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Online games' effects on violence among adolescents
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The video was about Adam Lanza and the horrific shooting that he committed. The video started off by talking about how he killed his mother before the event occurred, and how they were interesting in the relationship between them. One statement from the videos stood out and it was asking if she was a victim or the cause. Personally I feel horrified about what happened and I have no feelings for the shooter what so ever or not; regardless of mental illness or not he deserves what happened. I found it interesting that from a young age he was already in an independent educational program (I.E.P), on thing that stood out was how successful his father was. Another thing I found to be interesting is that moving to the new school he made a lot of friends, and enjoyed being in plays. However, I could see that a breaking or stressed might have been when the father moved out before the divorce. …show more content…
I felt as if the mother should have supported his teacher more in helping him. This might have been a strong support system that would have given him the psychological foothold to overcome some of these problems. This was evident when the teacher was able to get him to stand for the club pictures; something he descried as a mile stone. I feel as if the mother was out of touch with her son in some major areas. One question I asked myself was why did she remove him from high school. In doing so she removed him from his main support networks. Another thing she did wrong was not monitor his interaction with violent videos games. It was interesting to hear that he had strong ties to violent videos instead of other games; he particularly liked World of Warcraft. The mother should have attended to this in order to prevent it from causing on wanted
The film we watched was a Frontline documentary about the tragic case of Ralph Tortorici called A Case of Insanity. On December 14, 1994 Ralph went into a lecture hall with a rifle and a hunting knife taking the whole classroom hostage. He demanded to speak to President Clinton, and threatened to kill the hostages if they did not comply with his demands. Ralph was calm towards the students held hostage and demanded people from outside to gather food for them. 19-year-old Jason McEnaney attempted to wrestle the rifle out of Ralph’s hands, but this caused the to go off and he was shot in the genital area. Several students attacked Ralph and held him until the police came in and arrested him. Ralph was taken to jail with 14 counts of aggravated assault. His trial was held on Jan 3rd, 1996 and Ralph announced that he would not be present at his trial. It was stated that he had paranoia schizophrenia and he had also traces of cocaine in his system. Even though Ralph’s prosecutors indicated to the 12 jurors that Ralph was delusional, he suffered from mental illness.
This realness is yet another point of intersection that makes Joey prominent example of a student with special needs. There was nothing to make is seem as though having a disability is a life sentence, but there was hope which came to fruition at the end. Gantos makes it clear that change happens with help. Help from educators, special education educators, doctors, etc. Though help and change can happen, it is a lengthy process to identify a problem, implement a possible solution, and see results. This is evident when intervention does not happen until Joey harmed another student, was suspended for six weeks, and then had a trial period on his new medicine. Gantos gave a realistic view into what it is like to have a disability and its effects within an educational setting and its implications when left unattended too
Multiple clips of breaking news coverages are revealed in the music video. Ace Hood talks about the 2012 Aurora Shooting or otherwise known as the Batman Theatre Shooting. “What train of thought is tellin’ you shoot up a movie theatre?” (Ace Hood, 14). Ace Hood also expresses sorrow and hate on the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. “What kind of fool gon’ walk in a school and off them angels?” (Ace Hood, 15). The violent outcomes of these two incidents have killed many innocent children and adults. Ace Hood expresses hate towards the people who committed the crimes and condolences to those who have suffered from them. As an eye opener, he also tries to help the audience visualize and be put in this type of situation: “It could be my moms, my brother or sister, a friend that I knew / the funny thing is, it could’ve been me, it could’ve been you,” (Ace Hood,
There are many contributing factors that lead up to the senseless act of violence, which might have been prevented if Kip's parents had recognized how disturbed their son was. Should parents be more involved with their children's everyday lives in order to maintain healthy relationships?
"Revelations About Adam Lanza's Mental Health Still Don't Explain the Violence." The Wire. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2014.
In Columbine, Dave Cullen says, “You can’t really teach a child anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.” Raising a child has to be one of the hardest jobs in the world. Through long days and nights, parenting does not have a step-by-step plan. A parent can only show and teach their child how to act, but it is the child’s job to decide how they want to act and live. The Harris’ and Klebolds’ are two great examples of how parenting can be a blessing, then take a turn for the worse. Dylan and Eric fails their parents in ways such as lying, hiding, and being selfish.
My initial feeling about Elliot Rodger’s manifesto and retribution video is that it’s very interesting and shocking. For a person who is deeply trouble because he think the world has caused him to suffer throughout his life, his writing is amazing and illustrative. I cannot believe how well he can remember all of his memory, all the way from age one. It’s a tragic and twisted life story that could have been prevented if only Rodger, his family, and his peers could have know better, but sometimes things happen in life that have puzzling cause. In my perspective there are a lot of events that took place in Rodger’s life that ultimately contribute to his dire action that left six people dead, numerous hurt, and hundreds and even thousands of people
Billie JR was sitting in his room playing with his toys, but he knew that he was in trouble for his actions in school today. Billie JR was very disrespectful to his teacher, he acted like this because of his friends. Also, he was not turning assignments that he needed to have done, which made his grade go down in that class. His dad Billie SR was not very happy with his son’s actions in school.
