and/or alcohol. Given that most "mature" adults are inadequately equipped to deal with the pitfalls of addiction‚ it stands to reason that teenagers and young adults would utterly be helpless to fight off the effects associated with teen substance abuse. The Real World of Teen Substance Abuse There is no shortage of statistical data showing that the United States has significant drug issues among its young people. Despite recent declines‚ 14.2 of the teenagers between the ages of 12 and 20 reported heavy
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Becoming a teen Mom At the age of nineteen‚ instead of partying and hanging out with my friends‚ I had to become a mature and responsible adult. On October the 25th I got the most shocking news a teenage girl could ever imagine. There was so many thoughts going through my mind‚ I was scared‚ nervous‚ shocked and did not know what to expect from this situation. What will my family and friends think of me? My friends and I made a pack that we will never have children. I broke our secret society code
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person’s life‚ and it is the best chose anyone can make. If a student drops out‚ what he or she can look forward to is having; low paying jobs‚ a hard life‚ poverty‚ and most definitely a criminal record. “By far‚ though‚ the most common reason for teens leaving school is poor performance.”(Stewart). Some students do not like school in general‚ or the school he or she is attending. Many are failing‚ getting poor grades‚ or he or she just cannot keep up with all their school work. Some do not get
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Name: Jessinia Figueroa Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Drunk Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Information Why is this problem‚ especially for teen drivers? -equal amounts of alcohol usually affect young people more than older ones. -young people have limited experience in both driving and drinking Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. -The crash rate for 16-year-old drivers is 1.8 times higher than drivers
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Why Teens Shouldn’t Diet Dieting can be defined as restricting calories or food groups (Deal with Diets: kidshealth.org). With the number of obese people growing‚ it’s no wonder that people are starting to diet‚ and "in 1988‚ Americans spent 32 billion dollars on diets and diet products (Baird: Women’s Health Fact Sheet)." A problem arises when teens start restricting their food‚ because dieting can be very harmful to a teenager’s still-developing body. It can also be harmful to the teen’s psychological
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Teen Drug Abuse Since the mid 19th century‚ drugs always have been part of human life. Drugs today affect most of the teenagers in our society. There are many reasons why teenagers justify their use of recreational drugs. Many believe that taking drugs can relieve them of boredom and also they believe it can help them cope with stress and make them feel happy. In my opinion everyone should stay far away from drugs‚ because drugs can have a very negative effect on their physical and also their
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Teen pregnancy and media Specific purpose: Have teenagers aware the risk and consequences of teen pregnancy l. Today I will be talking about the way the authors and creators of a television commercial and newspaper article influence us to their opinion by writing the way they do. The topic that I am studying is Teenage Pregnancy. This topic is always going to be in the media for different reasons‚ and occasionally you hear about a story of a young girl getting pregnant due to un-safe sex. There
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Driving (MADD)‚ Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD)‚ and Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID) are organizations trying to stop teenage drunk driving. These organizations offer support for victims of drunk drivers‚ as well as presenting more information on teen drunk driving. As a result of their efforts more than 2‚000 state laws have been passed to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Laws such as not being able to buy any alcohol to anyone under the age of 21 and the BAC levels cannot pass more than .10 %
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to experience their whole lives. We claim that we care about these people and no one is there to help them stop themselves from it. Not many people say‚” I want to prevent teen suicide‚ I am going to donate money to help prevent this issue.’ We say things like this about cancer and AIDS. What about suicide? Ninety percent of teens that have committed suicide have in the least‚ one diagnosable‚ active psychiatric illness at the time of their death. Only thirty-three to fifty percent of them had mental
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Aubree Correll Monday/Wednesday 12:15-1:30 The Negative Effects of Bullying Specific Purpose: To persuade people that bullying has a negative effect on children. Thesis/Central Idea: To truly understand the effects of bullying it is important to learn about physical bullying‚ psychological bullying‚ and cyber bullying. Organizational Pattern: Statement of Fact: Topical I) Introduction A) Attention Getter: Have you or a loved one ever been bullied and had no one to come to the rescue
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