Informative Writing #1- Should Teachers be Armed? The issue regarding arming teachers in schools has been a really hot topic lately with the numerous shootings in schools and on campuses. Many schools are asking themselves if they should go through with training teachers and staff and some schools have started doing so. Even though most schools have not allowed teachers to carry a concealed firearm‚ some teachers like Kelly Blake‚ a teacher of agriculture at Fleming School in Colorado‚ reports that
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Arming Teachers: Increasing Potential Harm On April 20th‚ 1999‚ two high school seniors‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ shot and killed thirteen innocent students at Columbine High School after a bomb they set earlier that day failed to detonate. This tragic event inspired many to make changes in school systems around the country‚ yet since Columbine‚ there have been more and more school shootings‚ all leading up to the recent Parkland shooting in which seventeen people were killed. Michael Roberts
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who came across an armed victim. Victims who carried concealed weapons may increase the level of risk that the criminal is taking. While pro gun legislation has gained momentum‚ it has also created controversy. The pro gun population advocates that arming law-abiding citizens would not only enhance self-protection‚ but also serve to lower the crime rate by deterring criminal activity. Rational choice theory would suggest that these conditions force the criminal to weigh the probabilities of success
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Barry Hannah’s “Testimony of Pilot‚” takes place in Mississippi during the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s‚ a period of time where gender roles played a big part in the way people were expected to live their lives. Men were expected to be athletic‚ masculine breadwinners‚ while women were expected to conform to the societal norms of mothers and housewives. Women were not yet given the same rights as men‚ and were therefore deemed inferior to men. In his short story‚ Hannah accurately conveys the pressure
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Regarding to the new report Results Our results As using the same method with the main paper‚ we got the four similar tables there. Firstly‚ we got monthly returns of 200 stocks in ASX from data stream‚ and used them to calculated standard deviations. Moreover‚ the table 1 was made out below (in order to maintain a neat‚ all the data we retain all four decimal places.) In the first table‚ when we made eight stocks as a portfolio‚ the rate of portfolio standard deviation to standard deviation
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Arming teachers is a very tough topic to talk about. The first documentary that we watched showed a school that teaches students how to react in a shooting situation‚ and also arms teachers. I believe that this school is going a little overboard with arming the teachers. The program to train children in self defense is a good idea though. I’m not saying that we should constantly live in fear of a school shooting‚ but defense training would be a good workshop to do with students. They brought up a
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Table of Content • Activity Diagram of Ideo • Case Summary o Structured Innovation in Ideo o Development of 3Com’s Palm V o The “Visor” dilemma • Case Analysis Structured Innovation at Ideo IDEO is an international design and innovation consultancy based in United States of America. IDEO was formed in 1991 by a merger of four established design firms: David Kelley Design (founded by Stanford University professor David Kelley)‚ London-based Moggridge
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to call for heat‚ 24 volts is sent out of the thermostat on the W terminal. 2. This 24 volts goes back into the furnace‚ then typically through 1 or 2 safety devices to the gas valve. 3. If the standing pilot is lit. The gas valve opens‚ and the gas to the burners is then ignited by the pilot light. 4. The heat exchanger is heated until a device tells the blower to come on‚ usually a fan and limit control. 5. When the thermostat is satisfied‚ the switch in the thermostat opens‚ the gas valve
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decided to do a pilot. Slope is a line that is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line‚ slope is usually denoted by the letter m. I picked a pilot because it seemed the most interesting to me. I’m going to be explaining how‚ what‚ when‚ and where pilots use sloping and other skills. Pilots use slope to determine where to land and when to put the wheels down. Being a pilot is a very important job‚ with the importances of skills like sloping. Pilots use slopes in everyday
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Response Pilot When there is a car crash on the highway‚ everyone slows down to gape at the wreckage. However‚ few have ever seen a truly horrific‚ heavily gory accident in which a Medivac helicopter has come to rush victims off to safety. Air-medical transport saves lives every day in a plethora of situations. Being a part of the Hawaii Air Ambulance team allows one to be the best pilot they could be in a field whose purpose is saving lives. To be an Emergency Response helicopter pilot requires
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