Debate Outline Team Members: Proposition: Should the drinking age be lowered to age 18? Position: Con Central Contentions or Claims Narration: The MLDA affects you; it affects me‚ all of us. Imagine being invited to a party and feeling uncomfortable because those around you are drunk and disorderly. Imagine going to college and not being able to focus on your school work because campus partying is even more common than before; the only difference is that now it’s legal. That’s
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in the hands of an irresponsible under aged person‚ can be deadly. Furthermore‚ for anyone to consider lowering the legal drinking age from 21‚ to 18‚ in my opinion is simply ludicrous. John Bowersox reports‚ “Since Colonial times‚ drinking alcohol has been part of American culture and its use by young people has been accepted by many as part of growing up. In fact‚ during the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ many States lowered the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. Following this change‚ the number
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Thinking about divorce‚ is to contemplate divorce not only as a single event that impacts the family as a whole‚ but preferably as a process. Divorce is one of the many life changing experiences. It’s an action that is made between a married couple to conclude their married relationship. It is a serious problem because it results in families splitting apart. It affects the life aspects of the children because they have to adjust to their new environment. There are many reasons why married couples
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“Teenage Drinking”). Drinking at a young age greatly increases the risk of developing an alcohol problem later in life (Teenage Drinking: Understanding the Dangers and Talking to Your Child‚ “Teenage Drinking”). Talking to teenagers early and openly about the risks of drinking can help reduce a teenagers’ chance of becoming a problem drinker (“Teenage Drinking”). Could the influence of a parent or an adult truly influence teenagers not to drink until the age of twenty-one? Teenagers can learn to drink
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Topic – Divorce and how it affects children Question – What details surrounding their parents’ divorce should children be exposed to? Thesis statement: Although divorce can be necessary in some situations‚ it can have a physical‚ mental and emotional effect on children and can influence their everyday lives. Unresolved feelings and expressions of favouritism towards one parent by a child‚ can be the outcome of attempts to shelter children‚ by withholding details of their parents’ divorce. The pain
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to that serious fact‚ an idea of increasing the driving age to 18 with a minimum of 18 months on ‘P’ plates has been suggested to reduce the number of teens’ deaths by car accidents. Although that proposal will lead to some inconvenience for young drivers‚ it can prevent them from unsafe and immature way of driving‚ which guarantees the reduction on teens crashes. One drawback of the issue that the driving age should be increased to the age of eighteen is the inconvenience caused to teenagers. Driving
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Divorce is not uncommon anymore like how it used to be looked down upon. Today according to the American Psychology Association there is a 40 to 50 percent chance of married couples will end up in divorce. The divorce rate today is higher than what it has ever been. About 25 percent of children in the US live with only one parent (Bernet‚ Children of high-conflict divorce face many challenges). Most of the time a divorce will take a toll on the family‚ some families cope with the divorce well‚ while
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John Smith Negative: The legal drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18. Introduction We believe that the drinking age across the United States should stay at 21 years of age. Several states are currently petitioning that the drinking age be lowered; however‚ we find this to be dangerous and extremely unnecessary. The first reason why we would like the drinking age to stay the same is because of history. From the end of Prohibition (when alcohol was not allowed to be manufactured
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AN ESSAY The Effect of Divorce on Children Family values are highly praised. When the family is broken up it can lead to divorce and ultimately many negative implications. So what is effect of divorce on children? Is it always negative? Needless to say‚ in today’s society‚ divorce has become a norm in our lives. Married couples today split up due to many different reasons‚ either because of conflicts in the marriage‚ lost of romantic feelings‚ a spouse committing an affair or some other type
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To Divorce or Not to Divorce? Mark Ghantous Mrs. Diala Encel Sophomore Rhetoric 202 December 13‚ 2011 To Divorce or Not to Divorce? Divorce‚ being the final step in a detrimental marriage‚ brings upon the gruesome decision as to whether a married couple wishes to end that once made commitment they had for each other. Aside from it terminating the love and harmony the couple must have once encountered‚ it annihilates the legal duties and authorized responsibilities among
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