-THE CHOICE IS YOURS- Topic: Drinking and driving. General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the dangers and outcomes of drinking and driving. Central Idea: Today‚ I will first explain the effects alcohol can have on a person’s body‚ secondly‚ the financial consequences of drunk driving and finally‚ how driving under the influence has impacted our society. Introduction A. Attention Getter: May 14‚ 1988. The worst bus accident in American history occurred
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The Effects of Underage Drinking and Driving While Under the Influence Heather Herrick Dr. Hawkins ENC1101 November 27‚ 2012 ABSTRACT: Underage drinking is one of the biggest problems in society today (“Enforcing”). Throughout childhood‚ the brain is making changes that assist in planning‚ decision making‚ controlling impulses‚ memory‚ speech and also how the body responds to drugs and alcohol (“NIAAA”). Not only does underage drinking cause problems with brain development and unprotected
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age of 16 we get our license. With one simple test we get a card that says were allowed to drive. We get in an over 4‚000-pound object and move it around at 60 miles per hour. This causes around 8 teen deaths per day‚ making car accidents the leading cause of teen death. We get behind a wheel‚ we get distracted‚ we cause an accident‚ and just like that someone loses a child. At 18 we’re allowed to smoke. We put a different combination of 4‚000 chemicals in our bodies for no specific purpose. This includes
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Tyler Wilson Professor Kabaji Freshman Composition Cause and Effect 5 July 2015 Essay Preliminary Work 1. What topic did you choose from the homework section? Why do so many adults return to college later in life. 2. What is the thesis statement of this essay? These “non-traditional” adult students have many reasons for continuing their education or pursuing new occupational goals altogether. 3. What are the three topic sentences? A common reason people return to college is for work related motives
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Drinking and driving I’m Mikelle Rittenhouse; id like everyone to take a moment to mentally prepare yourself for the effects of drinking and driving that you will see during this speech as it may be disturbing for some people. Now I would like to show you a video. I’m showing you all this today because what happened to Lenient Kildes mother is an accident that could have been prevented if people were more educated about the risk of drinking and driving. Many people who have been intoxicated report
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Cause and effects of binge drinking among youths Introduction Nowadays‚ in our society you can see people drinking in everywhere such as in bars and under HDB block. Now youngsters are drinking in Singapore is gradually rising. Most of them are youngsters . Alcoholism is a bad habits and if drink a lot of alcohol will have adverse effects on the body. The purpose of this paper is highlight the reasons and consequences of binge drinking.The Nemours Foundation‚(2013).it covers two basic reasons and
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PSYN 101: Introduction to Psychology Dr. Jim Towey Spring 2013 Student: . Chapter 12: Motivation & Emotion 1. Motivation is BEST defined as _____. p. 422 a) the set of factors that activate‚ direct‚ and maintain behavior toward a goal b) the physiological and psychological arousal that occurs when a person really wants to achieve a goal c) what makes you do what you do d) the conscious and unconscious thoughts that focus a person’s behaviors and emotions
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Comp II Honestly how can we compare drunk driving and texting while driving? Many think that texting while driving is worst than being under the influence of alcohol‚ when operating a motor vehicle. Enough people have been hurt or killed by texting while driving and drunk drivers. Time has came to put an end to drunk driving and texting while driving. Majority of the people that who text while driving are teens to young adults. When they are driving by themselves that is when they pick up that
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because of distracted driving. “In 2014‚ 3‚179 people were killed and 431‚000 were injured in distraction-related car accidents”("Listening to Radio Can Lead to Distracted Driving.").Distracted driving is very dangerous and it includes things like taking your eyes off the road‚ taking your hand off the wheel‚ or talking and not really focusing on driving.Although it is easy for people to take their hands off the wheel while driving‚ Distracted driving is a social issue that causes many crashes every
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………… 5 UNDERAGE DRINKING…………………………………………………………………... 5 MILITARY UNDERGE DRINKING……………………………………………………..... 7 BINGE DRINKING……………………………………………………............................... 8 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..................................... 11 RECOMMENDATIONS/SOLUTIONS……………………………………………………. 11 MILITARY WINGMAN CONCEPT……………………………………………………..... 13 ENFORCING THE LAW……………………………………………………...................... 15 WORKS CITED……………………………………………………
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