Should we train and allow school faculty members to carry weapons to help keep our children safe or should we find other methods of early detections to stop these events from happening. “Three hundred twenty-three students have died in documented school shootings over the past 15 years” (Esposito, 2007). School shootings have been much broadcasted over
The Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura states that because of the crowd he hung out with, he was influenced to be bad. He learnt that school shootings are normal and exciting. His friends would watch old school shooting videos and they would examine them. He was also influenced by his friends to throw rocks off the highway. Kip Kinkel shared some characteristics from other mass murders.
In another, an Indian science teacher explains an experiment to students, then snaps, "Why are you standing simply there?" But the scene that seems to get audiences worked up most shows Brittany and friends watching Grey's Anatomy as they study. "For most people, it is eye-opening," says Marc Lampkin, executive director of Strong American Schools, an advocacy group pushing to make education part of the 2008 presidential election. The group's Ed in '08 campaign has screened Two Million Minutes for educators and lawmakers, hoping to get them worked up about global competitiveness. Compton says the film is a surprise hit among high school teachers, who see in it a clear message for students: Work harder.
Sociological Perspective SOC 100 June 27, 2013 Sociological Perspective In the video “School girl attacks”, a young Middle Eastern girl was attacked by men on motorcycles; she was not doing anything wrong, simply on her way to school when these men threw some clear liquid on her, it turns out that it was acid. The school girl believes that her attackers were the Military, in the video it was sub “the enemy”. From the Conflict Perspective, there is a lot of tension in the Middle East; these attacks are causing tension between the citizens and the military, thus increasing the violence in the Middle East. Examples of these tensions would be the fact that we have acid thrown onto girls, causing their arms and faces to burn, and at times causing them to go blind. The victims are young Middle Eastern girls who simply want to better their lives and get an education.
As Scout was watching her dad intensely shooting the dog, she was surprised, and so was Jem, Scout wanted to tell everyone at school that her dad had the deadest shot in Maycomb. “’Don’t say anything about it, Scout’ he said. ‘What I certainly am. Ain’t everybody’s daddy the deadest shot in Maycomb County.’ Jem said, ‘I reckon if he’d wanted us to know it, he’da told us. If he was proud of it, he’da told us’” (Page 130).
Matt Rivera Mrs. Watjen English 1102 6 May, 2015 Research Assignment In the United States all fifty states allow citizens to carry concealed weapons, but what about having teachers carry a concealed weapon on school grounds in campuses and universities? This is an issue that continues to create many policies and restrictions throughout every state. Teachers should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon just like they can outside of the campus and universities. Especially due to all of the terrible tragedies that continue to happen in our society today with killings on school grounds. Teachers are not only getting paid to educate the student body, but also to be a half day parent.
Not to mention his stellar grades in every class with his best subject, being a teacher’s pet. His message simply read, “Quit while you’re ahead, you’ll never win anyway.” Something about this altercation didn’t sit well with me and from that moment on I knew what I would do. I was going to become the schools next Senior Class President. I began by talking to my friends about my new goal. They all promised to vote for me and pass the word along.
Businesses were started to sustain the students, everyone still had education without the shouting, boys and girls knew how to defend themselves, and the school was running perfectly. Everything was looking up until they got a call from the School Board saying that they will have their SATs this Saturday. The principal contacted the board so that when the students fail, he could take the school back. Ken knew that the principal was going to try something like this. Using his mad hacking skills, he hacked the SBA (School Board Association) and printed a copy of the SAT.
I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naive. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.'' ( Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man 11) The narrator certainly profited from behaving that way since he got the chance to go to college in the end: ''On my graduation day I delivered an oration in which I showed that humility was the secret, indeed, the very essence of progress.''
One of the students pointed at Malala and the man shot her in the face(eyebrow). When the men went off the bus three students were shot. Luckily all of them survived but they were all critically injured. This assassination attempt sparked an international support for Malala and her family.Suddenly she was in many interviews and documentaries. On 10 October 2014 she was announced as the co- recipient of the nobel peace prize for her work on letting children have the right to go to school.