Comp 2- Final Impact of Social Media Social networking sites including Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Pinterest and others blogs‚ websites that allows social interaction is considered a social media site where people interact freely‚ sharing and discussing information about each other using multimedia mix of personal word‚ photos‚ audios and videos (Curtis). According to research released by Pew Research Center‚ half of America is using social networking site for different purpose such as parents using Facebook
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first year of driving‚ they’re inexperienced. Teenagers tend to lack their sense of judgment. They’re more likely to underestimate dangerous situations and not think of the consequences their actions might have. (Ex. Going over the speed limit‚ running red lights‚ ect.) Now mix that with drugs and/or alcohol and they are putting themselves and others in danger. Students Against Destructive Decisions works with students and schools to raise awareness and inform the risks of underage drinking and its outcomes
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The Deaths “’Drinking is Fun’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It’: The Problem With the 21-Year-Old Minimum Drinking Age” an essay by Dr. Reginald Fennell‚ found in the Journal of American College Health‚ focuses on the effects of the minimum drinking age on college students. Fennell explains the benefits of lowering the drinking and gives alternatives to the current law. This article is of interest to readers since society seems to have a strong opinion of whether the drinking age should remain
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poisoning or drunk-driving accidents‚ but others have causes that go a lot deeper than we would think. The CDC ran a study that combined data from 2006-2010 about teenagers that had alcohol related deaths. The study found that out of the average of 4‚358 deaths‚ 492 were because of suicide. Drinking at an early age can not only lead to physical problems which most people are aware of. It can lead to mental problems and even social problems. There are many dangers of underage drinking‚ not only to the
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When driving‚ the risk of crashing is always a possibility; however with a cell phone in your hand the risk is four times greater. Using a cell phone while driving has become a big problem in areas around the globe and is reckless driving. Keisha Wall‚ a nineteen year old girl learned her lesson after she killed Christine Lyon‚ while reading a text message in Southeast England. Wall Claimed she had her hands on the wheel‚ but the evidence showed that she received and sent a message at the time of
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other human that is twenty-one or older. The drinking age was not always what it is today; it has been changed a tremendous amount of times throughout the decades from 1919-present day. There wasn’t a national drinking age before the prohibition that from 1920 to 1930 and after the prohibition‚ most states required age was 18. In 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act was enacted by Ronald Reagan‚ it was a law that required states to raise the drinking age or ten percent of the federal highway funding
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Disadvantages of Windmills Wind energy is one of the many renewable energy resources that provide cheap and efficient energy. Wind energy comes from wind turbines‚ similar to windmills‚ which use the wind to make electricity. This renewable energy resource is very affordable‚ clean‚ and it can never run out because the wind comes from the sun. But according to Selling the Wind by Michelle Nijhuis‚ “It’s well known that wind turbines kill both birds and bats‚ though exactly how often and why these
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Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Today we live in a country that prides itself on being free‚ although there are a number of people that feel they do not have as much freedom as they deserve‚ such as the freedom to drink at a younger age. The legal drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18‚ where in the eyes of the law you are seen as an adult. Many different opinions are opened as the subject of lowering the legal drinking age is brought up. For most‚ if not all‚ teenagers in high school
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Underage drinking is one of the biggest problems facing America today. Teens who abuse alcohol often turn to a life of crime‚ or suffer mental or physical breakdowns. In many cases the teen may even die from attempt suicide or car accident. In Montgomery Country two teenager was killed in a car accident‚ after leaving a party drunk and driving over the speed limits. Knowing that they were underage‚ if the father who hosted the party had never let the teens drink‚ then the two death could have been
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Lowering the Drinking Age: A Problem or a Solution? Why is it that 18 year old citizens‚ like myself‚ can legally obtain a driver’s license‚ register to vote‚ be forced into jury duty or a draft‚ can be tried as an adult and even be put to death‚ but cannot buy and consume alcoholic beverages legally? It is hard for me to comprehend as a young American that we can be permitted or subjected to perform actions that affect the lives of other people‚ but we are not allowed to have the freedom of choice
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