High School and Teen Pregnancy

Title: What I see as the biggest challenges young adults face today.
A. General Purpose: To inform
B. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on what I see as the biggest challenges young adults face today.
C. Central Idea: I will give three reasons as to what I see as the biggest challenges are; the abuse of drugs and alcohol, teen pregnancies, and unemployment.
I. Introduction
A. More than half of teen mothers never get their high school diploma because they drop out of high school to provide a better parenthood for their child.
B. The use of illegal drugs is increasing in young teens. An average age of first usage of marijuana is 14 and alcohol usage can start at age 12. The usage of marijuana and alcohol is now very common in high schools.
C. More than 40% of those who have earned their college degree in the last two years are working in a job that does not require their degree.
II. A. Teen pregnancy is affecting young adults more each year.
1. Young adults are taught that it is okay to raise a child no matter what age you are.
2. Even though statistics show that teen pregnancies are a negative outcome in their lives, some manage to make it a positive outcome.
B. Young adults do not realize the use of drugs and alcohol at young age can cause negative effects on your life. They feel like they are indestructible and immune to the problems that others experience.
1. It is common for teens to experiment the use of drugs and alcohol. The problem is when they get addicted and are moving on to more dangerous drugs.
2. Teenagers, who are depressed, have low self-esteem, and feel like they don’t fit in will most likely develop a serious drug and alcohol problem.
C. Some young adults who are unemployed, are not able to pay their student loans, car payments, and cannot afford an apartment so they have to go back to their childhood bedroom and live with their parents.
1. The unemployment rate in young adults rose significantly in just one month of July 2013 from 16.4% to 16.8%.
2. More than 4 out of 5 are now delaying and changing their major life decisions.
I. Conclusion

Young adults face many challenges every day. I have listed the main three that I consider are the biggest, teen pregnancy, the abuse of drug and alcohol, and the unemployment that young adults are facing today. Some challenges are just part of life and we have to learn how to deal with them, but there are others such as unemployment that we can change. The thing is, it’s not going to change by its self, and we have to do something about it if we want to see a change in the coming future.