other children, including wealthy members of his church. In high school, Cho was described as sullen and aloof. After graduating in 2003, he went on to study at Virginia Tech University. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, the school has an extensive campus with more than 26,000 students residing there. Cho stood out as a near-silent loner who wrote gruesome poems, stories, and plays. He sometimes referred to himself as “Question Mark.” One professor, poet Nikki Giovanni, had him removed from her class
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happened on school grounds; however, they happened after school hours and no people were present to be injured. An example of this is, “ A week later, as a basketball game was being played at a Michigan high school, someone fired several rounds from a gun in the parking lot. No one was injured, and it was past 8 p.m., well after classes had ended for the day, but Everytown still labeled it a school shooting” (Page 2). This should not have been classified as a school shooting because it was in the parking
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Jasmine Anthony Mrs. Kenney English 112 April 29, 2014 Legalizing Concealed Weapons: Research Synthesis Many times people confuse whether or not allowing gun laws actually reduces the crime rate. As gun rights is a natural born right of citizens, some believe that should be banned, and many others believe that the law should be extended to lawful citizens. Based on my own experiences there have been several instances where I wish a legalized weapon was in arms reach. There was an instance
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being conducted regularly. Evacuation drills are also being practiced more routinely. Our district received a grant funds strictly to be used for this purpose. School administrators use this money to educate parents regularly regarding student and campus safety. All of our exterior doors are posted with permanent signage. All staff, teachers and students are required to wear school
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LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS RULES 2013-2014 (REVISED 8/12/13) SCHOOL HOURS: The main building is open on school days from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Building security requires that these times be respected. INSTRUCTIONAL TIME/THE “LOWELL PLAN”: To comply with the requirement that students put in the necessary instructional minutes during the school day (Mods 1-20) under the “Lowell Plan,” students need to spend their out-of-class time in resource centers, the library, world language lab, tutorial
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Twenty-three of Hennard’s shots were fatal. 1999, citizens in the small Colorado County of Douglas were mortified after witnessing the massacre of thirteen students at Columbine High School at the hands of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. 2007, the campus of Virginia Tech was forever changed when twenty-three year old Seung-Hui Cho who opened fire killing thirty-two students and teachers. 2012, Adam Lanza shocked the entire world when he took the lives of twenty students and six teachers at an elementary
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role model" "Smoking Cigarettes are bad for you, so smoke cigars!" 1. same sex marriage 2. adoption 3. heaven and hell (careful to not preach to your audience) 4. abortion (overdone) 5. TV violence 6. gun control (overdone) 7. TV ratings 8. internet 9. profiling 10. Vietnam 11. immigrant laws 12. exercise 13. Ford vehicles 14. cloning 15. breast feeding 16. bilingual education 17.
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With active shooter incidents taking place on college campuses, it is vital for colleges to allow for a concealed weapon permit holder to carry on campus not only for their protection but for the protection of others. Schools are gun free zones, which make them vulnerable and allow an opportunity of a crime to occur. (Zuegle) Time is of the essence with split second decision to be made, if colleges would allow for law abiding citizens the right to carry they could assist with detaining an active
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the ordinal data, there are minor similarities and differences between racial/ethnic groups in terms of offense-ranking. Both white and African American women share similarities in their fear for rape, murder, being threatened with a knife, club, or gun. Although, both women share these small similarities the ranks for the other less violent crimes are also considerably different. The rank for having your car stolen is twelve for African American women and six for white women. Additionally, being beaten
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of adverse approach where the teen reaches out to a gun. It could be argued that yes, teens react in such a violent manner because they were victims themselves in the
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