I was a victim of childhood bullying because of my ethnicity. I was isolated from third grade to fifth grade because I did not know how to stand up for myself or understand how to make friends. Yet when my parents gave me Batman comic books and allowed me to play video games like Street Fighter, I felt powerful. I was allowed to feel courageous for once and believed that I could be strong despite being so small and ordinary. However, my parents did not supervise me or manage how much I could read or play games, so I took it too far one day. In fifth grade, I had finally threatened my bullies to leave me alone or I would stab them with a pocket knife, strongly thinking that this threat would end all of my problems. I had thought I would not receive any consequences like Batman when he defeats a villain. Yet in the end, I got expelled from school because I could have seriously hurt someone. Jones does not mention the negative affects of what too much violent media can cause children in his article. He should have mentioned that parents needs to help children be able to manage and express their emotions with the use of violent media to avoid any destructive behavior. KD Browne and C Hamilton-Giachritsis, authors of the article “The Influence of Violent Media on Children and Adolescents: A Public Health Approach”, explains that the “behavior of parents
History- T. Allen 15-year-old Caucasian female, born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, First time participating in any professional counseling sessions. At the age of 12, her mother was killed in a car accident on the way home from work. Ms. Allen became the surrogate mother for her at the time 10-year-old brother. Ms. Allen’s dad was the sole provider for the after mom's death, leaving Ms. Allen responsible for all of the household chores, taking after her little brother, as well as tending to her school work. As a result of the depression and grief experience from losing a parent and taking on adult responsibilities, Ms. Allen became depressed and very isolated from family and friends. She became less attentive to her outward appearance which caused her to begin being picked on in school. No know medications prescribed. S- Client reported of recent bullying by peers at school. She denied any suicidal ideation in the past week. She reported that she still
...g to see that the student has to stay inside for recess and lessons that we often conduct outside, because of the unnecessary restrictions placed on him. The student is missing out of valuable opportunities for his developmental level, including interacting with peers. He is being left out of things like gym class and daily recess when we go outside. It would be unfair to the other students to stay inside for recess every day, as it is important for them to get a chance to get fresh air and run around for a bit to break up the day. The co-teachers in the room I am placed in, as well as other teachers that have had this student all feel a similar way about this issue and the ongoing incident. We have all recognized that this student is a great kid, and strong academically, yet the father is set in his ways that his son needs an IEP and cannot use the summit platform.
Messiah is a great work. This video has one music conductor, two male soloists, two female soloists, a male choir and a female choir. And many instruments such as violins, piano, cellos, drum, horn and some others. Every time when the male and female soloist finish, the instruments will play for a little, after that the choir group will stand up and starting singing.
Majority of those kids were suffering from undiagnosed emotional distress, mental or physical delays and the negative connotation of what they were going through only added to the problem. Imagine being a child and not being able to focus in class. No matter how much effort was put into trying to focus, giving every bit of energy to trying to complete the task but just not being able to, to make it worse, no one acknowledges the effort that is put in to focusing, the reward is being categorized as a bad kid. That would discourage an adult from trying to do better even more a child, so why was it being done. Some of them could not help getting distracted or just did not understand what the teacher expected. Schools are now doing their best to improve their teaching strategies and the main reason why is because “no two kids are alike, not in their behavior, in their potential to learn, or in the way they will respond to a particular instructional approach” (Smith). With the education system doing their part to help kids instead of stamping them as a bad kid and disregarding them in the class room a better understanding of what a bad kid is not has come to life. The rest of society needs to jump on the wagon and redefine the term bad kid to a kid that knows the bad they are doing not one who does
At my previous college, it was required that we spent at least twenty hours with diverse students, more specifically those who had specialized needs. I was placed in Mrs. M’s class in a high school located in Reno County. This is where I had the opportunity to meet Jonah, who still to this day holds a special place in my heart. Jonah came from a less than perfect upbringing, he was the youngest of four children who lived in a small rundown trailer with their single mother who worked two jobs. He and his siblings went without a lot, had experienced a few foster homes and moved a lot. The other siblings dropped out, the sister just had a new baby, brothers in and out of correctional facilities, and Jonah seemed to be the forgotten child. I was not particularly happy with how the school system handled this sweet fifteen year old boy. From
The case Joseph Lansing a second grader at Samuals Elementary School he was removed from his home and placed in foster care. Also, he was suspended from school due to his behavior issues. A team was assigned to Joseph case from Samuals Elementary School the team included case manager, teacher, psychologist and principal. The staff addressed issues and concerns on Joseph’s behavior issues. Dr. Manning believed that Joseph is deal with social-emotional behavior which has kept him developing communication skills. Joseph behavior in the class is unacceptable he is acting out he is slapping his classmates on top of their head, slamming lockers, and grades dropping. One day Joseph told two of his classmate he was going to bring a gun to school. His teacher reported him to the principal the school policy is zero tolerance. Social emotional development is very important part in child experience, expression and management of emotions and their ability to establish positive and rewarding relationship with others (Cohen,