Columbine Reflection on Violence
Columbine - Reflection on ViolenceWhile watching a commentary, on a popular television program, I felt nauseous1 after learning of torture students and teachers endured2 at Columbine High School in Little Town, Colorado. It began as a typical school day in April; it ended with an afternoon of horror, which showed a child’s extreme behavior. Teachers and students encountered hours of torture as two fellow students walked their campus halls on a shooting spree. To avoid being hit by a flying bullet, victims hid in closets and storage compartments. (infinitive)Patiently, police officers camped out around school grounds waiting for a right moment to enter. Many parents waited frantically3, not knowing their children’s fate.
Two teenage boys, belonging to a group called “The Trench Coat Mafia,” targeted minority groups and athletes. (appositive) After ending their rage, both gunmen and over a dozen students and teachers lay dead. (compound) A few days after, police officers found several explosives all around the school campus, indicating4 the boys intended to blow their school to pieces. (compound-complex)
After an event of this nature we as...
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