The loss of life is always a tragedy‚ especially if it is a life cut short. So anything that could prevent such tragedies from occurring are almost always brought into effect. Case in point many states have placed restrictions on anyone under 18 as to what they are allowed to do behind the wheel of a car. These restrictions were seen as the right way to cut the amount of fatal car accidents involving 16-17 year old drivers and for the most part it did. With these restrictions the there appeared
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greatest democracy. He suggest that the internet is the catalyst of the uprising. He interpreted Ghonim’s statement about the internet as powerful it moves him and makes him clearly understand the importance of the internet to the world. Rashwan’s essay explains how the internet plays a big role on overthrowing the Egypt’s government. The internet gave the Egyptian’s more power‚ to freely express their feeling and organize an uprising. He have an emotional attidute towards the uprising. “I remember
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Driving can end lives in mere seconds‚ don’t we want what is safer for everyone? Even though teens are more likely to be distracted while driving I believe that the Maryland state government should consider changing the current driving age‚ whether it be raised or lowered because of the following reasons. On the one hand teens have accelerative impulses which can cause them to be unsafe on the road. On the other hand teens can learn responsibility from learning to drive at an earlier age with
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For example‚ The brain damage sustained when a nine year old drinks alcohol regularly is indisputable and causes irreparable damage. The age is very particular‚ and the drinking age should not be too low or the brain damage could harm future generations. From around 16 or 17 years old and younger‚ both the cognitive restraint and physical brain are not developed enough to allow for proper judgment when it comes
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Raising the Legal Driving Age from 16 to 18 years old There is currently a debate occurring in Illinois and several other states regarding the legal age for obtaining a driver’s license. Changing the legal driving age from 16 to 18 years old‚ following a series of mandated courses‚ tests‚ and experience behind the wheel. Some of the primary arguments for doing so revolve around driver and public safety while the arguments for keeping the legal age at its current 16 years of age center on drivers’
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get a thrill so you do things like what me and many other people who live in a small town. Although some believe that the drinking age should remain the same‚ I believe that it should be lowered to 18 because it will diminish the thrill of breaking the law‚ we can do other important things when we turn 18‚ and other countries have lowered or got rid of the drinking age so what makes our brains any different. According to procon.org” Normalizing alcohol consumption as something done responsibly in
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The age children should be considered adults is 18 because their brains are more developed and they are able to support themselves. When children graduate high-school they leave optimistic and ready to start the rest of their lives. A lot of the time you have to be a certain age to be able to do certain things such as driving. “A slight majority‚ 53%‚ think teens should at least be 18 to get a license.” according to “Is 16 too Young to Drive a Car?” People may think this because at the age of
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Minimum Driving Age Needs to be raised Should the minimum driving age be raised? 15-to-20-year-olds only make up 17% (13.2 million) of the total licensed drivers on the U.S. Teenagers have been involved in many car accidents since 1998. Car crashes among 15-to-20-year-olds have been recorded and studied by Mr. masten and his colleagues. car crashes involving teenagers were really high in 1998; however rules and programs have been applied to teach teens how to be responsible and know how to handle
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have disagreed that the minimum driving age should be raised from 16 to 18. It should stay at 16. There are many advantages to driving at an age younger than 18. Various teenagers are unable to participate in extracurricular activities due to no available way to get to and from the activity‚ teens are able to get jobs and need a way of transportation without depending so much on their parents‚ and numerous high school graduates are younger than 18 or just turned 18. First of all‚ various upperclassmen
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Lowering the Drinking Age Since the drinking age has been raised to twenty-one in 1984‚ there has been alarming evidence that illegal drinking still occurs between the ages of eighteen to twenty-four‚ more prominently on college campuses. Although there are a plethora of reasons as to why the drinking age has been raised‚ there are extensively fundamental reasons as to why the drinking age needs to be lowered in an effort to halt the rising illegal drinking rate. These reasons include teaching responsibility
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