My Generation English 110 
LaRaysha A. Jones
September 10, 2014
English 110
Mr. DeLong
My Generation
“Started off in the street where we would take collections from the fiends...” Although proceeding is a line from August Alsina’s song “Benediction,” and is found on his album Testimony; it also has significance when discussing the generation. This topic can be defined very differently depending on the writer. Generation is usually defined as people all born and living at about the same time. Which that is what a generation is but in this essay I’ll defined my generation. I define my generation as being corrupted with teen pregnancy, drugs, and crime. This is a generation I wish I wasn’t born into because all the bad that goes on in it.
Firstly, pregnancy has become the most popular thing in my generation. The U.S. teen birth rate is higher than that of many other developed countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. Teen pregnancy ages range from 15-19 some teens are younger. In my opinion teenagers in my generation give birth more frequently than adults. Statistics read that, “Nearly one million teen girls get pregnant each year.” Some girls get pregnant more than once before their 20. In some foreign countries when teens become pregnant their parents make them marry no matter age. On the other hand some girls pick adoptions. In my opinion 5 out of 20 teens in this generation get pregnant on purpose just to try to keep a boyfriend, but fail to realize still that will not keep them there.
Secondly, drugs have also become a big thing in my time. Some teens use prescription drugs to get a high or sell the medicine. Teens in my generation also abuse prescription pain killers and become addicted. Marijuana is used most in teens. This generation is bad off with drug use. Drugs are messing up today’s society in a very bad way everyone is strung out. During this generation some many new names for drugs have originated for example; molly. Kids today even mix cough syrup in with their
September 10, 2014
English 110
Mr. DeLong
My Generation
“Started off in the street where we would take collections from the fiends...” Although proceeding is a line from August Alsina’s song “Benediction,” and is found on his album Testimony; it also has significance when discussing the generation. This topic can be defined very differently depending on the writer. Generation is usually defined as people all born and living at about the same time. Which that is what a generation is but in this essay I’ll defined my generation. I define my generation as being corrupted with teen pregnancy, drugs, and crime. This is a generation I wish I wasn’t born into because all the bad that goes on in it.
Firstly, pregnancy has become the most popular thing in my generation. The U.S. teen birth rate is higher than that of many other developed countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. Teen pregnancy ages range from 15-19 some teens are younger. In my opinion teenagers in my generation give birth more frequently than adults. Statistics read that, “Nearly one million teen girls get pregnant each year.” Some girls get pregnant more than once before their 20. In some foreign countries when teens become pregnant their parents make them marry no matter age. On the other hand some girls pick adoptions. In my opinion 5 out of 20 teens in this generation get pregnant on purpose just to try to keep a boyfriend, but fail to realize still that will not keep them there.
Secondly, drugs have also become a big thing in my time. Some teens use prescription drugs to get a high or sell the medicine. Teens in my generation also abuse prescription pain killers and become addicted. Marijuana is used most in teens. This generation is bad off with drug use. Drugs are messing up today’s society in a very bad way everyone is strung out. During this generation some many new names for drugs have originated for example; molly. Kids today even mix cough syrup in with their