I have to do this assignment for my preliminary HSC (SAT equivalent for Americans).

The task is to create an engaging, well structured response that demonstrates a personal understanding of change. The word limit is 400 words. I’m at 434 below (within the 10%).

My work is below:

The key to change is to let go of fear. That’s what Robby, the No. 2 had always said. I was actually hoping otherwise, as the fear we were about to instil in the bank teller should hopefully lead us to a lot of change. Not the proverbial type.
I had hoped that my own fear would have subsided with the 3 hours of cool revision we did before time zero, but it had not. The only person experiencing something close to my angst was Robby. I had the most to lose. I mean we’d all get 25 to life if we were caught, but I had a wife and two kids. I’d even checked out the visiting times for Riker’s Island, the likely first destination after the bail hearing. Was this really the right decision, I mean did we really need the money? A moot question now, as everyone had their part. If we proceeded with the robbery at least I had a chance of not being incarcerated, as opposed to the certain death that the gang would impart on me for my cowardice. I tried to put my hesitations aside and focused on my aim. Cometh the hour, cometh the man, as they said.
All six of us went to the one teller. As we began a routine transaction I waited until the young lady had her hands out to hand me the money.
“Keep your hands up. I have a gun. Do not touch the silent alarm, or I will shoot you in the kneecap.”
We herded the compliant employees into a conference room where Robby supervised them, while the rest of us headed for the manager’s office. He had a shotgun, however bringing a receptionist as hostage quickly solved that problem.
“The vault.” I stated. The portly man grabbed his keys from the wall safe before descending down into the depths of the bank. After the iris and fingerprint scan we heard the loud clunks of the 25 cylindrical bolts being released from the door.
“This is your last chance to back out”, the manager said. “If you were to stop now you could get off free”. I was begging the others to listen to him, but there was no hope.
I stepped into the vault.
The hidden alarm was deafening.
A SWAT team was coming down the stairs. As I hit the ground with my hands up, I heard Robby’s voice issuing directions, and saw the motto on his police badge. The key to change is to let go of fear. But I was just beginning to contemplate the loss.

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I mean I think it’s good for when you need a person to pull over but in an instance of a robbery at a house, when they reach the house, they put on their sirens and this ultimately alarms the robbers and they run away before the police can find them. Why on earth are police bothering to do that? I think they shouldn’t as this won’t alarm the burglar or the criminal if you want to call it and they can lock them up easy. What do you think?

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Do you need a concealed guns license in Texas if you plan on having a gun just in your home for protection purposes?

All I want is a .22 because their have been a few robbery’s in my area.

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I had an ADT sueveyor come to my house. He was very friendly and chatty.

He showed me the kit.

Also, do they have some sort of backup battery systems for power failures.?

It involves a portale keypad which can be taken upstairs and has a panic button facility.

The kit also includes a 110 Decibel siren.

I am also going to get quotes from alarmfastm assure alarms, and jge.

If anyone has ever used any of these please help.

I am not sure as I have never had a burglar alarm system installed.
I am planning on getting the platinum protection plan

Is 110 decibels really enough to deter the intruders from continuing with the robbery?

And which company should I go for?
Is the wireless system reliable?

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I’m writing a screenplay, but I don’t want to ask the bank because they might think I’m planning an actual robbery as opposed to a fictional one.

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Anyone know of a good security camera? Want one that is wireless, broadcasts over the Internet, can see in the dark and can pan and get tight shots. Anything under 00.

Need it cause some aholes keep stopping in front of my house to take pictures all hours of the day. Because it’s a new house, I think they are trying to plan a robbery or something.

Or would getting Westec home security or other security better?

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Thank you my family has been a victim of a robbery when we were not home during the day . We are allready getting a dog and now we need the security. I dont want a system that someone else monitors if its monitored I want to be the one that is notified of a intrusion not a home security company.Any info on this would be great .

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