School Violence Violence among youth, especially in schools, is one of American society's most pressing concerns. ... Also, whereas youth violence had once been thought to be an urban public school problem, stable suburban and rural communities are now also experiencing it, as are private schools. ... School staff members have traditionally served as monitors, but increasingly, schools are hiring security guards to patrol the building and to provide security at events. ... These services may include the efforts of religious and recreational organizations, social service, and even law en...

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"Sharia Law is Coming to America,"" is the headline of today's newspaper. ... As law permitted, they crushed his whole arm under a moving truck. ... "This happened to Tina Isa, a high school student, murdered at the age of 16 for having a boyfriend. ... If all 50 states does not ban foreign law, one state will become like the UK. ... Don't lose your freedom; stop Sharia law from coming to America!...

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This is why there should be tougher gun control laws. ... Lastly, On December 14, 2012, 26 people were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School by Adam Lanza. ... These types of shootings could be prevented if we looked at toughening our gun control laws. ... When talking about gun control, one should ask several questions before changing our gun laws. ... History has shown us in the past that when some type of gun control law exists, the crime rate declines....

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Religious Marquees in Public Schools Religious marquees belong in churches, not in public schools. ... However, many schools disregard the law while being patriotic. ... Just because the majority of the world's population believes in a God, it doesn't mean that religion in public schools follows the law. On June 17, 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that laws requiring recitation of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools do not follow the constitution. ... Schools can bypass these controversial topics by not letting any religious beliefs enter public schools at ...

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School Desegregation Racial discrimination has been highly evident throughout the course of US history. ... Board of Education of Topeka, seventeen states had implemented a segregation law that permitted schools to separate black and white students; these were mainly the Southern states. The trial stated that the segregation of the schools was unconstitutional since it violated the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. ... Society started to accept different races and ethnicities more and the schools started to integrate students in order to unify them. ... The graph indicated that th...

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Does Religion Belong in Schools? ... As of right now, any religious activity within schools is frowned upon. ... Congress will probably never be able to pass a law that would satisfy every single person's wants simply because that religion is a touchy subject, and the government must make sure it is sensitive to people's feelings. The First Amendment states that, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." ... School officials should respect the rights of all the students, not just the majority, and keep the c...

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Normative law is the oldest code of law known to civilization. ... A more modern school of law known as positive law is much more versatile and shifting than normative law. ... Public law, often referred to as criminal law, and private law, also referred to as civil law is in certain aspects mirror images of one another. ... Public law is punitive which means essentially that the state punishes anyone breaking public law with criminal law however private law is nonpunitive and is compensatory so it seeks more to restore what was lost or taken. ... Law seeks to find the ...

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Board of Education of Topeka, seventeen states had implemented a segregation law that permitted schools to separate black and white students; these were mainly the Southern states. The trial stated that the segregation of the schools was unconstitutional since it violated the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. ... Society started to accept different races and ethnicities more and the schools started to integrate students in order to unify them. ... The graph indicated that the Northern states were more tolerant of school desegregation when compared with the South. ...

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The problem of violence in schools The problem of violence in schools today is a major concern. ... The problem is more defined in the public school system than in catholic schools. ... Most catholic schools have less tolerance than they do in public schools. ... Also one in ten schools reported at least one serious violent crime during this school year. Ten percent of all public schools had experienced one or more serious violent crimes (e.g. murder, rape, suicide, sexual battery, and physical attack of fighting with a weapon or robbery) reported to police or other law enforcement durin...

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If these age laws are lowered, this percentage will undoubtedly increase. Smoking laws are very important to children's health. ... Besides, children shouldn't have to worry about weighing a job against school, playing, chores, and just being a kid. These age laws keep young people safe from many different things. Minimum drinking laws have saved 18,220 lives since 1975; smoking laws have saved kids from getting addicted to nicotine and dying at a young age; and working laws have saved children from having to live a very stressful and dangerous life....

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Should Students Have The Right To Drop Out Of School? For Years now American law states that when students reach the age of sixteen years they may drop out of school if they please. ... Yet more than 1300 students drop out of school everyday. ... Why is it that the law feels okay with allowing a sixteen year old to drop out of school, but he/she is still not responsible for his/her actions? ... He/She may have adverse actions to be forced out of the school. ...

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" The other side of the arguments are millions who want to lower the chances of senseless shootings that has plagued establishments such as our schools, movie theaters, shopping malls and other public establishments. ... The UK has tight gun control laws that were aimed to lower conflicts that are caused by guns. However, after enforcing tougher laws that were put in place, more firearm crimes were committed. ... Likewise, instead of creating more and more new laws that make those who want to own guns jump through hoops to obtain them, there should just be full agreement by all states to ...

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Criminals and other irresponsible people are able to take advantage of the laws and get weapons just as easily. ... Also, it may not have an effect on crime anyway, criminals don't obey laws after all. ... Guns should be used strictly for law enforcement, and should not be available to the citizens. ... Hence, Columbine and other school shootings across the nation in recent years. ... At roughly, 12:30 pm the SWAT team moved in and began securing the inside of the school. ...

