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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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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Teenage pregnancy is affecting the graduation rate in high schools. All over the nation the dropout rate of students is increasing‚ of which teen pregnancy is often a factor. “Approximately 1‚000 high school students will drop out with each hour that passes in a school day in America. This means that 30 percent of the class of 2007‚ or 1.2 million students‚ were estimated to have dropped out last year” (National Women’s Law Center‚ 2007). Many factors combine to affect a pregnant or parenting teen’s
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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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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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people? With the research the author has done‚ there are many ways that adults/parents can do to help reduce teen drug use. Some of those can be by relying more on prevention programs that have been proven to work. Much of his research also shows many of studies that were done by universities that showed that much of drug use was caused by families and friends. He believes that preventing teen drug use will need to become a priority for our society because drug usage has been proven to begin at a young
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Does Access To Condoms Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy? Betsy Harkless Ivy Tech English 093 Abstract for “Does Access to Condoms Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy?” My purpose for choosing this topic for my essay is purely for the fact that I know 20 girls right of the top of my head that are my age that are either pregnant or already have baby. So this topic kind of hits home for me. In Bartholomew Country alone‚ the teen birth rate for every 1‚000 girls age 15-17 is 20.3%. That means that for out
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Family Adaptation on Pregnancy In Barangay Tunasan‚ Arandia Street‚ Muntinlupa City A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of College of Nursing Lyceum of the Philippines University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of the Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing By Gelilio‚ Roche Marie Belle D. THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction and Background of the Study Based on latest Census of Population and Housing‚ which was conducted last May 1 2010‚ the household
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Connections Between Parental Involvement and Academic Achievement Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Students Arelí Dohner-Chávez Abstract This study used a correlational design to investigate how parental involvement and ethnicity (Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic) is related to the academic achievement (measured by grade point average) of college students. Participants included 48 Hispanic and 40 non-Hispanic college students who were asked about parental involvement received during their primary education
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