My city council is considering making a curfew that would make it illegal for teens to be on the streets after 10:00 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends. I highly disagree with the curfew for many reasons. For one‚ Some people have to work. Some people are forced to travel at night because of work and sometimes their children. I strongly feel that the curfew will cause problems for people who are working‚ traveling‚ and socializing.. One reason that I do not like the idea of a curfew is because
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Curfew Having the time of your life with your best friends‚ it’s just past dusk when suddenly you hear sirens. You’re not sure what you did wrong‚ yet the cops still pulled up to you and your friends‚ and now you’re in trouble. Apparently this thing called “curfew” is why the cops are taking you back to the station. Curfew started in the 1990’s when cities with rising crime rate with teen. Most curfew hours are in the evening and night. Curfew is a law that limits the hours that teenagers under
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Should teens have a curfew? Many people say that "teen years" are supposed to be the time of our lives‚ have fun‚ do stupid things. However‚ some teens have a little too much fun and seem to do reckless things. Setting a curfew for a teen will keep a teen out of trouble legally. Teens should have a curfew because it is for their safety as well as setting boundaries. Especially during the schoolyear because they still need a decent amount of sleep at night. During
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Curfew is and always will be a problem for teenagers. When you tell a teen what to do they go totally against your word. Most teenagers feel that they need liberty and need to enjoy their lives. Recently‚ the city council is considering a curfew that will make it illegal for all jersey city teens to be out on the streets after 10pm. Freedom means a lot to teenagers and if that gets taken away‚ they will be practically left with nothing. The curfew law can effect adolescents negatively because many
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have you ever had a curfew? Having to be home at a certain time before you get in trouble with either your parents or even the law. This is very annoying because some teens have a reason to be out late and don’t cause trouble. Not only do we as teens get in trouble but‚ “There is also parental responsibility in the curfew laws. Parents can be held responsible if their children are caught out after curfew.”(Pima County Sheriff Department) The government shouldn’t enforce teen curfews because sometimes
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punishments? “Age is not an accomplishment‚ and youth is not a sin” (Robert Heinlein). When a curfew is established the effected people‚ who are the teenagers‚ are not asked for their vote or opinion‚ they are not being allowed to exercise their freedom of speech. Although some people believe that there should be a law made for children to be home at a certain hour‚ government should not be allowed to mandate curfews for children and teenagers‚ more teen crimes have been committed during the day rather
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Professor Richard Wakefield English 103 October 6‚ 2012 Elements of Language in the poem “Curfew” The author of the poem “Curfew” uses two elements of language‚ symbols and images. A “symbol” in Michael Meyers book “Poetry‚” is defined as a person‚ an object‚ an image‚ a word‚ or an event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance (153). Michael Meyers defines “image” as a word‚ phrase‚ or figure of speech that addresses the senses
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Taking away Youth Freedom A youth curfew in Oakland is a waste of time for a lot of Police. Crime is still the same with or without a curfew and a curfew would take away teenagers freedom. At night there’s danger all around Oakland and you can hear the screaming and gunshots. Many teenagers have been killed lead to many to argue that teenagers should have a curfew at night. A youth curfew would get teenagers home by 10 pm and if they stayed out past that time‚ a police would be allowed to pull
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Allyson Walker Teenage Curfew Laws Imagine this: you are reading a newspaper. In big‚ bold print is headlined “Teen Shot By Criminal Running from Cops at Midnight.” For most cities‚ this is not abnormal. The term “curfew” is very broad. It’s meaning and level of importance varies from area to area. Although many regions all over the world do have a law prohibiting young children to be out past a certain time‚ there are still many places that do not enforce these time limits. One of the easiest
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Curfew laws vary from state to state or city to city. Teen laws in the state of Georgia often say that any child under the age of 18 can not be out past a certain time. Then again this law varies between the cities of Georgia. Curfew laws are set to help decrease the juvenile crime rates in the start of Georgia. These laws are also out to save minors from criminals. Certain fines and charges can be held against any teens that break this law. I have learned from experience that I will not break this
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