Imagine being a teenager again in today’s schools‚ basically running through the halls with arms full of books‚ so there might be enough time to get into assigned lockers‚ hoping that nothing drops off the pill of books that is being carrying. According to Northeast Middle/High School Handbook‚ it is restricted for students to having any form of carrying bag during the school day with the exceptions for P.E. class and laptop case (provided by school). Although the Northeast Student Handbook prohibits
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times of school‚ my position on this topic was that the start times should be pushed back. My main claim is “In recent discussions of school start timed‚ some debate has occurred about if schools should start later. On one hand‚ supporters of later start times believe that kids’ brains aren’t fully awake for an 8 am class. On the other hand‚ however‚ opponents argue schools start time should stay the same. The opposition feels that if schools start later‚ that means that all after school activities
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Amber Watkins-Beck March 7‚ 2013 Informative Speech 2:00 T-TH How to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy carries high cost in terms of both the social and economic health of mothers and their children. Teenage mothers are less likely to receive prenatal care‚ and their children are more likely to be born before term‚ to have low birth weights‚ and to have developmental problems. Teenage mothers are also less likely to complete their education than moms over twenty years of age. Teenage
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Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy has dramatically decreased within the last decade because of the increased used of contraception. In 2012‚ the National Center for Health statistics recorded 29 births for every 1‚000 girls‚ which has decreased since 1991 when 62 births per 1‚000 girls was recorded. Although it has decreased‚ teen pregnancy remains at the highest rate in industrialized countries such as the United States. Not only does teen pregnancy affect the young teen parents but the child as
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controversy is on! The Supreme Court has ruled to have limits on what students can say in the school newspaper. After a battle between the Supreme Court and the District Court‚ they’ve came to a conclusion that the school newspaper should be about educational news only. Personally‚ I agree; some teens are bullied each day‚ students are rebellious‚ and teachers should limit them mainly because its school property. We all know that some students just don’t care. They are rebellious and do not really
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you would like to get better grades in school? How many of you would like to be able to participate in more after school activities? Well one way both of those things could happen is by making school start at nine o’clock. When you make school start later students could participate in after school activities‚ they would get better grades‚ and less students would be sleep deprived. All middle schools and high schools should start at nine o’clock. If school started at nine o’clock then students would
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teenage depression. Teens often go into teenage depression without it being known‚ but with very noticeable habits. Memory loss‚ sadness‚ anxiety‚ staying awake at night and sleeping all day‚ difficulty with concentrating‚ or withdrawl can all be symptoms showing depression with a teen. Teenagers usually become depressed because of their poor performance in school‚ social status with peers‚ sexual orientation‚ or family/friends life. The functioning of the teenage brain begins to work differently‚ and
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Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is an overwhelming problem in the United States. In 2006‚ the rate of teen pregnancy had increased for the first time in a decade and it remains the highest among developed countries in the world. “About 40 percent of American women become pregnant before the age of 20. The result is about 1 million pregnancies each year among women ages 15 to 19. Only half of those pregnancies end in actual births” (Casey.) Concerned parents‚ educators‚ and healthcare workers
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Teens at High Risk of Suicide Teen suicide is a major problem in today’s society and it is totally preventable. This issue needs to be taken care of immediately. Teen should not be taking their lives intentionally. Teen suicide is derived from three major factors: bullying‚ drug/alcohol abuse‚ and most commonly mental illness. It has been a pretty popular topic in the media world but it still just gets pushed under the rug. Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States
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Teen Suicide - The Unknown Epidimic Every year‚ thousands of youth die in the United States‚ not by cancer‚ car accidents‚ and other diseases‚ but by their own hand. These people make the choice that they want to die and they take there own life. Suicide‚ the term given to the act of killing oneself‚ is the third leading cause of death among people that are 15 to 25 years of age. It is estimated that 500‚000 teenagers try to kill themselves during the course of one year. During the adolescent
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