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In order to avoid incidents of shooting in schools, we all need to take action. For example, the Columbine High School tragedy, two students were using a gun to kill their twelve classmates. ... In the Columbine High School tragedy in Colorado, where two students shot and killed twelve student and a teacher and wounded twenty three other people before killing themselves (hand gun control), guns were too easily to accessible to the youths. ... Law enforces and national security needs to make stronger laws against guns. ... Two teenagers were killed and more than twenty people were injured when ...

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Many schools in the midwestern and mideastern states of America have gone through the legal system, and have fought hard, to keep the laws of the biblical text on the walls of their schools. ... Even if the Christian religion is trying to force their religion into the schools, it is a worthy try because the Ten Commandments are not only laws of the Bible but they are also laws of morality and laws of the United States. ... As a student in high school I will be the first to admit that students are not taught a moral code in school. ... nts and to the laws of the United States. The posting ...

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America is truly a nation founded by immigrants who created laws for this country to live, eat, sleep, and die by. Illegal immigrants do not recognize these laws and, by sneaking into America to collect aid from services they do not help to support, they are showing exactly how they try to disregard them. ... That is like paying every illegal alien $25,000 for breaking the laws that legal U.S. citizens must abide by. ... Any such preference for locally based illegal aliens over out-of-state Americans violates federal law. Ever since 9/11, CUNY suddenly decided they would comply with th...

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With over 20,000 gun control laws on the books now, how could more laws control guns? ... Banning guns from schools seems the obvious way to keep children safe. ... Acting under a new state law, school districts across Utah have started drawing up regulations allowing teachers and other public employees to carry concealed guns on school property. ... Good intentions do not necessarily make good laws. ... Unfortunately, too many gun laws primarily disarm law-abiding citizens, not criminals. ...

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Society has comes a long way from having segregated schools, bathrooms, and drinking fountains, but it isn't enough. ... Unfortunately, the introduction of collaboration between local police and immigration law enforcement has not made communities as safe as intended. Tensions between police officers and community members increase, as does the distrust people feel towards law enforcement (Grigsby). Not only does this collaboration increase tensions and distrust but, as CounterPunch puts it, "It is easy to imagine the [collaboration between police and immigration law enforcement] wi...

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On June 23, a 5-4 decision was made in support of the University of Michigan's law school's right to use race as a factor in admissions, while declaring the points (a.k.a. quota) system unconstitutional. ... As we speak, many high school students across the country have who have applied to universities are being rejected because there are other, less qualified people who are getting accepted because they are minorities. ...

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Argument-based Homicide in America Feeling alienated by fellow classmates, two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO who referred to themselves as the Trench Coat Mafia went on a killing spree which took the lives of themselves, twelve other students and one teacher (Obmascik 1). ... In addition, laws in the South and West are more likely to support those who use violence consistent with honor (Cohen 409). ... In the West and South, greater stability within a community would not have the effect of reducing argument-related homicides because increasing community stability seem...

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These laws affected Black Americans. ... They were segregated from schools, restrooms and hospitals; and total institutions like prison and churches. ... This case led to the desegregation of America's public schools and has had a lasting effect on American law and politics. ... Public schools did not allow Black students to attend their "White " schools. ... Supreme Court conclude that state laws requiring "separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." ...

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In my opinion high school is a lot harder than college. If someone has a rough high school experience it can affect their grades. Sometimes students have a hard time adjusting to high school from middle school and their freshman year is what messes up their transcripts. There are some students who do not know what they want to do with their lives after high school so they do not take high school seriously. ... Instead of breaking the law and committing crimes they can be doing something positive such as studying or doing homework. ...

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These laws merely even the playing field for all races. You might start by saying that these laws make it unbalanced and begin to favor the minorities in America. ... You also stated that most minorities drop out of big time schools after they experience the tough curriculum. This is not because they are minorities and definetly not because they were accepted due to any laws. ... Not to mention that not only minorities drop out of school, but many white Americans do so as well. ...

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Gun Violence Amongst Our Younger Generation If you recently picked up a newspaper or turned on to see the news you may have questioned to yourself what is happening in our schools and begin to think whether our schools and neighborhoods are a safe place for our children. ... While claiming that they want to take guns out of the hands of criminals they work to pass laws that would take the guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens instead. ... Even though gun control laws might help some people to feel better and safe, it will not stop the person who intends to hurt someone. ... Tra...

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Because of these virtues my parents possessed, they placed me into the local public school system even thought I pled repeatedly to be enrolled in a private institution. ... While going through the motions of the public school system in America, an epiphany transpired regarding the relationship between the varying levels of government and the education system. ... I plan to earn a master's degree in public policy paired with a law degree to give me the vital tools I need to inspire change, and in particular to the curriculum model that is currently utilized. ...

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