...happened to the students at Umpqua community college when a man walked in and opened fire; leaving ten people dead and seven more severely injured (New York Times). The fact that that he was able to walk into the college and have total control is the reason why I think there were so many killed. Could this have been stopped if it was legal for students to carry weapons on campus? We should allow college students to carry weapons on campus to stop shootings before the shooter is able to slaughter everyone in the classroom. As I have researched this topic, I have come to realize that the number of college shootings has been rising steadily throughout the years. In the year 2000, there was a total of five shootings at college campuses with a combined total of four deaths and three injuries.The number of college shootings has made a...
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...manufacturing giant MMI, has a great team. Everyone works hard and gets along. Everyone, that is, except Max Dyer. Max is a talented programmer, but he's terrible in the interpersonal skills department. So terrible, in fact, that three years ago Lynne reworked his job after employees complained that he was unengaged and even belligerent. Since then, he's been a solid worker, putting in extra hours and meriting good performance evaluations. But recently, Max's coworkers have noticed a change for the worse in him. True, everyone at MMI is on edge after a round of layoffs, but Max's behavior seems like more than a case of the jitters. To make matters worse, reports of a workplace shooting in Seattle are all over the news. Paige overhears Max shouting at someone on the phone. George finds Max pinning up a certificate from a shooting range in his cubicle, and Nicole, who worries they will all end up as statistics of office violence, wants to know how Lynne plans to ensure their safety. When Lynne tries to talk to Max, it's clear he thinks his coworkers are out to get him. And the truth is, they believe he fits the profile of a man on the edge. But what can Lynne do about an employee who has never made so much as a veiled threat to anyone? Commentators James Alan Fox, a professor of criminal justice at Northeastern University; Steve Kaufer, a cofounder of the Workplace Violence Research Institute; Christine Pearson, a management professor at Thunderbird; Christine Porath, a professor of management...
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...School Shootings When I think of school shootings my mind immediately goes back to the Columbine High school shooting. This was the first school shooting that I was actually old enough to remember and understand. I still remember having a moment of silence for all of those involved. The New world encyclopedia states “Columbine High School shooting was one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history. On April 20, 1999, two teenagers killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The incident drew worldwide attention. It led to widespread discussion over gun control and the prevention of school violence.” (Funk & Wagnalls) According to Wikipedia from 2011 to 2015 there has been 99 school shootings including grade schools, high schools, and colleges. This is a problem that needs more national attention in my opinion in order for there to be some form of change. The killers in school shootings (mass shootings) are what we call mass murderers, they typically want to send a message. It was stated the two students in Columbine sought revenge on bullies; this shooting/bombing was meant to send the message to them. According to a few articles I read they define their personalities as, “pseudocommando” these individuals kill in public during the daytime, plan their offense well in advance, and come prepared with arsenal of weapons, very similar to that of the school shooting killers. (Knoll) According to Warnick, the children...
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...happend he was shooting his rifle at IU’s old rifle range below the union when Bob Knight randomly showed up in with his rifle in hand ready to shoot. Next thing you know, my uncle and Bob Knight were in the middle of a very intense shoot out. I am proud to say that was the day when my uncle Joe bested the legend himself, Bobby Knight. To this day my uncle says it was his most memorable moment of his entire shooting career. Unfortunately, IU ended up getting rid of that old rifle range and all the fun that came along with it. But now I believe that it is time for the city of Bloomington to resurrect an indoor shooting range. After talking with some of the members of Martinsville’s gun club, they said that the demand for an indoor shooting range is very high. An indoor shooting range will allow the committee to learn and become educated about guns, gun safety, and self-defense. According to findyourrange.org the nearest indoor rifle range to Bloomington is in Indianapolis. That’s entirely to far away. A shooting range would also provide people, especially college students, a temporary stress relief from school. Another reason why Bloomington needs a place like this is because guns in general been given a very bad connotation with them. The community is in dire need of a place where they can better understand guns and gun safety. Hi, My name is Jeff Seng and I am here to encourage you potential investors, to invest in my business called “Seng’s Shooting Range”. ...
