...The issue whether teachers should be permitted to carry guns in schools has been a huge controversial topic for some time now but it has become more talked about since larger school shootings have taken place, such as the Sandy Hook tragedy. The Sandy Hook tragedy cost us the life of 5 educators and 20 children. So the question is what is my opinion on whether teachers should carry guns in school, and the answer is I am against teachers being allowed to have open carry weapons on school grounds in classrooms. Throughout this essay I will explain why it is I believe this and why I believe it would be best for teachers not to be allowed to carry weapons in classrooms. I believe having open carry being allowed in schools could end up disastrous for many reasons,but mostly because as someone who was once a child not to long ago, has younger siblings and babysits one thing I know for sure is that kids can get their...
Words: 506 - Pages: 3
...Teachers be armed? One problem that society has been going through in this days are shootings at schools. Many of this problems had happened around our country. Students and also teachers had been proposed that teachers will be armed at schools so they could defend themselves or others, also President Trump and the National Rifle Association have been clear: Make school fortnesses, employ every deterrence, fight fire with fire, arm teachers could help at schools. Every person was important in the way you want to see, everyone were important to the society, so we need to find a way to stop shootings. I have some interesting ideas or key points that I want to try in this essay that can help you to make a decision or opinion about whether or...
Words: 1041 - Pages: 5
...Guns or No Guns Three hundred and twenty-three students have died in documented school shootings over the past 15 years, making it the by far the largest cause of violent deaths in school. A very highly debated topic corresponding with this issue is how to stop it, any many people believe that arming teachers is the way to do it. Many also believe that arming teachers will only make things worse, and that’s what Allen Rostron tries to get across, to parents of teens, in his article Arming Teachers Will Not Reduce School Violence, published in 2012. In this article, Rostron uses many appeals, along with his reputation to provide the reader with statistics to back up his reasoning and to show his knowledge on the topic to persuade readers that arming teachers is a bad idea in the fight against school violence. Though Rostron uses many appeals throughout his writing to persuade us to his side of view, his reputation precedes him. He is a Professor of Law at the University of Missouri Kansas City and has published multiple articles on gun policy and whether or not guns should be used and how they should be used. To name a few, "Cease Fire: A 'Win-Win' Strategy on Gun Policy for the Obama Administration," Harvard Law & Policy Review, Oct. 28, 2009, "Dodging the Bullet: Tort Immunity for Gun Makers," Jurist, Nov. 3, 2005, and "The Supreme Court, the Gun Industry, and the Misguided Revival of Strict Territorial Limits on the Reach of State Law," Michigan State Law Review, Spring...
Words: 1487 - Pages: 6
...School shootings are rare, yet every time one occurs, it reveals the disturbing vulnerability of schools and universities to acts of violence. These shootings not only make the parents feel unsafe sending their children off to school but also causes political debate. This topic has ignited a dispute over gun violence, zero tolerance policies, and gun control. The Controversial topic has created a main attention grabber for satirists. A satirist is a writer who uses politics or everyday issues and writes about them in a jokingly way. There are two ways a Satirist can write, Horation and juvanalian. Horation is more humorous and juvanalian abrasive. In this essay, the examples I have provided are all Horation. Bolton, Reiss, And Schormal use the ample tools of exaggeration and mockery; However, Borowitz and Luckavich use more of the parody and pathos types of elements to address the problems of school shootings across America. First, Satirist Cole Bolton discusses the topic of school shootings using exaggeration. Exaggeration is an assertion that makes something...
Words: 1491 - Pages: 6
...In Jesus M Villahermosa Jr’s article “Guns don’t belong in the hands of administrators, professors, or students” he talks about the problems with arming faculty on campus. He argues that passing a law that allows students and faculty to bare arms in case of a shooting is dangerous. Instead of resolving a problem it will create more problems. He also argues that in order for the faculty to effectively respond to emergency situations, they have to go through training, which costs time and money. Overall, Villahermosa Jr thinks that arming students and faculty is not a good proposal because it creates more problems than it solves. Jesus M Villahermosa Jr is a deputy sheriff, certified self-defense instructor and firearms instructor for the...
