The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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estimated 30.6 million US students eat school lunches‚ yet only 6% of school lunch programs meet the nutritional requirements made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“Three Facts About”). Although the lunch criteria has changed by requiring more fruits‚ vegetables‚ and whole grain choices‚ there are still countless steps to be taken to make school lunches more nutritious. In public schools‚ there are many unhealthy choices given to children for lunch‚ and there should be a change to offer healthier foods
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This is 16 Sixteen is a new beginning. It is the time where you learn how to drive‚ realize who your real friends are‚ and discover who you want to become as a person. It’s the chance to live your life but also learn how to be responsible. The age where you are going on college visits and adventuring out and exploring what’s out there to see what you want to do with the rest of your life. Sixteen is learning how to be grateful for what you have been given in life‚ but yearning for more. .A change
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when they hit their children with the intention of disciplining them. Spanking is still widely accepted in American society‚ which renders a controversial issue. There are two groups with opposing views on spanking. People who opposed to spanking believe that spanking is poor parenting that can cause negative effects on their children. Others‚ on the other hand‚ insist that spanking can be a practical and effective punishment. On this issue‚ I strongly believe that parents should stop spanking because
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Should the voting age in UK be changed to 16? Countries such as Austria have implemented this change already. It is natural for changes to take place as they are a sign of progress‚ however some are dedicated to the opinion‚ that allowing young members of society to vote might destabilize the country‚ as young politically unaware people might be easily persuaded and their opinion swayed‚ that they are not motivated to conduct a research in order to have a good understanding and knowledge of their
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Imagine yourself as a sixteen year-old. You just got your driver’s license‚ and are going to go cruising with your friends to celebrate. However‚ at about ten o’clock‚ your attention isn’t on the road‚ and you crash into another vehicle. Two of your friends die on scene‚ and your other friend is seriously injured. For thousands of teens each year‚ this is a reality. Sixteen year-old drivers are three times more likely to crash than seventeen year olds‚ five times more likely to crash than eighteen
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Juvenile Justice | Should Children be Tried as Adults? | Rick Penor 5/12/2010 | Juvenile Justice: Should children be tried as adults? Are youth capable of fully understanding the consequences that their actions may cause or are they mentally incapable of processing that information? Juveniles commit crimes just like adults. Sometimes the crimes they commit are heinous‚ but does that mean they are no longer a child? I believe there may be special cases when a youth should be tried as an adult
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Children like Jane Addams‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ and Woodrow Wilson who were born during the Gilded Age‚ better known as children of the Gilded Age‚ saw that industries like the rail road system and steel had gain so much power that they controlled the government in the country and saw the poverty people lived in. They all realize a need to reform the system and began a plan in the following years. Between the years 1890 and 1945 relationships between the government and the labor movement had many
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corporate leaders under scrutiny‚ both the corporate and academic communities have begun to examine what exactly is being taught to undergraduate business students. A noticeable flaw in the curriculum of most business degree programs is a lack of required ethics courses. To ensure that undergraduate business students develop a proper ethical foundation to survive in the socially responsible corporate realm‚ it is essential that all accredited business degree programs make business ethics courses
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Should Military Service Be Required or Not Few people know that according to the Center for Social Development‚ George Warren Brown School of Social Work and Washington University; Cyprus‚ Denmark‚ Finland‚ Germany‚ Jamaica‚ Kenya‚ Malaysia‚ Mexico‚ Nigeria‚ Norway‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Switzerland‚ and Taiwan (Republic of China) require youth national service. According to John Greenya‚ a freelance writer who has written for The Washington Post‚ New Republic‚ and other publications‚ writes there
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