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...Sarah Engelbrecht Professor Dawn George English 1301 13 September 2015 Theme of Shooting an Elephant The article “Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell seeks to address how imperialism is evil. First, it humiliates the imperialized people, reducing them to inferior status in their own county. Second, it provokes the people into making immoral decisions to maintain their superiority over everyone else. When a white man becomes a tyrant, it is his own freedom that he loses. In Moulmein, in lower Burma, the author is a hated, sub-divisional police officer. One day something happened that helped him understand the real motives for which despotic governments act. He received a phone call, from the sub-inspector at the police station, about a normally tame elephant who starting behaving aggressively and unpredictably. White men are not supposed to be afraid in front of the “natives,” therefore, he goes against his own conscience to protect himself and his fellow imperialists. In the article, Orwell demonstrates how he loses his freedom to prove his intelligence and morals. When he stumbles upon the elephant eating, he refers to it as looking no more dangerous than a cow, and is no longer showing signs of hostility. He strongly believes the elephant’s “must” is declining; therefore, he does not feel the desire to kill it, but he has no choice. He is a man with authorities over the people and cannot allow the others to see him as a weak man. Therefore, his tyrant situation makes...
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...Amendment states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (Second Amendment) . This specific amendment dates back to England before Magna Carta when the Protestants were allowed to possess and carry guns although Catholics were not allowed. The interpretation of this depends on who is doing the interpreting (Second Amendment (1791)). The first school shooting happened in Greencastle, Pennsylvania in July of 1764, which killed the headmaster and either nine or ten children (School Shootings in the U.S. 1900-Present). Throughout the eighteen hundreds there were numerous school shootings. Also in the nineteen hundreds there were school shootings and America did not start the upheavals about guns and shooting children in schools until the late 1980’s or early 1990’s. In an eighteen year period from 1992 to 2010 there were a total of 240 homicides and 373 deaths attributed to school shootings (List of school shootings from 1700 to 2010). Looking through history of mass killings around the world, there is plenty to go around. Starting in July 1914 and going through December 2012. This is for all mass killings that involve a gun. The one that still is the...
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...of policies to work, it must be established and implemented with the full participation and support of school board members, administrators, parents, students, community members, emergency response personnel, and law enforcement.” (Kramen, 2008.) If these responsibilities were not shared, the success rate for safe school policies would be very low. Parents send their children to school and think that during that time they are studying and doing other productive, educational things. The last thing parents expect is something terrible happening to their child while at school. School violence is happening more frequently than it should and something needs to be done to stop it. Not only does an act of school violence, especially a school shooting, affect the individual student it reflects poorly on the United States school systems but it also reflects poorly to our nation as whole. Some people may argue that there is more pressure on kids these days than ever before and this can lead children to acting out and ultimately leading to unexpected actions. People may argue that children are inspired by movies and video games. Parents and school officials may argue that students idolize...
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...Research Proposal, Draft 1 It’s the morning of December 15, 2012, a day after the Sandy Hook Elementary Shootings involving twenty-year old Adam Lanza. After having to support by brother through the intense fear of being looked at differently for his disability following the shooting, I found the topic of the media scapegoating Asperger Syndrome as a main factor in school violence relevant to our class. As school violence has grown in the past twenty-five years, the media has similarly sensationalized the many killers, often times looking to diagnose them with some sort of mental illness instead of digging deeper into the environment of the individuals who commit these acts of violence. In particular, I am interested in examining the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as well as the UC-Santa Barbara shooting. What I am particularly interested in learning more about is the media’s reaction to these two shootings in conjunction, as one was done at an elementary school with children ages 5-11, whereas the other was done on a college campus. This interests me because Asperger Syndrome is a social disorder, and the social scene of an elementary school is quite different from the social scene of a university. By providing statistical data, victim and killer testimonials, and historical data, I will make the main claim that the media has sensationalized school shootings and too often jumped to the conclusion that Asperger Syndrome is to blame, instead of investigating the...
