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One of the main things that stood out to me was that the crime rate in  Chicago went down by 67% which is crazy because Chicago is known as one of most dangerous cities in USA.

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In the 16 years that I have been alive I have always seen violence. Violence will never leave so its your choice to join it or ignore it.

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I disagree with the speaker because some people may tend to get influenced easier than other people so if the person knows that something is wrong than they won’t do it. It’s based on what they think is wrong and right.

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Something that stood out to me from that is that the crime rate of Chicago went down by 67 percent.

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What I have seen or experienced is that there are many problems and fights that will keep on going to happen but you have to decide either you are going to be a part of it or see that as something not to do

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I disagree with the speaker because not everyone is up for violence. It depends on what type of person you are and how you think on what is good or bad,it’s he persons choice what kind of path they create

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I was surprised to hear that violence is contagious since i though it depends on the person. Also I was surprised that Chicago's crime rate has decreased by 67%. Chicago is known to have dangerous gangs so i was surprised to hear that their overall crime rate decreased by that much

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Throughout the years, I've noticed more and more acts of violence that have occurred in schools through the news. There have been instances where I too thought I was in danger in my school but each time turned out to be a practice in case something like that actually occurs.

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I disagree with the speaker because some people are more easily influenced than others. Some people are not as fluid and have a state of mind in which they know right from wrong. These people that are not as easily influenced would not engage in something that they know is wrong

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You hear many stories of people robbing banks, stores, school shootings they know what they're doing is wrong but they still do it just to get revenge.

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I mainly disagree with this because along with what the rest of my peers said it really depends of the person. A person chooses their own fate and if they head down the wrong path that's on them for doing bad things

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What had shocked me the most was that in Chicago crime is down to 67% when Chicago has multiple number of gangs. So how is the police handling to this crisis.

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What stood out was how the Chicago crime as dropped to 67%

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Many years of a teen having access to the internet there has been many crimes such as school shootings personally I haven’t seen anything like this

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I disagree because it depends what type of person you are whether or not you are easily or not easily influenced

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What stood out was how the crime rate of Chicago dropped to 67%.I was shocked by the fact that controlled HIV and diarrhea diseases.

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I have seen a couple of fights and I I noticed people with different perspectives.Some of them just joined the fight because they thought it was a smart move but others just ignored it .

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I disagree with it because i believe that everyone has different perspectives so it really depends on the type of person you are.Sometimes people rely on other and there are people who are not easily influenced by others.

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Something that stood out to me was that Chicago’s crime rate decreased by approximately 67%.

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Throughout my years of attending high school, I’ve personally been in a situation where my school was “under attack” . There was a supposed “school shooter” in the school building. It made me realize that this violence can really happen anywhere, no matter what .

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Personally, I disagree with the speaker because It depends on the type of Person you are. If you’re easily influenced or not. Whether or not you have the mentality.

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I was surprised by the thing of the controlled HIV and diarrhea diseases.

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Throughout the years I have heard on the news about terroist attacks but now it seemed to decrease but I remember when we went to Manhattan and they had to evacuate one of the trains because there was bomb in a garbage can

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I disagree because it all depends on your state of mind if you know not to do anything violent then seeing someone do something violent would not make you do something violent

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I was shocked by the fact that controlled HIV and diarrhea diseases. Also crime rates dropped by 67% in Chicago. Also violence can be contagious and spread between people easily.

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Something I’ve experienced that makes me feel this way is over the last couple over years there’s has been multiple reports of school shootings. Which can be caused by other students bullying one student, until they can’t hold back anymore.

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I agree with the speaker that violence can be a contagious disease. People can feel intimated by other people when fighting begins. And instead of trying the solve the problem by talking it out they resort to violence.

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My overall reaction to the Ted Talk is shocked. Something the speaker discussed that stood out to me was when he was talking about kids shooting kids and all I could think was, how did the kid get the gun in the first place. He also discussed many factors like family, homes, communities and school and there was just so many things that could affect someone to Continue violence.

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Throughout the years of being a teen and having access to the internet, there's been many reports of school school shootings. The first time I saw something like that, I was really surprised. Our schools would have lockdowns every now and then incase this ever happened to us and as we began to see more and more of these kinds of threats, it didn't even phase me anymore. I remember last year when I was in LICHS and we had a bomb threat. The whole school had to be evacuated and there were police around our school and they had checked all the lockers when we went back in. The whole time when we were evacuating, all I could think was "Damn we gonna be on news". I felt that way because nothing could have phased me at this point

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I agree that violence is a contagious disease because people always follow what others do. Humans are like that. If we see someone doing something no matter how dumb it is, they'll still do it with no hesitance. Many people may also encourage violence. For example, if people started fighting, many wouldn't stop it. they would cheer for their friends or pull out their phones to record and that is why there are so many fights

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I was surprised to here that the crime rates dropped by 67% in Chicago. not to mention the controlled malaria, HIV, and diarrhea diseases. Violence is contagious because people see it and then they do it themselves.

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The past few years I've seen multiple school shootings. its come to a point where its not even surprising anymore. You just hope its never your school. Its always one student who feels negative toward the school and lashes out in a very negative way.

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I agree that violence is a contagious disease. When people participate in fighting, it becomes a habit. People sometimes fight instead of talking it out, and then other people do this as well, spreading their violent ways.

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I was surprised by how much crime dropped by 67% in Chicago by two-thirds. They also did so much to manage malaria, HIV, and diarrheal diseases but they still got criticism. It is true that violence spreads just like a contagious disease, people see violence and it creates more violence.

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In the past few years on the news, its common for a school shootings. A student lashes out and might want to stop but doesn't. Then others see that and try to replicate it, which is very dangerous and contagious.

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Violence is a contagious disease. When people fight they are hurting and possibly killing them. People fight for simple reasons sometimes. Most of the time neither side is wanting to stop because they are stubborn. People replicate this and then violence spreads to the whole neighborhood. That is how it is contagious.

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I was just really sad and felt pity for the people that gave in to violence. and at the same time im excited to hear the system bring down shooting by 70 to 80 percents.and something that stood out was just how alike violence and contagious disease are like they travel, they spread and they live inside us humans like tiny parasites.

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I was really shocked on how the system worked. It brought down the crime and shooting rate by 50 percent in Chicago. Something that stood out to me was that  they were able to manage malaria and reduce HIV and reduce diarrheal diseases in places with awful economies without healing the economy. This really important for small countries with bad economy because their economy was not affected during this process.

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I have seen many news article on people trying to recreate events or hurt other people because they did something that the shooter didnt like. Its all a cycle. As one person takes a negative action , it leads to more negative actions.

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I agree with the speaker violence can easily be influenced by anyone. Violence is something that spreads all over the world and leads to many deaths.  What defines violence as contagious is that it can spread from person to person with one event leading to another and that it is a risk factor for itself, meaning that exposure to violence is a risk factor for the formation of violent behavior.

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I seen lot on the news and social media about school shooting and gun violence being supported and also among many articles there were a lot of teens behind the incidents . As one teen harm the other teen either emotionally or mentally it can cause them to cause harm to others as well forming a never ending cycle.

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I agree with the speaker since just like contagious disease, violent spreads around the world and effects others, causes death. showed in world wars, gun violent, school shooting, civil war, etc. To the point where violence is considered a norm and commonly found in news paper, stories and social media.