Words: 1102 - Pages: 5
...Aaron Schwartz Professional Communications Essay outline Prof. Kirshenbaum Farleigh Dickenson University Wednesdays 1:00-4:30 11/1/10 “Boys will be boy, girls will be girls” They say: “Boys will always be boys and girls will always be girls”. What does that even mean? Well our society has come to interpret this often said phrase to mean; little boys will always play with their guns while little girls will always play with their dolls. Teenage boys will always play with a football while teenage girls talk on the phone for hours. Men will always watch professional sports while women will still be talking on the phone for hours. Now is this just a stereotype or is this indeed a fact of life? Are guys truly more aggressive? Are women really more nurturing? You better believe it! Gender differences are real and they are simply more than just a serotype. “Boys will be boys” because their brain tells them to be, not because our society does. “Testosterone plays a huge role in aggression testosterone is the primary male sex hormone produced by the testicles. The male is said to produce forty to sixty times the testosterone then women. The University of Wisconsin did a study in which the researchers injected testosterone into unborn female monkeys. Once these females were born they did not nurture or groom their children they acted like male monkeys and began to become more violent and very aggressive.”(York) from that experiment we learn that once the testosterone...
Words: 1903 - Pages: 8
...------------------------------------------------- THE CASE FOR MORE Guns (AND MORE GUN CONTROL). Language: English Authors: GOLDBERG, JEFFREY Source: Atlantic; Dec2012, Vol. 310 Issue 5, p68-78, 9p, 4 Color Photographs Document Type: Article Publication Information: Atlantic Media Company Subject Terms: GUN control -- United States CONCEALED weapons AURORA shootings, Aurora, Colo., 2012 COLUMBINE High School Massacre, Littleton, Colo., 1999 MAUSER, Tom FIREARMS -- Law & legislation -- United States SCHOOL shootings -- Prevention Geographic Terms: UNITED States Abstract: The article discusses gun control in the U.S. and argues for a connection between increased access to guns among law-abiding citizens and the prevention of gun violence. The author looks at several shootings such as the 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado and the state's 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Topics include gun control advocate Tom Mauser whose son died in the Columbine shooting, laws related to U.S. gun shows and concealed weapons, as well as university policies. Document Information: Essay last updated: 20121204 Lexile: 1310 ISSN: 10727825 Accession Number: 83811665 Database: Literary Reference Center Translate Full Text: HTML Full Text ------------------------------------------------- THE CASE FOR MORE Guns (AND MORE GUN CONTROL) ListenSelect: THE CENTURY 16 CINEPLEX in Aurora, Colorado, stands desolate behind a temporary green fence,...
Words: 7441 - Pages: 30
...for as many topics as possible How do you get an IELTS score of 7 or higher? The key to a high score is not grammar, it is not your use of words like “moreover” or “in addition”, and it is not your use of phrases like “this is controversial issue nowadays”. To get a high score you need to use good “topic language” (words and phrases that are related to the question topic). You need good ideas in order to answer the question well. How should you prepare for IELTS writing task 2? There is an enormous amount of advice on my website ielts-simon.com. Here is a summary of what I suggest: Spend more time preparing than testing When you test yourself, you find out what your level is, but you do not learn anything new. You will not improve if you only write test essays. Before writing an essay, study the topic and prepare your ideas, opinions and vocabulary. Steal my ideas If you only use the vocabulary that you already know, you will not learn anything new, and you will not improve. Practise linking my topic ideas together to write “perfect essays”. See the website for examples of how to do this. Use this book together with the website The website ielts-simon.com contains lessons and videos that show you how to use the ideas from this book. You can speak to me there if you have any questions. Content 24 topics: 1. Advertising Positives of Advertising Advertising is a key part of modern business Companies need to tell customers about their products Advertisements inform us...