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...of the highest class over time. In this paper, I would focus on what part of Orwell's exposition Shooting an Elephant makes it a work of art. Moreover, I would introduce one book related novel called A Passage to India by E.M Forster and a musical composition by Bob Dylan entitled Rolling Stone. which I would be contending on why these authors and artist works are worthy of being consider classic and on the off chance that they can be considered similarly great. George Orwell is best prominent for his last two books, the anti-powerful, controlling government works Animal Farm and 1984. He was an exceptionally adroit and experienced writer . Among his most puissant essays is the 1931 self- portraying essay Shooting an Elephant, which Orwell reflects on his experience as a police officer in pioneer Burma. Shooting an Elephant can be identified as one of the most classical essays in the English language. It is an extraordinarily composed article and a dynamite for a topic of portrayal. Throughout the essay, Orwell develops his proposition on the impacts of colonialism on the general population who are abused as well on the general population abuse individuals, also. The theme, of Shooting an Elephant is to uncover the issues between the law and one's ethical feeling of good and bad as this relates to British government solidly. One major key aspect that makes Shooting an Elephant a classical is that it deals with the evils of imperialism. Imperialism has been edified...
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...to gang activity is more common in some densely populated areas, which tend to be impoverished sections of cities. According to the U S Department of Education, inner-city or urban schools were much more likely than other schools to report serious violent crimes, with 17 percent of city principals reporting at least one serious crime compared to 11 percent of urban schools, 10 percent of rural schools, and five percent of suburban town schools in the 1997 school year. Student-perpetrated school violence in North America have mostly been in overwhelmingly white, middle-class, non-urban areas. In some cases, the victims of the shootings were involved in bullying or other acts of violence and intimidation against the perpetrators. However, school shootings in other countries may take on more national or religious overtones, such as the Merkaz HaRav shooting. (December 1977) National...
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...Honesty is the Best Policy There once was a archer named Jordan. Jordan loved to compete in archery contests. He was a proficient shooter with a bow. Even though Jordan was a good shooter he was very poor. Jordan had lost all but on of his arrows on a hunt for food. One day Jordan was at a outdoor shooting range. Jordan practiced shooting at a orange painted hay bail that was in the trees. He was hitting the bulls eye with ease so he went on to a new target. Jordan’s next target was not as easy it was no longer a straight shot. He would have to figure a way to get a clear shot off threw all the trees. He got all set up he was ready to make his shot when a squirrel jumps on him and he fires his last arrow randomly into the trees. Jordan is upset that he has lost his last arrow and calls for help. A woman appears and says that she will help him look for his arrow. Jordan and the woman both set off in different directions in the trees to retrieve the arrow. Minutes later the woman returns to Jordan with a golden arrow and asks Jordan if it is his. Jordan replies honestly to the woman saying that it is not his lost arrow and it could be someone’s last arrow so he would feel bad for taking it. Jordan and the woman set off again to find the arrow. A short time later the woman returns again this time she is holding a silver arrow. The woman again asks Jordan if it is his arrow. Jordan replies honestly again saying that it is not his arrow. The two again set off...
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..._____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: _(____)____________________ Today’s Date: ________________________ ________ (initial) I DECLINE THE USE OF A HELMET FOR BIKING. ________ (initial) I UNDERSTAND I WILL BE CHARGED A FEE OF $40.00 IF I DO NOT RETURN THE BIKE HELMET. ________ (initial) I UNDERSTAND I WILL BE CHARGED A FEE OF $125.00 IF I DO NOT RETURN THE MOTORCYCLE HELMET ________ (initial) I UNDERSTAND I WILL BE CHARGED A FEE OF $125 IF I DO NOT RETURN ALL FISHING EQUIPMENT ________ (initial) I UNDERSTAND I WILL BE CHARGED THE COST OF REPART TO BICYCLES, 4 -WHEELERS AND ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH SIX (6) OF THIS AGREEMENT. 1. 2. I understand and acknowledge that the hunting/target shooting sports, rifle range, teambuilding activities, fishing, basketball, tennis, swimming/pool activities, lake activities, use of the fitness center, golf driving range, wildlife tours, camping, 4wheeling, Kawasaki Mule/Polaris riding, biking,...
