America’s issues – School shooting and obesity
First, I want to find out, why there are so many school shootings in USA. I think, it could be, if the child doesn’t have any parents, or if the child gets bullied. It could be the entertainment. The teenagers do what the TV shows and games do. They shoot someone or themselves. But isn’t it the same in Europe and the other continents? Let’s take a look on the statistics.
United States of America / USA - 90 school shootings and 231 deaths, 13 of the 90 shootings did not result in any deaths. The first noticed shooting was in 1966.
Europe - 16 school shootings and 91 deaths, 3 of the 16 shootings did not result in any deaths. The first noticed shooting was in 1913.
Canada - 9 school shootings and 26 deaths, 1 of the 9 shootings did not result in any deaths. The first noticed shooting was in 1902.
South America, Asia, and Australia - 8 school shootings and 29 deaths, all shootings resulted in at least 1 death. The first noticed shooting was in 1997
Okay, now we have agreed that, school shootings in USA are a bigger problem than the rest of the world. We have to go back in the history.
Once upon a time, there were these people in Europe called “pilgrims” and they were afraid of being chased. So they all got in a boat and sailed to the New World where they wouldn't have to be scared ever again. But when they came to the New World, they saw some other people called “Indians.” They were scarred for them, so they shot them all. The white people were still afraid. First in 1775 they killed the British, so they could feel safe. It helped, but now they were scared of doing any work. So they went to Africa, and took thousands of slaves to America. The white men, where now feeling safe. Doing it that way made the USA the richest country in the world. The black men where very discontented, because they got no money, nothing! After 200 years with slavery, the black men were in excess of the white men. In 1836 was the first weapon without having to reload. But it was too late. The black men won the war. The white men were scarred again, but the black men just wanted to live in peace. In 1871 the white men established National Rifle Association, who tried to get firearms legal and Ku Klux Klan, who killed the black men. Until 1955 America was like that. It was a black woman, who broke the law. She didn’t move to the back of the bus, like the law said. The hell broke loose! The Americans were so scared. They bought 250 million firearms; put locks on their doors, alarms. They bought security in large quantity. And that is, how we know them today.
Obesity
More than 37, 5 % adults are obese in USA. It is “just” 17 % of all children from 2-19 years old, there are obese. There is more obesity-related death than Mexico, Germany, Denmark Spain, Austria and Canada combined!
Today the children obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. I guess the reason, could be McDonalds. McDonalds have 68 million costumers every single day! They have 33.000 companies all over the world. But why has USA the biggest people in the world? My conjecture is that obesity is hereditary and the childhood. If the parents eat fast food, so of course the child does that too. And when the child comes in school, the food is the same. Fast food; burger, hotdogs, chips, soda, sweets…
96 percent of American schoolchildren can identify me!
96 percent of American schoolchildren can identify me!
The options are negligible.