I. Kip Kinkel‚ was born in Springfield Oregon on August 30‚ 1982‚ to Bill and Faith Kinkel‚ Kip had a sister Kristin‚ which was 6 years older than him. When Kip was 6 his parents who were both Spanish teachers wanted to study abroad for a year so the family moved to Spain. Kip had a difficult time because his teacher did not speak English‚ once the Kinkels moved back to the United States Kip was far behind in school and failed first grade. Kip’s family was very active‚ but kip was not so he struggled
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Kip Kinkel I believe that there were several different things that were contributing factors to why Kipland Kinkel killed both his parents‚ and later two of his fellow peers. I do not think that there is one specific thing that can be blamed for Kip’s behavior‚ but multiple things worked together to cause Kip’s explosion. One of the smaller reasons that effected Kip was the somewhat confusing messages that his parents gave him as a child about guns. Kip had always as a child had a fascination
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Kip Kinkel School Shooter Philip "Kip" Kinkel was born on August 30‚ 1982 in Springfield Oregon(TruTv). Growing up Kip had an interest in firearms from an early age(PBS). At first his father did not like the idea‚ but later he enrolled him into a gun safety course and bought him a .22 caliber Ruger long rifle and eventually a 9 mm Glock handgun when he was 15(PBS). During an interview with Newsweek Kip said that his psychologist told his father to "let Kip have the guns‚ for it will be a
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Kip Kinkel was a high school student at Thurston High who was incarcerated for killing his parents‚ 5 students‚ and injuring over 20 other kids at school. Kip had a lot of psychological problems due to the biological and social aspects of his life‚ that maybe if had been treated properly‚ would not have made him feel the need to commit the crimes that he did. To begin‚ Kip Kinkel had many biological problems that may have kick started his problems from a young age. He had dyslexia‚ so he could
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Social Psychology Dr. Allison The Kip Kinkel Story Looking at the trials and tribulations of an average adolescent’s life‚ there are many times of stress‚ trouble‚ and hopefully growth. If there are compounding instances of setbacks and hardships‚ this could be very detrimental to the development of a young mind. There are never any definitive answers as to why any of these young individuals who commit terrible acts of violence did what they did. There are multiple instances throughout their
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tweaked to better care for the mentally ill. “If only there had been long-term intervention and medication‚ Kip Kinkel might be out of jail‚ off the taxpayers’ tab and perhaps leading a productive life. If only Sam Manzie had been treated aggressively earlier‚ new psychotropic drugs might have slowed or stilled his downward slide. And if only those things had happened‚ Faith Kinkel‚ William Kinkel‚ Mikael Nickolauson‚ Ben Walker‚ and Eddie Werner might all be alive today” (9). Quindlen emphasizes that
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Casas 1 Laura Casas Christina Hale English 111/112 November 1 2014 Frontline Killer: Kipland Kinkle The Frontline documentary began showing images of past school shootings then transitioned to telling Kip Kinkles story. The narrator began with the facts‚ later breaking down Kinkles life in detail‚ from childhood to current.The Frontline episode: Killer at Thurston High was inadequate‚ because the documentary not only interviewed just a few people in Kinkle’s
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most notorious school massacre was at Columbine High School. It was here‚ in 1999‚ that two male students murdered twelve students‚ one teacher‚ and then committed suicide (Internet Site #4). We viewed a film‚ The Killer at Thurston High‚ and saw Kip Kinkel not only shoot up his high school‚ but also murder his parents. These few extraordinary children strike fear in the hearts of America’s parents every morning when they send their own children off to school. However‚ the likelihood of a child being
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Kip Kinkel Summation Imagine having to live with a mental illness which took control of your actions by giving you hallucinations of voices in your head. Kip Kinkel had to live with paranoid schizophrenia for a large part of his life. Kip Kinkel was a good kid before he fell victim to the debilitating mental disorder. On May 20th and the 21st of 1998‚ the voices in Kip Kinkel’s head convinced and forced him to Kill his Father and Mother. The next day‚ Kip’s voices persuaded Kip to go to
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Kipland Kinkel was born on August 30 in 1982. He was born into the home Bill and Faith Kinkel. Less than sixteen years later‚ Kip kills both of his parents‚ two students at his school‚ and injures twenty-six students. A tragic turn of events had caused a young man to murder four people and injure many more. Drugs alter the moods and perceptions of people and sometimes can cause tragic events. In this case‚ drugs combined with Kip’s odious mind fostered his violent behavior that led to unnecessary
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