Sexting Among Teens and the Dangers it Poses The advancement of high-tech has produced a new low. The term “sexting” is a combination of the words sex and texting‚ and is the practice of sending sexually explicit photos electronically by cell phone. Over the past few years‚ sexting has become more common and almost “fashionable” among teen-agers. Many teens are under the impression that this is harmless and no one gets hurt. It is dangerous and destructive behavior‚ often leading to unwanted circumstances
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Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answer? When I first started to read “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” I had the same point of view that the majority of the audiences‚ this ways of raising her daughters were too extreme. I thought that her parenting methods were incredulous and things such as calling a kid garbage it should never be done. Then I started to see Amy Chua’s point. She is a “Tiger daughter”‚ her Chinese parents raise her in the same or maybe even in a harder way‚ and from
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"Hey did you finish that essay last night that’s due for English"? " What essay? I’ve been up all night on Facebook‚ I totally forgot about the essay. Oh well." Sometimes being on social media or in general‚ the internet can really distract young teens. It distracts them on what they need to work on for school. Most students actually fall back in assignments and lack on doing homework when they spend too much time on the internet. This can affect their grades and then really have a bad effect on
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A tiger mom is a mother who uses tough love‚ discipline‚ and strict rules towards their children in order to reach academic excellence. This type of parenting is typically found in Chinese parents and is a traditional Chinese way of parenting. Amy Chua‚ who is a lawyer and author‚ as well as‚ professor of Law at Yale Law School‚ explains in her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” about her experience and rules of being a tiger mom. Although it is not common in Western moms‚ Chau stresses certain
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Winter By:Mya Garner “Hey girls how was school today‚” asked mom as we got into the car? “good‚” Melody and I said together! “Hey mom how did your speech go‚”I asked “Same as usual nothing new” My mom goes around talking about my daddy. He died in a war when I was three. I don’t remember him much but I know he loved me a lot. Mom would always say how world just isn’t the same without him. Before I was born my mom was an English college professes so in every speech she would tell the
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Teen Pregnancy Jamaica Benton HCS/457 October 15‚ 2012 Cynthia Borel Teen Pregnancy Deciding to become sexually active can be very confusing and dangerous for teens that lack the education and knowledge of becoming a teen parent sooner than later. Television‚ magazines‚ even lyrics in songs all seem to be telling young teens that having sex is okay. The fact is‚ sex is a part of life and‚ like many parts of life‚ and it can be good or bad. Making the decision to have sex all depends on
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Teen Sex Many teenagers are engaging in having sex. A lot of them are doing it just to fit in and some are doing it because of peer pressure. Yes I believe abstinence programs discourage teen sex but a lot of teenagers need an abstinence education as well as a comprehensive sex education. Although some say that Abstinence and comprehensive sex education programs in schools are a bad idea‚ I think otherwise because some students need help learning about birth control and if they’re ready for sex
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The article I read on teen suicide was fairly sad to me. What happened in the article really shined a light on the reality of bullying for me. This situation showed me that some people are bullied for no reason. In this essay‚ I will write about the aspects of bullying‚ cyberbullying‚ and I will write about Brandi Vela’s story. First‚ I would like to explain the aspects and outcomes of bullying and being bullied. A lot people think being bullied is having someone threaten to take your lunch money
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as important as taking care for them while they are in the hospital. When a first time mom discharge from the hospital with her infant‚ it is really important that the nurse provides sufficient information on how to care for her new baby. New mom needs to know if her baby is having a fever‚ cold‚ dehydration‚ ear infection‚ and jaundice. Newborn’s normal temperature should be between 97.6 F and 99.6 F. if mom suspects the baby has a fever‚ take his temperature with digital thermometer‚ and call
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Haley Lundak Professor Haddox English 1302- 7a.m. 31 January 2013 Teen pregnancy is a growing trend. Cities and towns all over the country are being affected by this growing statistic. However‚ El Paso is being overwhelmed with this statistic. Teenagers in El Paso are being affected by the growing statistic in extreme ways. The teens of El Paso are being greatly influenced by the culture of El Paso‚ today’s society‚ and they are falling into the trap that their demographics portray will happen
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