Words: 9831 - Pages: 40
...topics as possible How do you get an IELTS score of 7 or higher? The key to a high score is not grammar, it is not your use of words like “moreover” or “in addition”, and it is not your use of phrases like “this is controversial issue nowadays”. To get a high score you need to use good “topic language” (words and phrases that are related to the question topic). You need good ideas in order to answer the question well. How should you prepare for IELTS writing task 2? There is an enormous amount of advice on my website ielts-simon.com. Here is a summary of what I suggest: - Spend more time preparing than testing When you test yourself, you find out what your level is, but you do not learn anything new. You will not improve if you only write test essays. Before writing an essay, study the topic and prepare your ideas, opinions and vocabulary. - Steal my ideas If you only use the vocabulary that you already know, you will not learn anything new, and you will not improve. Practise linking my topic ideas together to write “perfect essays”. See the website for examples of how to do this. - Use this book together with the website The website ielts-simon.com contains lessons and videos that show you how to use the ideas from this book. You can speak to me there if you have any questions. Content 24 topics: 1. Advertising Positives of Advertising Advertising is a key part of modern business Companies need to tell customers about their products Advertisements...
Words: 9831 - Pages: 40
...possible How do you get an IELTS score of 7 or higher? The key to a high score is not grammar, it is not your use of words like “moreover” or “in addition”, and it is not your use of phrases like “this is controversial issue nowadays”. To get a high score you need to use good “topic language” (words and phrases that are related to the question topic). You need good ideas in order to answer the question well. How should you prepare for IELTS writing task 2? There is an enormous amount of advice on my website ielts-simon.com. Here is a summary of what I suggest: - Spend more time preparing than testing When you test yourself, you find out what your level is, but you do not learn anything new. You will not improve if you only write test essays. Before writing an essay, study the topic and prepare your ideas, opinions and vocabulary. - Steal my ideas If you only use the vocabulary that you already know, you will not learn anything new, and you will not improve. Practise linking my topic ideas together to write “perfect essays”. See the website for examples of how to do this. - Use this book together with the website The website ielts-simon.com contains lessons and videos that show you how to use the ideas from this book. You can speak to me there if you have any questions. Content 24 topics: 1. Advertising Positives of Advertising Advertising is a key part of modern business Companies need to tell...
Words: 9830 - Pages: 40
...He writes about the different war stories in this chapter and talks about how war stories should make you feel. He also says that if war stories make you feel uplifted then you have just been told lie. O'Brien writes couple of war stories and how they made him feel. One of them was about a guy name Curt Lemon who died while tossing a smoke grenade with his friend, Rat Kyle and accidently steps on a land mine. After a week, Kyle writes a letter to lemon's sister in which talks about how great her brother was and how he much he loved him and how he made the war seem almost fun. After two months, Kyle gets no reply from his sister and he calls her "dumb cooze." This story almost seems unbelievable because it makes us think that how somebody’s sister can could not write back to such a personal and touching letter. Along that example O'Brien...
Words: 1594 - Pages: 7
...view that the success if each and every country should be judged based on the quality of education and the educational system that prevails in that country. The first democratic president of South Africa once said in his famous speeches: “education is the most powerful tool we can use to change the world”. Education serves as a primary back-bone for every developed and developing country. In essence, education plays a very fundamental role in addressing the country’s socio economic issues. With the number of policies and school’s act having been introduced and implemented in the new democratic dispensation in South African post 1994, the education sector of South Africa has taken a major shift away from the apartheid education system. Many teachers start off teaching learners through formal learning and when learners’ battle or struggle, corporal punishment is used by teachers. Children should be treated as children not as adults. Mkhize (2000) maintains that “primary learning for young children in school comes not through direct teaching, but with social and intellectual interactions both with the teachers and the children’s social allies”. For example, during the times when I was still in primary school, the grade 6 teacher conducted direct teaching to learners and if they fail to understand, corporal punishment was an order of the day One major noticeable shift was that of banning or abolishing corporal punishment in schools. According to chapter 2 of Act no: 84 of 1996 South...
