My View: Knife Crime
It breaks my heart to see another family torn apart on the news by knife crime in Britain, as Britain is named the Knife Crime capital in the developing world.
Statistics vary, but both the worst-case and the other statistics are far too much.
“A worst case projection indicates that 60,000 young people (predominantly male) may be stabbed and injured in the UK each year”
That’s a shocking 164 a day.
however
“A rather more conservative estimate could be 22,000.”
That’s 60 a day.
The statistics vary, but there is one thing that doesn’t. Far too many people are injured or killed in Britain due to knife crime. It needs to stop. Knife Crime tears families apart, ends lives, young and old. It takes such a small amount of time to kill someone with a knife, but results in a lifetime of tragedy for the victims family. Even if the attack isn’t fatel, the result stays with the people affected.
Young people are carrying knives without being aware of the consequences. While watching Eastenders this week I watched the stabbing of Jay Brown, played by Jamie Borthwick I am happy that soaps such as Eastenders are bringing these Issues to life, and showing the consequences that carrying a knife can have. The stabbing also highlighted the problems of Gang Crime. Jay told his dad Jase Dyer, that he wasn’t going to use the knife he was carrying. Jase told him that if you carry a knife you will use it, or it will be used against you. Young people don’t seem to understand this concept. The BBC received almost 200 complaints about the episode, saying it was to violent for a 7:oo show, as children could of seen it. Surly if it is tackling knife and gang crime, surely it was beneficial for young people and children to of seen it?
As knife crime continues to rise in Britain, I just hope that this problem can be tackled and controlled to save people being hurt. It is not just teenagers and young people who get affected by this, as highlighted in Eastenders. People of all ages are at risk. It is common these-days to see grieving parents on the news while eating dinner, but there are also children grieving for their parents.
I hope we can see a fall in knife crime soon to save any more hurt and pain that is caused, and families which are torn apart.
Personal Goals For 2008
1. Pass All Real Exams [ ] 2. Do Better In Maths [X] 3. Repaint The Portrait Of Me And Sharan [ ] 4. Get One More Piercing [ ] 5. Go On Holiday With Martin, Ben, And Sharan [ ] 6. Get A Job [ ] 7. Complete Playmat In Textiles [ ] 8. Have A Whole Textiles Lesson Without Pissing Zabz Off [ ] 9. Get A New Laptop [ ] 10. Eat The Sprout I Avoided Eating At Christmas [X] 11. Get New Mascara [ ] 12. Save Money [ ] 13. Cook Dinner For A Group Of People, Just To Prove That I Can [ ] 14. Go To London Again With Martin, Ben, Sharan, Tabby [ ] 15. Go To Alton Towers Again [ ] 16. Send Back The Police Form For Student Police Thing [ ] 17. Dye My Hair A Colour Im Happy With [ ] 18. Do Better Than Sharan In At Least One Real Exam [ ] 19. Buy A New Wii Game [ ] 20. See PS I Love You [ ] 21. See Next Harry Potter Film [ ] 22. Buy A Book [ ] 23. Go On Holiday [ ] 24. Get Ipod Touch Case (The One From Curreys) [ ] 25. Finally Get Cazzie’s Number [X] 26. Go To The Studio 64 Photo Shoot [ ] 27. Make A Backup For Laptop [ ] 28. Do Well At College [ ] 29. Show Mike That Paramore Are Amazing [X] 30. Be Able To Play Rock Band On Any Setting But Easy [ ] 31. Reach Level 1000 On Wii Sports Tennis (Pro) [ ] 32. Finish Mario Party On Wii [ ] 33. Find A New Hobby [ ] 34. Spend Less Time Online [ ] 35. Buy Sharan A Nice Birthday Present [ ] 36. Meet Someone New [X] 37. Go To Thorpe Park! [ ] 38. Go To Chessington [ ] 39. Go To The Park [ ] 40. Go To The Lodge With Zabz [ ] 41. Go To The Rec [ ] 42. Go Shopping In London [ ] 43. Go Shopping In Camberley [X] 44. Go Shopping In Reading [ ] 45. Go Shopping In Guilford [ ] 46. Go Shopping In Basingstoke [X] 47. Go Shopping In Stains [ ] 48. Go Shopping In Woking [X] 49. Go Shopping Somewhere Where I Have Never Been Shopping Before [ ] 50. Buy A Really Nice Pair Of Shoes [X] 51. Buy A New School Bag [X] 52. Steal A Key Off Alex’s Laptop (The ? One I Hope, Or The S) [ ] 53. Get A Webcam That Works [ ] 54. Take Lots Of Photos [ ] 55. Make The Bebo Skin I Owe Sharan [ ] 56. Buy Something Without Taking The Price Into Account, Buy It Cos I Like It [ ] 57. Get An A* In A Science Module Test [ ] 58. Eat Ben And Jerry’s Ice Cream [X] 59. Sit Next To Cazzie In Maths [X] 60. Buy Another Wii Nunchuck [ ] 61. Get A Dog (Least Likely To Happen Out Of Them All) [ ] 62. Slap Cazzie Next Time She Sings Sandra D In Maths [X] 62. Buy A Top Similar To The One In New Look Which I Saw With Sharan [ ] 63. Do Something For Charity [ ] 64. Do Something For Parents To Show How Much I Appreciate Them [ ] 65. Do Something For Nan To Show How Much I Appreciate Everything She Does For me [ ] 66. Convince Cazzie That She Is A Dirty Bitch [X] 66. Go Shopping In London With Sharan[ ] 67. Go Shopping In Camberley With Sharan [ ] 68. Go Shopping In Reading With Sharan [ ] 69. Go Shopping In Guilford With Sharan [ ] 70. Go Shopping In Basingstoke With Sharan [X] 71. Go Shopping In Stains With Sharan[ ] 72. Go Shopping In Woking With Sharan [ ] 73. Go Shopping Somewhere Where I Have Never Been Shopping Before With Sharan [ ] 74. See Danny [ ]
2008 – Make It Count
We opened the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”
A New year is a fresh start and a new beginning So forget any sadness and pain of the last year. Treasure the memories and the good times, 2008, a new start make this year better than any before.
Samie 