Indiana teens haven’t reduced their risky behavior by much in the past two years‚ according to the results of a national survey released Thursday.Drug and alcohol use was down but the smoking rates flat-lined. The percentage of teens reporting they had sex remained unchanged. And while Indiana teens reported that they get more exercise than the average teen‚ they don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables and too many of them are obese.The Indiana State Department of Health released the results of the
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Weirtz 1 Taylor Weirtz Susan Vogel English Composition II 1 November 2013 Why the Drinking Age should be Lowered in the United States The United Sates has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. For this reason‚ many citizens under the legal drinking age of twenty one find this unfair and defy the law. High school and college students ignore the rule and go overboard with excessive drinking. From 1920 to 1933 alcohol was prohibited in the United States. This occurred when President
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Mini Research Paper “While most teens are not even thinking about getting married when they are in high school‚ there are some teens who believe that they have found their soul mate and plan to get married at a young age. Marriage is a serious commitment and a life choice‚ so teens need to know what they are getting into. It is not a decision that should be made in haste.” –http://www.child.net/articals/marriage/ Teen marriage is fading away from society. It is no longer considered
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Suddenly teen pregnancy IS cool? 1. Teen pregnancy is up partly because there is less of a stigma associated with teen pregnancy since there is more of a "cultural permission" to be a younger mother. The rise is also partly due to the portrayal of celebrity teens such as Jamie Lynn Spears in the media and other cultural shifts‚ giving teens the idea that "having a baby is the new handbag". 2. The reason the authors use allusion in the first paragraph is to show the readers that teen pregnancy
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What is the background information on teen gambling? Gambling means taking part in any activity or game where you risk money‚ food & drinks or any valuable objects like an iPod or video game in order to win. Gambling is mostly about taking risks & having luck and knowledge or practice is not need in order to help a person win. Other games like pool or darts‚ for example requires knowledge on how to play the game‚ lots of practice and having the skills needed in order to influence the results. Card
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Should School Start Later? Adolescents today face a widely popular problem: sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation affects problem solving‚ attention skills‚ coping with stress and the ability to be alert. What I ask is what is sleep. Why do we need sleep? What is sleep to us teenagers? To me‚ sleep is one of the only moments where I can fully relax and recover from the events that happened in the day. I therefore believe that school should definitely start later. For one reason‚ it is a proven fact
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Persuasive Essay Teens and Sex Word Count: 871 Revised Persuasive Essay Teens and Sex The sexual activity of adolescences in America today is a critical issue that seems to be growing rapidly. With the mass media promoting almost every aspect of sex‚ teen sexuality has become one of the most important issues in our society. As society has entered into the age of “sexual revolution” in the twentieth century‚ children have grown more susceptible to the idea of sex. Regardless
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necessity and usefulness of vaccines as well as their safety has been called into question. Unfortunately‚ the amount of misinformation spread about vaccines has clouded the issue and divided parents on the subject. The truth is that vaccines are safe and should be made mandatory for all children. Most members of modern society either do not understand the threats that vaccines protect us against. In 1921‚ more than 15‚000 Americans died from diphtheria but since the implementation of mandatory vaccinations
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Should school start later By:landon Kleppin Can you believe we have to stay at school until 6 o’clock!!! The reason that I don’t agree with starting school later is due to the fact that I am a kid who has various sports to play or practice for after school.In this show I will be showing how a kid will feel if they were to start school at a later time.Evidence shows that a kid who goes to school later is tend to have their mind wander off and not pay attention.Next when you are at school and you
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Teen drinking is a serious problem and each year the statistics go higher and higher and more and more teens are drinking. This is a safety issue for teens are not old enough to know how to control their drinking. In an article I read called‚ “let my teenager drink”‚ written by T.R. Reid‚ suggests that it’s okay to let our teens drink. On the opposed side‚ Author Joseph A. Califano writes in his article that it is not okay to allow teens to drink. Reid does make some good points in his article
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