Words: 3498 - Pages: 14
...Name: Eric Zells Book Title: Twisted Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Tyler is the narrator of Twisted. He considers himself an unpopular kid entering his senior year of high school who is constantly struggling with suicidal thoughts. He has always been a small guy who is teased mercilessly and hence he tries to stay under the radar. However, he decides to make a name for himself and uses graffiti to do so. However, he is caught for this behavior and put on probation. He has to do community service. This leads to him beefing up and taking on a whole new body look. This leads to Tyler gaining the attention of Bethany, the most popular girl of the high school. Tyler is in love with with Bethany and enjoys her attention and continues to daydream about being with her. Bethany's twin brother, Chip, a jock and super popular guy, continues to try to make Tyler's life miserable. Tyler continues to struggle with school, his family. and gaining more attention from Bethany, when she invites him to a huge party after a football game on Halloween. He shows up late because he has to walk to get there and she is already wasted. At the party she puts the move on, but he decides not to take advantage and does not go further with it. She is furious and stomps away from him, calling him names. As the party turns into a brawl, Tyler finds her and then sees Chip slumped over in his car, so he drives them and Chip's friend, Parker, home. During the drive, Parker and Bethany start making out in the...
Words: 4064 - Pages: 17
...Anna Munoz Dr. Jones DISC 1313 December 4, 2015 Music and The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s All forms of Black music, from jazz to rock and roll, played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. The songs were sung for multiple purposes and played a critical role in inspiring, activating, and giving voice to the people involved. The evolution of music during the early 1950’s and 1960’s in the Black freedom struggle reflects the evolution of the Civil Rights Movement itself. The progressive thought of the 1950s nurtured new ideas and cultures including the Civil Rights Movement and the fast spread of rock and roll. One such cultural revival occurred after the end of World War II during a time of change, prosperity and restoration. The “Puritan dicta” outlined by Baldwin represents the American ideology before the Second World War. As the first settlers of this nation, the Puritans set the mold for many common American ideologies. In the Puritan view white represented good and black represented evil, including Africans and their culture. After the war, Baldwin states that the former puritanical views of whites will be challenged. Musicians such as Elvis Presley were the first to issue this challenge to white society. Early rockers like Elvis would pave the way for social commentary in music that would add much fire to the Civil Rights Movement. To fully understand the explosion of popularity of Black music in the years following World War II, one must understand...
Words: 4492 - Pages: 18
...Have you ever bullied or been bullied? If you have bullied or been bullied then you should know how bullying feels like. Bullying is very negative and creates major problems for our society. Nothing good comes out of bullying. It could very well change or ruin a person’s life. In fact, it does ruin many people’s lives. Kids can be mentally scarred if they are teased often. Even worse, they could be killed or fatally injured if the bullying gets extreme. There are many causes for bullying which must be taken care of before bullying can be stopped. T.V. violence, families in poverty, and mis-teachings are just several of the many serious causes for bullying. Bullying must be stopped or prevented no matter how long it will take, it is a deeply concerning matter. Bullying does not always have to be childish play, it can be extremely violent. People may be bruised, injured, or even killed. Kids under bad influence may turn very violent. Parents, relatives, friends, T.V., music and pictures may all influence people, especially when they are depressed or are in a lowered state of mind. Violence on T.V. is a very big influence, particularly the wrestling and fighting shows. Also, T.V. shows are quite readily available for anyone to watch. Kids may try “moves” on people at school because they believe it’s cool. As well, cooperation from childrens’ parents is important, some parents actually encourage their children to fight to look cool or don’t teach them properly. Kids must take their...
Words: 5127 - Pages: 21
