crib. Then when they could ride a bike they would have a helmet‚ knee pads‚ and elbow pads to save them from getting hurt. However at age 16 they let their kid jump in a car and drive when they can get themselves killed by reckless driving. That is why the driving age needs to be raised so parents can protect their kids for a little longer. Rising the legal driving age would save teenagers lives. More than 5‚000 teenagers die each year in car accidents (Lund).That is too many minors dying each year
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Should people be forced to retire at age 65? Why or why not? At sixty-five years of age‚ and with a healthy body capable of office work just as before; retirement seems like an option that could otherwise be denied. With an average lifespan of over seventy years for men and over eighty years for women in Canada‚ retiring at sixty-five becomes a waste of those who are still able to continue on with their careers. Physical jobs that require extreme fitness‚ however‚ can be said as another case
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Should the legal driving age be raised to eighteen years of age? Well‚ take into consideration that some sixteen year olds have jobs and other things to attend to such as extracurricular activities. Raising the driving age to eighteen would cause a big problem in getting them to school‚ work or any places they might need a license to get to. Think of all of the parents who have to work early‚ preventing them from taking their sixteen year old to school or work. Then tell me. Would you still make
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Should the legal driving age stay at 16? Despite what people might think‚ most car accidents aren’t caused by the age of the driver. Car accidents are caused by the lack of experience or knowledge of the road. Sixteen is the perfect age to drive because it’s the age where teenagers start to mature and learn how to deal with responsibility. Driving is a necessary part of life. Teenagers drive themselves to school and to work‚ they help pick up a bit of the responsibilities their parents have
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and cognitive (takings one’s mind away from the driving task). Factors causing these distractions are cell phones‚ passengers‚ and adolescent’s poor cognitive skills. Due to the adolescents being pre-mature and accident prone‚ the legal age to obtain a license should be 21 in order to improve young driving skills and create a safer environment on the road. In present day society‚ teenagers are known for making bad decisions and not taking serious matters‚ seriously! Whether it’s that they’re simply
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Imaginative Conversation Why does ZZ Packer write her essay with mostly conversing through language? In the short story Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ ZZ Packer consistently uses the art of conversation. She uses this type of language throughout her short story while either a group of people are talking or just man to man conversations. First off this short story is about an African American woman named Dina and she just arrived at orientation at the University Yale. In class she quickly meets
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disputes and requests that the driving age limit should be raised from 16 to 21 years of age. Many people have very opposing thoughts to this subject. Both sides have positives and negatives to both sides of the situation. Some people even believe that the driving age should be lowered. I think the driving age should NOT be raised to 21 because it gives kids more freedom‚ teaches them responsibility and helps teens overall. One reason the driving age limit should not be raised is because it gives new
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Should We Raise The Driving Age To 18? 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 old’s
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Underage Drinking: Annotated Bibliography Alexis Richter Comp 2 February 27th‚ 2010 Engs‚ Ruth C. "Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research." CQ Researcher. N.p.‚ 20 Mar. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . The article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Option based upon Research” is about twenty years of research based underage drinking done by Ruth Engs. It talks about the way things were in the past compared to how things are now. The research done
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Essay – Why the Voting Age Should Be 21 My persuasive essay topic is why the voting age should be raised to 25 instead of 18. Some people think it should be lowered. Some think the current age is fine. Some people think it should be raised to 21‚ which I agree with. Here’s some reasons I think this should be. The first reason I think that the voting age should be raised to the age 21 is because 18 year olds have very little real life experience. When a person is 21 years of age‚ they have more experience
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