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By Larry Blustein sfsuntimes@aol.com It is now 11 horrific months since 17 students, coaches and teachers were gunned down at Douglas High in Parkland. In that time, the discussion has continued to go back and forth about gun safety and arming teachers, who some believe could prevent such an unthinkable act of violence. While Douglas is the freshest and most haunting of these school shootings, it is certainly not the only one, and that is what drives those who want to prevent these acts of terror from happening again. But is arming a teacher the answer? It depends what side of the fence you happen to be on. Longtime teacher Alice Mitchell of North Miami Beach believes that no teacher should hold that responsibility of taking a life – no matter how skilled they happen to be with a firearm. “When I first went to college back in the 80’s to become a teacher, this was the furthest decision that ever had to be
ARMED AND DANGEROUS Should School Teachers Carry Guns?
made," Mitchell said. “I cannot speak for other areas in this country, but asking an already low paid teacher to carry a firearm and potentially use it on a student, makes me sick.” Several advocates of
arming teachers at schools understand that the teachers never signed up for this, but at the same time, believe that if a teacher was armed at Douglas High – or many other places that lives were lost – this may not
have happened to this extreme. In 2018, there were 23 school shootings in the first 21 days of the year – and that sent up a red flag that something needed to be done. Whether it was No-
blesville, Indiana, where two people were injured when a gunman opened fire at Noblesville West Middle School, Palmdale, California, when a 14year-old went to Highland High, his former school, and began shooting a
semiautomatic rifle shortly before classes were scheduled to begin. A 15-year-old boy was struck in the shoulder - or the Douglas tragedy, there were those on both
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Braverman Eye Center Patient Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh Can See Perfectly
Hollywood - She may be just 26 years old, but Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh cannot express how happy she is with her vision. With a recent Lasik Surgery done at the state-of-the-art Braverman Eye Center in Hollywood, “CeCe” wanted to brag a little bit about her life changes. For the past 23 years, she has suffered with poor vision, having to wear glasses and contacts along the way. Because youngsters are subjected to being made fun of by other students, school was never much fun. “When you are a kid, all you know is that a majority of the other children are not wearing glasses and not being made fun of all the time,” she explained. “When you are that young, there is no understanding or compassion. Your first instinct is to make fun of something that is not familiar to you.” Children all over the world, who suffer with vision problems endure a lot of tough times while growing up, and CeCe, who wore contacts for years, was no different. It was always a battle of emotions - and often fighting something
“I cannot tell you how amazing the entire experience was. Everything about Dr. Braverman and his staff was first class and truly something that changed my life.”
Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh Patient
she had little control of at the time. From trips to Hawaii to scuba diving - to other things that wearing corrective lenses would hold her back from, CeCe was tired of the restrictions - and decided to do something about it. Years ago, her stepfather had the pleasure of crossing paths with one of the best, Dr. Stanley Braverman, who recommended him for surgery. The ex-
Braverman, Page 4A
Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh cannot express how happy she is with her vision. Because of Dr. Stanley Braverman and the staff at Braverman Eye Center, the 26-year-old is seeing better than ever.
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