Peterloo Massacre

I have seen this documentary many times, but the feelings that I got watching it this time were much different. I remember seeing this documentary for the first time as a freshman in high school, often shielded from everything going on in the world. As I watched this time, I watched with a broken heart and a devastated view of the country that we live in. I watched with hope to believe that our country had indeed improved in certain ways; but I was left feeling that same void and…

There have been few American tragedies quite as heartbreaking as the Sandy Hook massacre. December 4th, 2012, in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, an elementary school was attacked by a violent shooter. Teachers bravely sacrificed themselves for their students, but many were still killed. Twenty children (students in Kindergarten through First Grade) and six adult teachers were murdered. Others were severely traumatized and injured. This was the definition of tragedy, and raises many concerns on our…

“Today, there are more than 5.9 billion mobile-phone subscriptions worldwide, and for every one person who accesses the internet from a computer, two do so from a mobile device”(“Making the Case for Mobile Tech”). Out of the around 7 billion people in this world, 6 billion have some sort of access to a mobile phone. More people have access to mobile phones then they have access to working toilets. Many of these phone users are teenagers that go to school. But when schools limit the cell phone…

Steve Irwin once said, “No matter where you go in America, you turn the tele on and you’re confronted with violence.” Irwin makes a very sad but valid point in that violence is everywhere in the United States. In recent years, a quite common violent crime has drawn the attention of many, school shootings. These events have changed school communities across the nation in that law enforcement and school administrators are continuously looking for ways to make the school community safer. School…

“I look forward to a great future for America. A future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraints, it’s wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose,” said John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America. This great president was shot and killed by a gun, and to be more specific, a 6.5mm Carcano rifle that was easily obtained and that changed the course of history in America forever. The U.S. needs more gun regulations. If only year…

Could anyone fathom the thought of their child lying face down on the floor with a bullet hole through their head? Could one imagine the black fear that will engulf their soul if they heard their child’s school just underwent a shooting? Would one contain the strength to watch their loved ones lowered into the ground in their casket because of the misuse of a firearm? Unfortunately, all of these situations occur very often in today’s society because of the leniency of gun laws across the nation.…

Who would be there if you were getting robbed or even someone shooting at your school? Police would come eventually but what about the time until then? According to At Issue, from the SIRS data base laws vary from state to state concerning concealed carry. But what is concealed carry? Concealed carry is where one has the ability to carry a firearm in the public without getting into trouble. Currently, the concealed carry law is only a state law instead of a federal law. Some states do not allow…

On the day of April 20th, 1999 a devastating disaster occurred. “Columbine is located in the southern end of the district, nestled just below the foothills of the Rocky Mountains”(Austin). This high school on the edge of the Rocky Mountains was put into a life threatening situation no other school would ever want to be in. Two boys, known as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold proceeded to shoot their highschool dead. At the end of the day thirteen died; twelve students and one teacher. “twelve…

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, two seniors approached Columbine High School in Littleton,Colorado at approximately 11:19 AM and proceeded to devastate the nation. There were 17 days until graduation when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library. Immediately, a media storm of theories and disbelief evolved. In the months following the shooting, reports depicting the two as vengeful victims of bullying and the…

wanted, to make a statement and leave behind a legacy, says Joel A. Dvoskin a Ph.D (qtd. in Columbine). However, many theories erupted from the Columbine school shooting, but bullying and mental instability were two main topics questioned after the massacre. The theory of bullying was later dismissed when researchers realized that Dylan and Eric just wanted to kill everybody (Gimpel 80). When Dr. Fuselier read Eric 's journal, he was astonished when he read the first line which was,“I hate this…