However‚ the dangers of teenage driving are higher than ever. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles‚ “Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-20 year-olds” (“California”). Teenage drivers create many dangerous distractions when behind the wheel of a vehicle. These distractions usually occur in three different areas: visual‚ cognitive‚ and manual. The first major way a teenage driver may become distracted is becoming visually distracted. Some teenage drivers can become
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Patriotism cannot be forced onto a Malaysian Contributed by Charles Hector The compulsory national service training ’programme is intended to foster the spirit of patriotism‚ encourage racial integration‚ and develop "positive and noble traits" among the younger generation’ (Malaysiakini 13/6/2003). The targeted group is our youth of about 18 years. The object of this programme was expressed by Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak‚ who chairs the special cabinet committee. ’The programme will focus
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Teenage Suicide The killing of own life intentionally is referred as suicide. Over the past years‚ American society has been concerned about this issue‚ especially teenage suicide. The suicide rate among teenagers is not constant for a period of time; it keeps changing over time. Most of the time‚ the suicide rate among boys is greater than that among girls. Different types of people in our society respond to this issue in different ways. Earlier in this year‚ some 932 parents of adolescents
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DISADVANTAGE OF SMOKING When the last time you see someone smoking?it seems today that most of the youngsters including some of us here think that smoking is something common and we do not have to worry about. But that thinking is wrong. According to history today‚ "each year‚ smoking kills more people than aids‚ alcohol‚ drug abuse‚ car crashes‚ murders‚ suicides and fires---combined!!"Over 430‚000 U.S Citizens die each year from smoking. As college students‚ some of us smoke and some of us have
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Teenage pregnancy Introduction Over the past few decades‚ teenage pregnancy has become a public concern which has generated a great deal of attention in the locality. Increasing awareness of the social and economic consequences of teenage pregnancy has led to a consensus opinion among policy makers and the public that teenage pregnancy and child bearing is a significant social problem. It has been linked to an array of other social issues‚ such as welfare dependency‚ child health and well-being
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Malaysia Plan (1-9) Print Malaysia Plan is the implementation of development programs / projects of the Government of Malaysia to be implemented within the next five years. This five-year plan are relics from the time of British rule in Malaya after the Second World War. Five-year plan beginning with the First Malaya Plan‚ from 1956 to 1960 and followed the Second Malaya Plan from 1961 to 1965. After the formation of Malaysia in 1963‚ this five-year plan known as Malaysia Plan where the First
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A Teenage Life By: Marlouie V. BatallaIII-Dalton A long time ago‚in 1998‚ a female child was born with nothing on her mind. A child who gently sleeps in her mothers arm‚ and always cries when she gets hungry. This child grew up to become a great kid. This kid grew up to be me. Respected teacher and my dear friends. I‚ Fatima Fakrudheen feel privileged to stand before you all to deliver a speech on ’Teenage life’ . “Before I speak‚ I’ve got something important to say... I was told to be accurate
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Contents Executive Summary Teenage crimes as we all know are those crimes which are performed by people aging between 13-19 years old. These crimes are performed all over the world but unfortunately these crimes have been on the rise in Pakistan for the last 5 years. Our objective was to find out who are responsible for the increase in teenage crimes. For this purpose we Conducted a survey from our fellow students also we interviewed a Deputy Supretendant of Police to get
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Teen Smoking Peer pressure‚ to availability‚ to promotion‚ to the main cause‚ negative influences. These are some reasons that cause teens to smoke before the age of 18. Peer pressure is one of the most common effects that cause teens to smoke or try something that shouldn’t be tried. Especially when hanging with friends‚ a lot of teens get pressured into doing things and one of them is smoking. Friends pressure them into smoking and that’s when they try to fit in so they won’t get teased or become
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Smoking in the Media Tobacco has plagued the world since the Native Americans introduced it to the European settlers. The dangerous effects of smoking have been devastating the bodies of in takers ever since tobacco was invented. The number of tobacco smokers has changed since the 1400’s. Now in modern times‚ the introduction of Radio‚ Television‚ and other forms of media‚ has affected smoking habits. It has been proven that consumers make choices based on sights and sounds‚ so now smoking companies
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