bernall. Just five days after the massacre of Columbine she was the face of Columbine (Cullen 177). According to student rumors she had been asked a gunpoint if she believed in God, answered yes, and then shot to death. This martyr story quickly became a beacon of hope and a light in the…

As Ricky Birdsong was walking with his son and his daughter, he was shot by a white gunman in Evanston. The white man who shot him also shot many others, including a fifteen year old boy. Ricky Birdsong was killed in this tragedy. Although his children were not hurt, they saw their father murdered. His daughter voiced, “To come together just for common humanity means a lot, because the opposite of that is what took away my dad.” In response, his wife, Sherialyn Byrdsong, started the Ricky…

Columbine shooting On a normal school day at Columbine High School, students were attending lunch and doing class work in the library not expecting anything in particular to happen. Actually no one in the U.S. expected or was ready for what came to be on April 20, 1999 to the 1,945 students attending Columbine High School. On April 20,1999 at 11:19 a.m. two Columbine students wearing trench coats went on a rampage outside of the school shooting students and staff. The students were Eric Harris…

In modern day 21st century, society has become a mixture of indecisive decisions made by individuals. These choices lead to various world-renown events, and one of the main events that humans result to within the general public is school shootings. School shootings are recurring events that are seen to bring out the “flaws” in civilization. Sociologist Glenn Muschert defines school attacks as, “rampage attacks where victims were specifically targeted or selected for symbolic reasons” (Muschert)…

Do you believe that fear can control people’s minds, making them oblivious to what they know is right? Whether it is through religion, sexuality, or politics, people today are still allowing fear to control their lives.The West Memphis Three case encompasses three male teenagers implicated of murdering three third grade boys. The citizens of West Memphis, Arkansas were blinded by their fear of the boys; as a result of these fears the teenagers were wrongfully convicted. The Crucible by Arthur…

$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…

Diamond, Coal, Anthracite Plot: The queens fight Kass Setting: Hogwarts college- magic known universe- year 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…

The column “The Power of Good” by Ben Shapiro published by TownHall.com on October 04, 2017, focuses on the good acts that arose from the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. Shapiro, a political columnist, responds to the massacre at a concert in Las Vegas to highlight the good that can come from a horrible event. Shapiro uses his diction to conceive vivid descriptions, first-hand interviews, and malicious events that contrast with his opinion to present it as fact to advocate his point that…