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    been yet another school shooting? B. Well According to Everytownresearch.org Since 2013, there have been at least 178 school shootings in the United States. Granted that description includes anytime a fire arm has discharged on school property. That number averages out to about one shooting a week. C. I have been researching this topic for about a week now and during my research I found out that school shootings only make up a small percentage of youth violence on campus or school property. But every

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    when it said that an officer were using violence in a classroom to arrest a disruptive student in Spring Valley High school. “It was to aggressive” Lance said. This impacted Lance because his is also a student, he doesn’t want happen something like that in his school or in any other schools. the officer's name was Ben Fields, he got a call by the teacher, it was a 16-year-old student and one of her peers in the class were both charged with disturbing the schools. In the news, the reporter said “A student

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    high school’s days of witnessing some sort of school violence or even being the victim from the violence? American schools all over today are becoming more of a fearful and miserable destination for children to attend and it is even becoming more of a destine nightmare for every teacher and parent as well due to an alarming rate of violent actions of multiple types of crimes being committed by students and consistently having chaotic events. Schools are meant for children to have the feeling of being

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    Throughout the 1990s crime and violence within schools had significantly increased. The increasing presence of school shootings became a great cause for concern for parents, students, and school staff. To respond to this significantly increasing problem within schools, local police departments partnered with schools to implement school resource officers onto campuses to promote safety within schools. The research question ‘How does the presence of security enforcement in schools affect students involvement

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    Our schools have been deeply affected by mass shootings and weak gun violence laws. This country has had over 1000 mass shootings in the past two years and over 50 school shootings, killing thousands of innocent little children. Our government needs to put up strict gun laws that allow administrators in all schools to use necessary force against a school shooter or anyone who tries to harm students of such nature. In an article by The New York Times called “Can high school students make a real impact

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    Violence at Columbine High School The events that happened in Littleton, Colorado at Columbine High School in April were tragic. No one will nor should attempt to defend the actions of the two gunmen, but it is beneficial to look into the reasons that this did occur as a preventive measure of sorts. Simply looking back over the past few years of teenage violence a picture become clear of who the aggressors are : white males. There is definitely a strong relationship between

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    Schools across the nation have hired a police officer to patrol the buildings throughout the school. With an officer patrolling a school’s campus all day, fewer acts of gun violence would occur. The students would feel much safer if there was an officer patrolling the campus all day long. Also when an act of violence occurs on a campus, the officer patrolling would be able to react quickly and hopefully stop the violence. An officer at a school can do a lot more than protect the members throughout

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    are willing to pay for the possibility of great reward. Violence in High School sports can cause injuries because there is a lack of certified trainers available, adolescents are undevelopment and their bodies are overused, and the violence can cause lifelong injuries. High school athletes are more susceptible to injuries due to a lack of recognition by coaches, trainers. “In the United States only 55% of athletes at secondary public school have access to a full time trainer, while only 37% of those

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    There have been a number of mass shooting incidents in schools recently. This violence has caused many casualties and injuries, most recently to innocent children. They never got the chance to grow up and live their lives. These unnecessary shootings have become a normal part of our lives. There are many adults and children who never got the chance to grow up in a world where they truly felt safe. People should not have to live in a constant state of fear when they leave or enter their homes. Adults

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    four months into the calendar year of two-thousand-eighteen, and there have already been eighteen school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to 1.4 shootings a week. “If only educators had a gun…” Staunch gun rights advocates across America continuously promote this scenario to lobby feverishly for the training and arming of school faculty. The issue of gun violence in schools has been a pressing issue on the forefront of national politics in the past few years. Although

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