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    The Differences of Teenagers in the 1940s Compared to Teenagers Today Elizabeth Ann Murphy Keller Regional Gifted Center‚ Chicago Teacher: Sandra Cap "Teenager" was not even a word until the late 1940s. Zoot suits‚ bobby-soxers‚ soda shops‚ do not sound familiar. These were all things 1940 teenagers know. A teenager’s life in the 1940s and today is extremely different in the areas of high school life and home life. If you stepped into a classroom in the 1940s‚ you might see girls making dresses

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    Teen Driving

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    cause of death for teenagers. Fourteen percent of all deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents are teenagers. Teenage deaths due to cars occur a little over fifty percent of the time on weekends. Of all teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving. Of all injured teenagers in car accidents

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    Drowsy Driving

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    Deborah Salerno November 20‚ 2007 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DRIVING Nothing could prepare me for the news I received six years ago about the unexpected death of my close friend Joey. I will never forget the night he died. How I had been with him just minutes before‚ and how his death was totally unnecessary and preventable. A few weeks before Christmas in 2001‚ Joey‚ myself and a few of my other co-workers were closing down the local restaurant we worked at while attending Umass Lowell. It had

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    Driving and Texting

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    from texting and/or talking on their cell phones when driving a vehicle. When it comes to texting and driving‚ the texting can wait. If people would be more cautious when driving and put down the phones‚ not only would that reduce half of the accidents on the roads‚ but also ensure safer roads. When the average teenager begins driving‚ they also usually receive a cell phone to keep contact with adults. The problem with this is that teenagers‚ as well as adults‚ start using their cars and cell phones

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    Texting and Driving: Leads to Distraction Imagine driving down the road where the sun is shining and the wind is blowing in your hair‚ you’re having a grand old time driving and then all of a sudden someone rams in the back of your car. This is the behavior of texting while driving is proven to be unsafe. Maryland passed a new law about no cell phones in the hands of the driver while the vehicle is on; to use your cell phone it has to be hands free device. Having this law‚ people still text and

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    for sober driving ultimately presenting arguments against impaired driving. Driving sober must be the only way a person gets behind the wheel no doubt that impairs drive is costly. There is no evident to support any arguments against sober driving‚ nonetheless‚ statistics have proven the implications of impaired driving. In 2008‚ more than 1.4 million individuals were detained for DUI‚ yet that figure speaks to under one percent of the self-detailed episodes of alcohol-impaired driving‚ as indicated

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    There are many social problems that teenagers go through. The most recognised problems are teenage drinking and driving‚ and teen suicide. These two social behaviours teenagers go through are the leading causes of teenage death. Alcohol‚ the most widely used and abused drug among youth‚ causes serious and potentially life-threatening problems for this population. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Society faces several questions‚ like why do teens drink‚ what

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    Driving under the influence may not seem like a big ordeal to teens but in reality it should be taken more cautiously. When being in control of a running vehicle‚ driving drunk can have an effect on your mental and physical ability. This is where the problem goes unnoticed because many teens now a days think that they have the capability to hold their liquor and proceed on driving. What teens need to realize is that receiving a driver’s license is a privilege that should not be taken advantage of

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    4254 Teenagers Behind The Wheel June 19 of 2012‚ Nicholas Novaky drove his Durango into a tree on Wolfe Road in Budd Lake‚ New Jersey. It was 8:49 that Tuesday night when his mother got the call there had been an accident. Neil Solanky’s parents also got notified as being the passenger of the car wreck. The families of the two friends now mourn together in remembrance of the former high school students. These guys will never be able to do what they worked their entire lives for; Walk across

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    Text and Driving Introduction In todays generation‚ people have grown completely attatched to socializing‚ especially teens. But the two most favorite objects teens cherish is their phone and car. Phone; for texting‚ and car; for driving‚ They are both okay‚ but not together. What could texting and driving at the same time do? There are three main things. One

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