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...ASSIGNMENT – CASE STUDY ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT BUSINESS STUDIES A group of investors had formed Trap-Ease America after it had obtained worldwide rights to market the innovative mouse traps. The group had hired Martha to serve as president and to develop and manage the Trap-Ease America organization. Martha had initially forecasted Trap-Ease’s first year sales at five million units. Martha knew that the investor group believed that Trap-Ease America had a ’once in a life time chance’ with its innovative mousetrap. To evaluate this opportunity Martha must collect information from different angles. She must choose a best target market for the Trap-Ease. 1. As Martha and Trap-Ease America feel that they face once in a life time opportunity after obtaining worldwide rights to market the mousetrap. Martha had forecasted Trap-Ease’s first year sales at five million units. As she sensed that group’s impatient with the progress of company so far. So she budgeted approximately $250,000 in administrative cost and fixed costs for the first year, but this did not include marketing cost. To evaluate this opportunity Martha must evaluate write market for mouse traps. Market can be divided into different groups of buyers with different needs; buyers desire different benefits from one product. Consumers needs and wants change with their age. As Martha wondered, apart from trapping mouse using mouse traps consumers may also buy the trap as novelties. Company needed to sell...
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...In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant,” I felt bad for the elephant. Because Orwell shot and killed the elephant only to not avoid looking like a fool in front of the Burmese people. But, at the same time I felt for him and the pressure he was under being a police officer at the time. It was expected there was a wild elephant on the loose and it needed to be done. When reading this essay, I felt Orwell did a wonderful job making us feel what he was thinking and the setting he portrayed he also did really well. His struggle he was internally facing between the government and the Burmese people was really interesting to me. Because I’m sure many other soldiers at the time felt that way. Including my own grandfather. He was born and raised in Burma and served in the military and when reading this I was thinking of many similarities he’s told me about. He also wanted to be freed from British rule and when Orwell talks about a rampant elephant theres also similar stories. What struck me most was all of his feelings came out just because of an elephant. And made me wonder why was he scared of looking like a fool if he didn’t shoot the elephant? Why was it such a big deal if he didn’t shoot the elephant, it was his choice he was the authority in the situation. But, overall I really enjoyed this essay. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Silent Dancing,” she talks about how immigrating from Puerto Rico to New York her life was in shades of gray and she only remembers one time when it was in...
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...George Orwell's essay 'Shooting an Elephant' gives remarkable insight into the human psyche. The essay presents a powerful theme of inner conflict. Orwell feels strong inner conflict between what he believes as a human being, and what he believes and should do as an imperial police officer. The author is amazingly effective in illustrating this conflict by providing specific examples of contradictory feelings, by providing an anecdote that exemplified his feelings about his situation, and by using vivid imagery to describe his circumstances. A police officer in the British Raj, the supposedly 'unbreakable'; ruling force, was afraid. With his gun aimed at an elephant's head, he was faced with the decision to pull the trigger. That officer was George Orwell, and he writes about his experience in his short essay “Shooting an Elephant” to save face, he shrugged it off as his desire to “avoid looking the fool” (George Orwell, 77). In truth, the atmosphere of fear and pressure overwhelmed him. His inner struggle over the guilt of being involved in the subjugation of a people added to this strain, and he made a decision he would later regret enough to write this story. In his essay, Orwell describes how the abuses and treatment he witnessed oppressed him with an intolerable sense of guilt, (Orwell, 72). This is not some minor pang, or nagging worry. The shame pressed down on his shoulders with an unbearable weight. He also describes the injustices in detail...
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