School in Oregon. That day 15-year-old Kipland Kinkel‚ a freshman at the time‚ opened fire on fellow students using a semiautomatic rifle. Kinkel had originally been suspended on Wednesday May 20 for bringing a stolen gun to school. Someone had notified the police and reported the gun as stolen. The police then found Kinkel to be the perpetrator and brought him down to the station for processing. Due to Oregon law‚ officials were not permitted to retain Kinkel‚ so he was released into parental custody
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Are Some Parents of Violent Children The Main Cause of Their Child’s Behavior? Are some parents of violent children the main cause of their child’s behavior?When children commit a horrible act such as a school shooting their parents often look for someone or something to blame rather than looking at what role they‚ as parents‚ may have had in the tragedy. The often targeted entertainers‚ video game developers‚ teachers‚ drug companies‚ and writers are rarely‚ if ever‚ responsible for such tragic
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School Shooting Many things can cause school shootings‚ bullying is one major cause and one person bullying another can lead to a lot of people getting hurt. So however horrific‚ the actions of other schoolyard gunmen such as Kip Kinkel or Luke Woodham can be readily understood as stemming from individual pathologies and‚ hence‚ not particularly reflective of broader social issues. In contrast‚ the Columbine shootings can be seen as implicating not only the killers’ own sick‚ twisted minds‚ but
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have regarding physical and mental illnesses. In the article Anna Quindlen moves on to argue that these kids are victims of a failing mental health system. She incorporates different accounts where this proved true such as with Sam Manzie and Kip Kinkels. "Excuses‚ excuses." This repetition to show the attitude that many have toward such cases. It also draws attention away from the severity of the crimes and adds a mocking tone toward those who’d focus on those details. No progress is made because
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Pain‚ torture‚ suffering‚ fear‚ danger. These are all of the things that abused animal feel. What would you do if you had to feel this way every second of your life? Law officials in Idaho‚ Hawaii‚ Kentucky‚ Mississsippi‚ and North Dakota hardly take action against animal abuse. Animals are abused to their deaths daily. These abusers have to respect for human or animal life what so ever! They get away with such a cruel and serious crime‚ only facing the minimum punishments‚ sometimes no punishment
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Kipland Phillip Kinkel Rhetorical Analysis Kipland Kinkel was a fifteen years old boy who was convicted for the possession of fire-arms‚ twenty- six attempted murders‚ and four murders‚ which included his mother‚ father‚ and fellow classmates. The defendant was sentenced to 111 years and eight months in jail. The Court of Appeals’ denied the appeal of the first sentence because the sentence was proven fair. The court document is successful in justifying the decisions to deny the appeal with use
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around the sun (Sobel 4). Little did Galileo know at the time he would have to defend himself from persecution by the Catholic Church for his views on the universe as well. Later Galileo would become the spoke person for the heliocentric model (Kinkel 4). Galileo began to work on his own telescope in 1609 designed after the one Hans Lippershey patented in 1608 (Winschel 14). He designed his telescope to magnify an object up to one thousand time it original size (14). He was recognized for
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Aggression is a problem that affects all members of society. There is no doubt that aggression pays off for some. Parents who yell and threaten punishment get results. The child who hits the hardest gets the toy. The brother who is willing to be the most vicious in a fight wins. The teacher who gives the hardest test and threatens to flunk the most students usually gets the most study time from students. The spouse who threatens to get the maddest gets their way. The male who acts the most macho
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as this. There could be a variety of contributing factors. The media can ruin a person’s reputation and have stories about you as headline news whether it is good or bad. "Details reported from program to program focused on different aspects of Kinkel and his horrible actions." The media takes negativity and exploits it fully. If the crime is big enough‚ you are sure to hear about it on the news or read in newspapers. It is unfair to point the blame at the parents because of a crime a kid might
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The escalation of media coverage surrounding devastating events‚ created another form of television for society: unscripted‚ reality television. As images of devastating events occurred‚ the media coverage shaped society’s opinion‚ invoking fear from urban area to suburbia. Celebrity reputations were quickly altered by allegations of heinous events‚ whereas‚ terrorists and teens were escalating to infamy. Was the news the culprit for inciting fear and chaos in an already insecure environment? Did
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