7.5 Teen Pregnancy Work File Complete each of the activities below. Fact: Teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school and only about one-third obtain a high school diploma. Fact: Teenage births are associated with lower annual income for the mother‚ 80% of whom eventually rely on welfare. 1. Read the two facts above and choose one of them. Discuss the possible ramifications for the teen parent’s future and the future of the child. (5 sentence minimum) (10 points) The teen
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Ashanti Meade Kat Writing 9c April 12‚ 2013 Is MTV And Motion Pictures Promoting Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy has been around for more than a decade and the number of teenage pregnancy more and more in the U.S. especially for people for an African American decent or Hispanic decent (as seen on the graph below) But the question is‚ “Is MTV and motion pictures responsible for it all?” With shows on MTV like “Teen Mom” and “16 and pregnant” along with the movie “Juno” directed by Jason Reitman and
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the rapid boom in teenage pregnancy across various cities in America. Since the early eighties MTV has been considered somewhat of a cultural phenomenon for American adolescents and its depiction of gender has a strong impact that continues to this day (Holtzman 2000). Created by Morgan J. Freeman (director of teen shows Dawson’s Creek and Laguna Beach)‚ the show “16 & Pregnant” has been said to be guilty of exacerbating‚ normalizing and even glorifying teen pregnancy. Perhaps‚ it’s just reflecting
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always done everything together. They make straight A’s in school and belong to a wealthy family‚ and soon they decide to come up with a pack. The pack is for every one of them to become pregnant by their boyfriend or a random guy. Planning the pregnancy pack‚ the girls are unaware of the consequences that their actions may bring them. Now picture a young female around the age of sixteen who feels very unwanted and unloved by society and even her own parents. Feeling abandoned and alone‚ she decides
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When it comes to the topic of teenage pregnancy‚ most of us will readily agree that TV shows like ‘16 and pregnant’ encourage teenage girls to start their own family at a young age. Where this agreement usually ends however‚ is on the question of rather TV show ’16 and pregnant’ have helped teenage girls from getting pregnant at a young age. Whereas some are convinced that the show has reduced teenage pregnancy rates‚ others maintain that the show is not something teenagers should be watching because
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Teen pregnancy is a thing that ultimately alters a teen’s future forever with negative side effects. In the United States‚ 2‚800 teenagers become pregnant each day. When I graduated in 2011; out of al the girls I graduated with 10 of those girls have had babies. One of them just had her second baby this year. I think more needs to be done to make girls realize that it affects their future‚ their children’s‚ the baby’s father‚ and other family members. I couldn’t imagine having a baby at
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teenagers get pregnant for the wrong reasons. Every year 750‚000 teens get pregnant. Hispanic girls have the highest rate of being pregnant. A lot of teens get pregnant‚ but out of 750‚000 only 400‚000 give birth. Three quarters of a million teens between 15-19 become pregnant each year. Teens when they become pregnant some don’t plan to be pregnant‚ but some girls do plan on being pregnant. Out of 750‚000 teens being pregnant
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child‚ society still felt that was a rather low age to withhold a pregnancy. Upon my reading of Cathy Gulli’s article on teenage pregnancy‚ she opens reader’s eyes to a bigger picture upon youth sex‚ or what I call “sex for dummies.” In “Suddenly Teen Pregnancy is Cool?” she stresses her opinion that modern things in society such as celebrities‚ movies‚ home life and many other things are issues that ignite the fuel of teen pregnancy. She also put emphasis on the generation‚ age‚ as well as countries
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Formal outline Title: Pro-Life Topic: Abortion Specific purpose: Making people realize how wrong is to kill an innocent child. Thesis statement: Life is a gift from God and abortion a punishment to an innocent child. Introduction: There’s no better thing in life than the power of giving it to someone and there’s no such horrible thing as taking someone life. Babies are alive since the day they are conceive‚ so are you willing to be a killer? As Dr. Seuss said “A person’s is a person‚ no
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Sentence Combining Combine the sentences in each group below into one sentence‚ using subordination and coordination to eliminate repetition and redundancy so that the content is expressed clearly and concisely. Please place your completed worksheet in the appropriate dropbox. 1. The Globe Theatre was rebuilt. The new building was located in a disreputable borough. This borough was officially named The Clink It was famous for its profusion of brothels. It
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