During my freshman year at St. John’s Prep, there was a rumour going around the school that there was a bomb threat. At first, I did not believe that this was a real threat due to the calm and happy nature of most students at our school. Once I had gotten the email from Dr. Hardiman, restating the issue of the bomb threat, which most students and faculty already knew about. Dr. Hardiman also stated that there would be an excused absence for anyone who did not feel it would be safe to attend school that day. My mother, being a hard-nosed Albanian mother, told me that I would be fine and that nothing would happen. On the other hand, I genuinely felt a little scared to go to school that coming day. The bomb threat really shaped my worldview because prior to this event I had never gone through a situation where I believed I could be put in a life-threatening position. I had always thought that an event like the bomb threat could not happen to me, that it was just something I would see on the news happening somewhere else from time to time. Generally, we as humans believe that nothing bad could happen to us unless the situation was presented right there in front of our eyes. We have this sense of immortality …show more content…
I was praying that nothing would happen and that everything would be alright. That was not even the worst of the situation because coming back to school and having to deal with the idea that if he did not do it that day, maybe today he would. In the beginning when the threat first came out, I had realized that these things could happen to anyone, but then I realized that it could happen any time as well. Seeing everyone down the halls with their clear backpacks could be humorous at times, but in my mind I genuinely was scared that anything could
Unexpectedly, entire buildings were being quarantined. School was cancelled shortly before our exams as well as our junior high ball.
"9.5 billion people killed during the initial start of the War of Nations,also known as "The Great Bombing Raid", over the next 4 year, millions more became sick with radiation poisoning and died while those that..." the history professor said as he droned on about how everything came about. Ariella let out of sigh of boredom tapping her pencil against the notebook in front of her. She had already read through the whole entire course book already learning that the war had created two separate races the "Ningen" and the "Senshi" which were enemies since the Senshi could shapeshift into certain animals and the Ningen couldn't.
Back in the main level of the factory, Wolf and Fox find Hawk lying on the ground, pale and unresponsive, his bulletproof vest next to him and the edges of a red stain showing around a wad of gauze. A soldier that Fox assumes is N-Unit's medic kneels next to him, along with Snake and Coyote. The three medics are talking frantically among themselves. The rest of N-Unit hovers nervously nearby; the rest of H-Unit is nowhere to be seen. Dust particles dance through the beams of sunlight from the holes where windows used to be, giving the whole scene a strangely dreamy air.
The day started with, well, Getting up of course. The news was on, the Meteorologist was talking about the threat for tornadoes. I wasn’t on any alert whatsoever. In my case, I had heard about a threat every single week because at that point, Illinois was still in “Tornado Alley” and May to June of 2011 was just harsh when it came to tornadoes and severe weather, breaking many tornado records. So, I went to school, went through my day, the storms started, which I knew was going to happen, I wasn’t worried at all except for when school would be out for summer. It wasn’t even within 20 minutes after the storm started that, the tornado warning sirens went off outside, then the principal said to go into the halls and take cover. In this situation now, gave me tiny butterflies in my stomach, Because my family has always been with me during a tornado warning, but this time they weren’t. So I waited and waited with my mind blowing up from thoughts, like asking myself what makes the lightning and thunder, which my 3rd grade mind had always thought that it was God and Jesus bowling. So, the tornado warning was in effect for about 30 more minutes with no tornado, and the principal had sent out a call that school was dismissed early to all the parents for them to pick up
How safe do you feel when you attend school everyday? Many students and faculty don’t really think too much about school being a dangerous place; however, after a couple of school shootings had taken place their minds and thoughts may have changed completely. On April 16, 2007, in the town of Blacksburg Virginia, a college student who attended Virginia Tech, opened gunfire to his fellow classmates. This shooting has been considered to be the biggest massacre in all of American history. There are many things to be discussed in this major tragedy. Some of them include the events leading up to the shooting, the timeline that the shootings occurred, the causes, and the significance in this particular shooting. The Virginia Tech is only
I was leading the troupes back in the mountains. My men were hungry, exhausted, and dirty, and so was I. I was still in a constant alert state even though the battle was over. It wasn't easy to prevail, but I had a feeling that this wasn't all.
