Why A Young Person’s Friends Are Their Biggest Influences People often wonder what motivates young people to act the way they act. Why do they drink and do drugs‚ stay out after curfew‚ and become the people they are? In fact‚ statistics show that 30.2% of young adults are given‚ offered‚ or sold drugs in high school or middle school (“Love to Know Teens”). Research also shows that teens have their first drink or smoke with or because of their friends. Their friends are their motivation to try
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Sarah Mills WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A GRADE: We all have different thought processes and skills‚ so why are we individuals all tested by the same means? Society tries to change us to fit into their puzzle called life‚ when we should be changing the picture. This is the same society that tells us abortions is wrong yet looks down on teenage parents. This society also sells products to promote healthy skin and hair‚ yet the women on the package have hair extensions‚ fake nails‚ and are photo shopped
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Is it More Harm than Good? In terms of technology‚ I cannot say that I am an expert nor am I ignorant to its uses and benefits. Technology is everywhere and makes life more appealing and easier to the human living in the 21st century. Everywhere we go‚ everything we do; technology is there. With the rapid advancement of technology‚ humans have been able to simplify complex systems that were once considered daily challenges. Without a doubt technology has helped the human race accomplish some
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Why do Teenagers use drugs? Young people try drugs for many reasons including relaxation‚ socializing‚ curiosity or peer pressure. Alcohol‚ tobacco and cannabis are the most commonly used drugs by teenagers. Around one in five teenagers have tried cannabis at least once. Parents can reduce the risk of drugs for their children with some strategies Some strategies to avoid children using drugs may be: * Model appropriate behavior such as drinking moderately‚ not smoking and not using illicit
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from her so called best friend Kelci and when asked why she stole it‚ her rationale was “she should have been paying attention.” She doesn’t limit her actions to the students‚ she also disrespects the Instructors art by touching it and even painting her work with-out her permission. I am speaking about a third grader. This is a child that should know better and do better. But yet‚ she acts nothing like any of her peers in the class. I contend that the Permissive nature of parents ultimately influenced
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Teenagers are a big subject of today’s media. We hear about them on the radio while we’re driving and on the TV at home. The media represents teenagers in a way that comes across as them being reckless alcoholics who are breaking the law. This is not always the case with the youth of today. There are many well-behaved teenagers out there. The following quote from Plato‚ I believe is false “What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders‚ they disobey their parents. They ignore
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Alyssa Reitano Poetry Final Draft: Paper 2 Oct 31 2010 More Than Meets the Eye Through the use of poetic techniques like alliteration‚ caesura‚ and sentence structure the meaning of these poems can be determined. Both author’s create a bond between words and brings about the feeling of the poems. After reading both “Bleeding” by May Swenson and “Beware : do not read this poem” by Ishmael Reed‚ they both contain elements of aural and visual effects to call attention to the relationship within
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Friends or family...I have been thinking about this. Its a lot to be said about this sensitive subject. So I have asked that question myself.Is my family or my friends more important to me? Some people say the relationships we have with our friends are more important than those we have with our family. Others put relationships with family above our friends. Friends. Real friends‚ the ones that support you no matter what and you support them. You can rely on true friends and they can rely on you.
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Women make better parents than men and this is the reason why they have the greater role in raising children in most societies. Others claim that men are just as good as women at parenting. Introduction A quality relationship between parents and their children is the most important thing in a family and in children’s development. For parents‚ the most precious asset of their life will always be their children. As a result‚ their priorities will be to raise their children’s to become better people
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Islam More Than A Religion Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States‚ Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or nothing about Islam‚ they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort
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