Lower the Drinking Age to 18 Over 700 soldiers under the age of 21 have lost their lives fighting in Iraq. And According to the government they were responsible enough to die for their country‚ but not responsible enough to have a drink of alcohol. In the United States a person is allowed to vote‚ join the military‚ and take the risks of life and death‚ and are considered a legal adult all at the age of 18. Therefore shouldn’t they also be trusted to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption
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Every penny counts. I believe the minimum wage should be raised because the minimum wage isn’t enough to support workers and their families‚ and it is good for economic recovery. Primarily‚ Majority of low wage workers are not teenagers‚ which means they have to provide for their families‚ and many are women. There are many expenses involved in taking care of a family‚ from groceries‚ to utilities‚ to entertainment. Low wage workers have a hard time with providing sufficiently for their families
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driving age for adolescents should stay at 16 rather than being changed to a higher age because high schoolers need the ability to drive after school and the age doesn’t result in fatalities‚ its experience. Furthermore‚ graduated driving licenses creates a step by step guide to create problem solving and decision making while in tense situations and continues to drop fatality rates in states. Roughly 80% of high school students work at part time jobs and if the driving age is changed to 18‚ who gets
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DECREASING THE DROP OUT RATE WITH STUDENT MOTIVATION 1 Decreasing the drop out rate with student motivation‚ contribution and accountability through planned and structured cooperative learning programs Latasha Wilson Arkansas State University DECREASING THE DROP OUT RATE WITH STUDENT MOTIVATION 2 Abstract This research study discusses the increasing drop out epidemic crisis in public schools in the Unites States and the lack of student motivation. There have been plenty of national‚ state
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on your eighteenth birthday‚ it does not include the legal consumption of alcohol. This is because in the United States the legal drinking age is twenty-one years old. The legal drinking age is an argument that is often debated and I believe that the legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen years of age. In the United States‚ the legal drinking age has been debated for years. According to the United States‚ when a child turns eighteen they are considered an adult in this country. They
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Lowering the drinking age to 18 The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one and older. Some states have been pushing to lower the age to eighteen. Some say that lowering the age would make it more dangerous‚ but that is not the case. This would be beneficial to the government and to the public. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would increase in restuarant and bar revenue‚ make drinking safer‚ and if we are considered a "legal" adult at the age of eighteen‚ we should be able to drink
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I believe that minimum wage shouldn’t be raised. I think that if it is raised then people are going to want more and more and they won’t be as motivated to work. I feel that people will be getting a hand out and that it is not fair to those who work their backs off. If minimum is wage is raised that it would cause a lot of problems. Yes it would be nice for those who work‚ but there are always those who will slack off and get paid just as much as a hard worker. When minimum wage was created it was
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2012 I did 4 years in Senn High School and there were a lot of problems in school. Dropping out of high school is a huge issue for many teens today. As society demands hardworking graduates with good character‚ the nation should require keeping teens from dropping out of school and improving student’s education for the future. There are many causes for why teenagers drop out of school. But there are few solutions for allowing them to finish high school with high diplomas. Pregnancies‚ drugs‚
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Hello Julia‚ I agree with you. minimum wage should not be raised because there will be high price production‚ and inflation‚ which will hurt consumer especially the low-income family. Raising the minimum wage commonly may be seen as a way to give a low-income worker a raise‚ but it resulted in a surplus since the minimum wage is a price floor. Surplus happens when the quantity of supply is greater than the quantity of demand. In this case‚ more people are willing to work than employers are willing
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can serve their country at the age of 18 but not go out and have a beer? People argue that once a person turns 18 they are a legal adult. So if a person is an adult‚ why can they not make an adult decision to go have a drink? Following that decision‚ would be to get a ride and not drive. The drinking age is something that most people do not follow. Some say 18 should be the drinking age. The problem is so many people debate on whether or not the drinking age of 18 is healthy‚ but 25 is too old. Being
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