On September 11, 2017, VA police were dispatched to Desk C for an Intoxicated Individual on VA property.
The one place that everyone thinks is their own personal hell, theirs plenty of reasons though. It could be that you don't want to spend your day learning, you hate your teacher- especially Mr. Harris-, you have no friends, or the most famous one is that you have bullies. Bullies from the popular group like Lydia, who would bully you mentally by criticizing your outfit. Or Jackson; who would, other than pushing you against the locker, mentally bully you by saying your weak, you can't play lacrosse, or by making you think your poor by boasting about his new silver Porsche that he got from his rich adoptive parents. Then, last but not least we have
I am from roaring fires(crackling, fiery orange flames warming my face) I am from countless summer days having diving contests with Evan. I am from 55 square miles divided in half with rolling hills and lights illuminating the street at night. I am from jumping into the white powder ( as cold as ice) then running back into the burning steamy Chlorine tub. I’m from the sound of the curved stick slapping the plastic ball hard enough to vibrate my hands.
The anxiety, stress, fear, and worry may be overwhelming for parents who now fear sending their children to school. Parents may no longer want their children to stand outside at the bus stop each morning, or faculty members may not feel safe walking from the parking lot to the school all because of one incident. Even though the article mentions that there was an “enhanced police presence,” some individuals may remain in a constant state of fear and often times, it is hard to cope with these feelings (Novak, 2016). A shooting that takes place in the middle of town instantly makes people question personal safety. Behaviors and actions of individuals drastically
This kind of situation becomes clear to me when the war start in 2003 in my country and how everything was destroyed and the bomb was everywhere in that time , and we used to stay in the home with our extended family to stay safe and how was everything scary and complicated to stay a life. After the war ended a little bit and we back to school I remember I was happy because I will see my friends and i will play again with them , I went to the school and we start our first class in the school then I saw my teacher face was shocked and we are hearing scream over the school , I don’t know what's going on in that time but I was scary because all the teachers were scared and many people were screaming then I knew that there is a huge number of
In around December of last year, 7B students at Cooper Middle School, in Buffalo Grove, had experienced something no other pupils had encountered that year. A canceled field trip, due to the weather conditions. All students ready to go with their bagged lunches and drawstring bags hearing it was canceled over the intercoms. People dropping their smile to a frown because they were so excited to go, and getting let down. 7A students not affected because they previously got to experience the fun. We interviewed the teachers, and overall they said, "It was a sad occurrence for many." Overall it was a sad day for many, but they got to make it up after all.
I could not comprehend the reality of what had happened. Just leaving to go to school left me in fear of coming home to nothing. Getting rid of anything left me very distraught. It took years and years to overcome many of my fears. The saying “Time heals all wounds,” can be directly applied to my life. I truly believe that going through that has shaped me to be the person I am today. Staying positive and taking everything one day at a time saved my family. Although I still internally struggle from time to time with fear of losing things important to me, I have learned to deal with it in positive
I rush to one officer who I tell everything I know about the shooting and what is going on inside the school. Luckily all parents were called as soon as the shooting began so I sprint to the back parking lot in order to find my mom. I spot her car hurry over and jump in, without a word being said she pulls out of the parking space and gets us home as soon as possible. I tell the whole story over again but desperately try to forget what happened that day. The reports were listed everywhere the next morning, I saw it on the news, in the paper, and even during commercial breaks. The seniors ended up killing 15 of my teachers and classmates along with injuring 24 others. If I could go back in history, April 20, 1999 would most definitely be a day I fake a fever and skip
The summer after I completed the 6th grade, my parents decided to pull me out of my Baptist, private school and homeschool me. I, like most kids, was not thrilled with the decision, but being only 11 years old, I had no say in the matter. Despite my initial reservations, being homeschooled was a great experience for me, but I began to get bored. I missed seeing people every day. It was just me and my family. I was ready for a new experience, something big, and college was exactly what I was looking for. It was Sunday night, and there was a high probability that class would be cancelled. I prayed that that wouldn’t happen, however, it did. The