What Really Stresses Me Out By Caroline Chesler Summary

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In her article “What Really Stresses Me Out is the Fact That I Might Die in This Building,” Belle Chesler, an article writer, argues that teenagers do not feel safe with their environment they are in because of those that can have the accessibility of any type of guns. According to Chesler, these “past three weeks, the impassioned voices and steadfast demos of the students,” makes teens concerned about gun violence. She supports her claim by mentioning that “hundreds of students marched out of school” because of gun shooting, and that they want to stop it. Then, she makes a connection between the different school shootings and “the Parkland killings” of why it one was so severe compared to other school shootings. Towards the end of the article, …show more content…

I agree with Chesler’s points in her article. The first point I agree with Chesler’s point is is that we should stop “gun violence.” Another point that I agree with Chesler’s point is “Parkland Killings” of why did it only happen at that place and nowhere else. The last point I agree with Chesler’s point is “what stresses teens out” that teens are scared that they might die in that very building because people don’t know who has a gun and who is innocence. In her article, Chesler’s purpose is to call attention to the parents of concerned teens to help and learn different ways to stop the gun violence that is happening in different schools around the world. I think she was successful in her article because she explained different stories that happened, such as school shootings. Because I agree with Chesler’s approach to this issue around the world and her article, I see the article very significant to me because I want to help find different ways to resolve school shootings so they will not happen around in different schools anymore. But I do think Chesler is pointing out a real world situation that has to be addressed very soon.I think she explained that we need to stop gun violence in a very effective way in her

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