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Twenty Years Ago Columbine High School
1,480 wordsDont kid yourself. Theres trouble in paradise that escapes the vision of folks wearing rose-colored glasses. Im not a contemporary Chicken Little running around screaming The sky is falling! And Im not a little boy crying out Wolf! I am a former English teacher with thirty-four years classroom experience. Ive taught through wars, recessions, political assassinations and public anti-war protests. Ive seen and broken-up hundreds of bloody student fights. Ive been threatened by enraged students and...
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Public School System Invasion Of Privacy
2,393 wordsA little over two years ago, one of the worst tragedies concerning our nation? s children was playing out in a small rural town in Colorado. The date was April 20, 1999; the anniversary of Adolf Hitler? s Birthday, for any history buffs. But for everyone else the day started out like any other. In Jefferson County (often mistakenly reported as being in Littleton), Colorado, children went to school and parents went off to work. Neither was overly concerned about the other, or about how the day wo...
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Columbine High School House Of Representatives
1,078 wordsSince the Columbine High School murders shocked the nation, the parents of the slain teens have reacted by writing books, filing lawsuits or doing endless media interviews. Darrell Scott, father of two victims, has founded a ministry and spoken before government officials, police departments, spiritual leaders, celebrities, and many young people. In his speech to the House of Representatives on May 27, 1999, he strongly urged the lawmakers to recognize the real reason for the Columbine tragedy. ...
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