Looking at the history of shootings in the primary and elementary schools in the United States‚ one is confronted with some brutal realities. Some of the examples include West Paducah (Kentucky) in December 1997‚ Jonesboro (Arkansas) in March 1998‚ Springfield (Oregon) in May 1998‚ and Littleton (Colorado) in April 1999. All these incidents have one thing in common. School aged children who were also avid video game players‚ were at the center of those incidents. More recent violent crime at school
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of the problem by addressing what has led students of today to feel so neglected and misunderstood that they believe the only solution is to retaliate violently against their peers. Aronson applies a combination of his scientific research and his personal experience as both a teacher and a parent to contribute to the "national dialogue on this issue". Time magazine recently reported that an average of twenty percent of teenagers attending high schools are taking medication to treat either depression
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other species and human beings. In his article‚ “An Elephant Crackup‚” Charles Siebert depicts the violence that humans have done toward the elephant culture and how humans should put a stop to these acts and save elephants from extinction. With his strong defense on elephants‚ Siebert gives the reader a better understanding of the violence that is going on not only toward elephants and wildlife‚ but also toward modern-day civic life. Elephants are wild creatures just like humans and‚ therefore‚
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Introduction School Shootings A number of cases have been examined with hopes of uncovering features that school shooters have in common in regards to family life‚ personalities‚ histories‚ and behaviors. Not only are they examined for that reason‚ but to also shed light on how they are different. Statistically speaking school shootings have been a very rare occurrence‚ but they are societal issues nonetheless. However‚ the reasons in which a person chooses to commit these horrific crimes is
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Today newspapers reported that the police had recovered the shotgun‚ motorcycle and the three-wheeler used for the shooting on 22 Oct from the nearby STF camp. On 22‚ unidentified persons shot at two youths who were travelling in a motorcycle in Ariyala‚ and one person succumbed to injure after being admitted to the hospital. The one who survived the shooting said that the motorbike was from the Mandative Navy camp. Following this incident‚ the police team searched the Navy camp‚ but they failed
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HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 1 The Theme and Narrative Elements of “Hills like White Elephants”. Ashley Terreforte Introduction to Literature Instructor: Danielle Slaughter April 1st‚ 2013 HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 2 For this paper I have chosen to discuss the theme and narrative elements of the short story “Hills like White Elephants”. In the short story “The Hills like White Elephants”‚ just at first
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the after match of the shooting? May 4‚ 1970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators‚ killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. protesters launched a protest that setting fire to the ROTC building‚ prompting the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus. unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University‚ which led to people dying. 4 people died in the shooting. 9 people got hurt. Thousands
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Hills Like White Elephants “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story filled with what seems to be meaningless dialogue‚ but beneath the surface of the text there are ample illustrations of Hemingway’s creative symbols. Ernest Hemingway is an important American fiction writer who started his career around 1920 and won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Before serving in World War I he wrote articles for a newspaper in Kansas City. Hemingway published his first book after briefly returning
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also injured a 6-year-old little boy in a shooting at an elementary school. Prosecutors have taken action to have the case moved to the Court of General Sessions where the 14-year- old can be tried as an adult. His charges include murder and others. The teenage boy murdered his father while he was watching television within their home. The teenager then took the car and went to the elementary school. He was carrying a handgun at the time and began shooting‚ ultimately wounding two boys and a teacher
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On April 20‚ 1999‚ two Columbine High School students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ went on a shooting rampage in Colorado‚ killing 12 students and a teacher before ending their own lives (Leftwich 1). Nearly seven years later there seemed to be an annual shooting rampage trend. On October 2‚ 2006 a gunman by the name of Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostage five girls‚ at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania‚ and eventually shot and killed them before committing suicide (“5th Girl” 1-2). The following
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