High tech

On April 16, 2007 a student at Virginia Tech murdered and injured a large number of fellow students and faculty. Prior to the incident, he had displayed signs of violent thoughts and behavior to his instructors. As a younger child, he had also been troubled. However, at that age, he had received psychiatric help due to his parents’ involvement (Virginia Tech Review Panel). It is possible that if he had received help as an adult, this crisis could have been avoided. Unfortunately, the student’s…

In the article, “Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner,” Justin Cronin, a liberal award-winning novelist and a professor at Rice University, describes the experiences he has underwent during in his life that caused his beliefs of gun control. Cronin wrote this article after a shooter entered an elementary school and killed 27 innocent people. He believes it is too easy for Americans to buy guns, but he also believes many people who are against guns do not look at the reality of gun control. They…

of psychological first-aid programs is on the rise and targets specific disasters” (3). Schools will usually have a plan set in place, and then after a shooting happens they reevaluate and update the plan. For example, after a shooting at Virginia Tech, it was noted that it is necessary to identify potential shooters before it happens, support is needed for public health preparedness for a mass causality incident, and psychological functioning needs to be evaluated afterward…

On April 16, 2007, college students on the Virginia Tech University campus witnessed the most deadly mass killing by a single student shooter in the United States history. A senior student killed a whopping thirty-two students, along with wounding seventeen others on the university’s campus. Meanwhile, in 2008, five people were killed and twenty-one were injured on Northern Illinois University campus by a former graduate student. These horrific events brought a nationwide debate and controversy…

Columbine & Criminal Justice Criminal justice researchers studied the bills projected after key school shootings such as Columbine and Virginia Tech. Truth be told, school shootings happen quite regularly. The public generally does not hear about them unless they are on a significant level of death with at least 10 people having been murdered. It has become quite the norm for the media outlets to report what they would like for citizens to hear. There have been public school and university…

known. Twenty year old Adam Lanza shot and killed twenty kids and six adults. After the attack, he too killed himself (“Adam Lanza”). Finally, the Virginia Tech shooting is very well known. The shooter was twenty three year old Seung-Hui Cho. In his attack, he murdered thirtytwo people, and killed himself after doing so (“Virginia Tech”). In all three of these cases, the shooters killed themselves afterwards. This is a very common thing for perpetrators of mass violence to do. Also, all…

Students are not allowed to chew gum in the classroom, but in Southern states, teachers are allowed to carry guns in a room full of young children. Mass shootings have been occurring in the United States for centuries, but recently school shootings have become disturbingly frequent. Some schools believe that putting dangerous weapons in the hands of teachers will prevent or stop a mass shooting and an armed intruder. Teachers should not be allowed to carry guns in their classroom because guns…

year student at Georgia Tech (fall 1995 to fall 1996). It was a fast and almost complete self destruction of what had been the crowning achievement of my young life. From the day I migrated to US (Atlanta) near the end of my 9th grade to my high school graduation, I had a singular purpose—study hard to get into top engineering school (it was always GA Tech for me) and take care of own finances to help the family. I was good at both of these goals. I was admitted to GA-Tech by middle of my…

Just a mere eleven years ago, in the basement of one of Harrisburg’s elementary/middle schools, a new high school was born. Lisa M. Waller had a vision to bring a college prep high school to the urban youth of Harrisburg so that they might be given the proper tools and skills to excel at a college or university. However, figuring out the way is what is important. Just like many things in life, there are obstacles, trepidations, and doubts that follow a program that is revolutionary to the city…

(2012) description of New Tech High School, I could see each of these characteristics being exhibited on their campus. Kennedy et al. (2006) (as cited in Papa, 2011) stated that schools are not prepared to educate a new generation of students who are well-versed in emerging technology, and this is incompatible with current teaching practices (p. 131). The New Tech High School in Napa Valley, utilized advanced technological and teaching…