School shootings can happen at any given moment, being prepared for them is the only way to prevent a tragedy. Preparing the staff and student body is unfortunately a necessary thing for today's school. They are a scary event, whether it is a suicide in school, or an active shooter. “62% of all mass shootings take place in small towns with less than 100,000 people in them (and towns with a population less than 50,000 account for 87% of that number).”. “For every 10 school shootings that occurred
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Columbine Highschool, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Tragic shootings that seem to be so far in the past. Each shooting was prominent in the media, each shooting instilled a desire for change, each shooting became nothing more than a senseless tragedy that we could only hope will never happen again. Now another tragedy took place, 17 lives were taken at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the 14th of February. This seems to have completely shift the gun debate. Previously the
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In the recent times, mass shootings have become prevalent in most schools in America. For us to refer to it as a mass shooting, then four or more must die from the catastrophe. It is evident that apart from the people who end up dead, several or many other students end up injured, especially if there was a stampede. According to research published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies and led by Antonis Katsiyannis of Clemson University, USA, mass shooting incidences are an epidemic that needs
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its political situation and economy which was in turmoil due to the war. International pressure from countries such as the US whom Britain became reliant on during and after WW2. The consequences of key events such as the Indian mutiny and the Amritsar massacre which both brought about new policies and changed the way the country was governed. Nationalism was the most important factor in the period 1845-1947 in changing Britain’s relationship with its empire in India, as some of the factors listed above
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May 2011 section a How far do sources 10, 11 and 12 suggest that the Amritsar massacre created widespread and long-lasting hostility among Indians towards British rule? Some of the source explicitly highlight Indian resentment towards the British, and genuinely express their frustration at the slow pace of reforms. The Amritsar massacre catalysed discontent among the masses- however source 12 present an alternate view. It argues that the Muslim segment of the population was not as sympathetic.
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Colonialism in India can be marked by the arrival of Europeans, specifically the Portuguese lead by Vasco De Gama in 1600’s. True control over parts of India though and those to took the largest control were the Brits. Originally lead by the British East India Company the marks of British rule can be seen in India as early as 1674 when the British East India Company established Calcutta as their base of activity and had to suppress native revolts to maintain control (Agatucci, 1998). In much of the
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up to and including independence. However, after the war Britain offered no such concessions. In April of 1919, a unit of the British Army went to Amritsar, in the Punjab, to silence pro-independence unrest. The unit's commander ordered his men to open fire on the unarmed crowd, killing more than 1,000 protesters. When word of the Amritsar Massacre spread around India,
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INDIA(Federal Republic) New Delhi ang kabisera ng India.Indian Rupee naman ang uri ng pera ng India. -ang India ay isang tatsulok na tangway.Pangalawa rin ito sa may pinakamalaking Muslim Nation. -kabilang ito sa sampung may pinakamataas na daloy ng ekonomiya at pang-pito sa may pinakamalawak na lupain sa Asya. *Mandarin,Hindi at Arabic ang mga pangunahing lenggwahe sa India. *May tatlong kultura at tradisyon ang mga Indians: •sutee-tradisyon kung saan magsasama ang mag-asawa hanggang kamatayan
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Being the Change: Leadership Qualities that Transformed a Nation Abstract This study is an analysis of the essential leadership styles utilized by Mahatma Gandhi in his struggle to gain Indian independence from Great Britain. While his time in South Africa undoubtedly effected Gandhi’s decisions in India, this paper focuses primarily on the “Gandhian” era of India from 1915 to his death in 1948. This analysis does not progress chronologically throughout Gandhi’s life, rather, I examine several
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Particulars Judgment on Killed Injured 27.08.1989 Innocent Killed: 10 undefined KLF (Budhinghwala0terrorist indulged in indiscriminate firing in a passenger train at Kabarwala (Faridkot). AK 47 Rifles, stenguns, pistols etc. were used in the massacre. 17 16 10.01.1990 Bomb Explosion: 3 Security personnel including Commandant, 75 Bn.PAP along with 01 sub-inspector and 01 constable were killed while 30 others injured through explosion of a bomb caused by KFC outfit, planted in the water cooler
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