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    For many years people have discussed whether autistic children or teens should be placed in regular classes‚ given special aides‚ or if they should be placed in special classes. In the book‚ The Spark‚ by Kristine Barnett‚ it talks about how Kristine’s son‚ Jacob‚ otherwise known as Jake‚ and how he was diagnosed with autism at age two‚ yet he overcame all of the stereotypes placed on autistic children. Jacob was in special ed class‚ but his mother pulled him out because he was not making any progress

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    “625‚000 teens became pregnant in 2010.” (Kaplan) Birth control is available to any teenager without parental consent in almost all states‚ excluding Texas and Utah. Teen girls should be able to have access to birth control without parental consent because it helps prevent teen pregnancy‚ it prevents young women from having to give their child up for adoption or having an abortion‚ and there are other benefits to taking hormonal contraceptives besides preventing pregnancy. About three in ten American

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    Should teens undergo cosmetic surgery? In today’s society the picture of beauty is a rail thin super model with the body of a goddess posted on billboards all around the world. Children are brought up playing with Barbie dolls with the body measurements of would be 39‚ 18‚ 38. Because of these pictures and other figures of beauties projected all over‚ today teenagers are convinced to believe that to be beautiful and happy they must look like these images. According to a survey by Bliss Magazine

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    Teens Should Have Cells Phones Cell phones‚ can always somehow be a very useful electronic. Cell Phones are always needed; like what if something happened‚ and it was an emergency you would need a phone to call your parents‚ police‚ or the hospital. (911) Cell phones are needed also when you have to call your parents to tell them that you are going to your friends house after school so that they wouldn’t worry. A big percentage of school don’t and do allow cell phones on school campuses

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    Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crimes Not long ago‚ juveniles were expected to behave and act as any adult would. This extended to obeying laws where juveniles were viewed as adults and were subject to the same rules and regulations as adults. There was no separation of juvenile crime and adult crime and the law made no distinction based on the age of the offender. Whoever committed a crime‚ regardless of age‚ were given a certain consequence for their actions. It wasn’t until the 1900’s when the

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    Coleen S. February 26‚ 2015 H-143 TEEN PREGNANCY Teen pregnancy is a pregnancy in female human-beings who are below the age of twenty years. Teenage pregnancy is a problem for all involved. Early pregnancy is a serious problem for teenagers. Teenagers who are pregnant cannot usually support the child on their own. Early pregnancy can have various possible reasons. Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged has it has effect

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    and energy drinks‚ but one drink that adults need but usually don’t want is water. Most adults fall short of the suggested amount of water that they should drink. Adults should drink at least one half-gallon of water everyday. Water is needed for human survival and can help speed up the metabolism of the human body. Water is essential for the human body to process properly. According to water.usgs.gov‚ “in adult men‚ about 60% of their bodies are water... adult women… have about 55% of their bodies

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    Drug dealing should not be a crime because it does not directly harm others or force them to harm themselves. I will start evaluating this statement by checking the argument from any hidden premises to make sure that it is stated fully and in a clear way. Drug dealing should not be a crime is not a true statement because drug dealing has been illegal through the world for over a century now‚ it is also the cost of the cost of the biggest problems our government and the society is facing today. Dealing

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    2011) Tutor Jan Evans Violent films may lead a violent life (1173 words) by Yuan Tutorial group Friday 10-12. Abstract The paper on the influence of exposure to violent movie on teenagers’ cognitive structure is debated. Three viewpoints of how violent movie influence young people’s values and ideas are discussed: 1 Violent movie content causes teenagers to produce wrong values.2 Film violence improves teenagers’ threshold for violent behaviours.3 Movie violence leads

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    Vincent Chen Ms. Brantely ENGL 1105 27 November 2012 Violence as a Tool With increasing violent crime rates in America people wonder who and what cause this. The blame tends to fall upon violent media. Media wants to spread information on the events of the world. We live in a violent world and the news on television shows that. The news tells use about shootings and people getting raped and murdered. The blame cannot fall on media for doing their job and providing news that people would like

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