The relationship between teens and drugs has been around for decades; however‚ this is not what you would call positive. Substance abusing (which is using drugs or alcohol in ways than can cause physical harm) is often associated with crime. But why do youths take drugs" Youth take drugs for the following reasons: social disorganization‚ peer pressure‚ family factors‚ emotional‚ or rational choice. Social disorganization deals with drug abuse to poverty and disorganized urban environment. Drug use
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Should Both Parents Work If you are married it is likely that both you and your spouse work outside the home. Dual income with no kids would be the norm. But‚ what happens when you and your spouse start having children? Realistically is it necessary for both parents to work while raising young children? This debate has stirred up much conflict in today and time. There are two very conflicting answers. The first answer states the cost of raising and supporting a family is so high that in order to
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Parents know best – do they really? Deborah Y. Pratt YOUTH ISSUES Just as I thought‚ this captioned topic immediately made you as a parent begin to read‚ curious as to exactly what I would have to say in today’s article. Well‚ as a parent‚ of course I would like to think that we really know best when it comes to our children. After all we are older than they are‚ should be more matured‚ have more life experiences and we are the ones admonished by God to train up our children in the way they
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solve this situation from a judge’s standpoint. I thought I had an idea of where I stood on this situation until I tried to put myself in Mr. Myers’s shoes. After combining both of my stances‚ I have finally come to the conclusion that Mr. Myers should have never spent a day in jail. I believe it’s important to know the entire situation when it comes to Mr. Myers and WorldCom. Mr. Myers was the Controller of WorldCom‚ and Mr. Sullivan was the Chief Financial Officer. StrategicCFO defines a controller
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Ananya Sharma ‘The Treaty of Versailles’ was too harsh. Do you agree? In some ways the Treaty of Versailles was Too Harsh on Germany and in many ways it was also fair. Some historians also argue that the Treaty of Versailles was in fact too lenient. The Treaty was too harsh on Germany as it crippled them‚ economically and physically. They had to accept all the war guilt when technically it wasn’t their fault. It angered many citizens of Germany as they were being blamed for crimes they had
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4 Reasons to Close the Comments on Your Blog You should never disable comment to your blog‚ shouldn’t you? The first thing that comes to mind when we are talking about disabling the comments is that this is the best way to lose followers and visitors. However‚ there is a huge number of sites where visitors cannot leave comments but still the number of followers is huge. The reality is that readers do not always come to the blog to share their own opinion. In fact‚ most of them just want to read
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providing healthcare services for the aged. Facilities and amenities are improved in public places and residences. With science‚ there is an improvement in the quality of the living conditions. More people are educated and more jobs are available. However‚ this does not mean that science do not create troubles for us‚ humans. In advanced countries‚ the real power has actually fallen into the hands of nuclear scientists who possess the means of whole sale destruction. Such thinking of scientists’
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SHOULD THERE BE A LICENSE TO BECOME A PARENT? I was skimming through a newspaper recently when I came across a really bizarre news article. The article was about a Pakistani man having 23 wives and 93 kids! This man aims to complete a century of children by 2013‚ with the hope of getting his name in the Guinness Book of World Record. He is a resident of Dubai and the government of UAE is supporting him and his largely extended family with 60 thousand dirhams per month. Isn’t this really absurd?
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“Free trade is a necessary evil”. How far do you agree? Free trade is a branch of economics that proclaims freedom of trade and non-intervention of government in private entrepreneurship. Its main feature is absence of “trade-distorting policies” which reduce imports. The effectiveness of free trade and should countries adopt it to boost economic growth has been a debate since 18th century‚ after Adam Smith wrote his book “The Wealth of Nations”. There he outlined the main benefits of free trade
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"Parents should make decisions for their teenage children" (Please read my essay) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents or other adult relatives should make important decisions for their older (15 to 18 year-old) teenage children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. --- During the years of adolescence‚ all the decisions for the children are being made by their parents. In some families this tendency still takes place as the children are growing
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