Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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Jerikho Dayot Mrs. Larsen AP Language Period 4 27 April 2015 A Modest Proposal for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy and the Usage of Babies Born to Teen Parents in Unusual Cases Having to see poor little innocent children suffer from poverty‚ low income‚ and inexperienced‚ immature caregivers is an increasing situation occurring in today’s society. Many teenagers today are becoming parents and the majorities of them are not emotionally or physically ready to have the full responsibilities. According
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is a compilation of many different stories that teach us valuable life lessons. But three stories in particular are what we are focusing on today. By reading them‚ I have a new perspective on life. If you read them I guarantee you will to. But right now‚ all we are talking about are learning lessons. By reading this essay‚ you will understand who I think learned the better lesson‚ what the lesson was‚ and who I think the best teacher was. In our first story‚
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getting pregnant can be the happiest time of their life‚ a wanted baby‚ the family you always wanted‚ but for some people finding out you’re pregnant can be unwanted and down right scary. As adults‚ for most of us‚ after the shock wears off‚ we start planning and come to terms that we are going to have a baby. Teenagers on the other hand are very different. They have different priorities and they don’t have the emotional stability to make educated life decisions and this has become a problem since teenagers
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substance use and abuse become part of the landscape of their teenage years. Although most adolescents who use drugs do not progress to become drug abusers‚ or drug addicts in adulthood‚ drug use in adolescence is a very risky proposition. Even small degrees of substance abuse (for example‚ alcohol‚ marijuana‚ and inhalants) can have negative consequences. Typically‚ school and relationships‚ notably family relationships‚ are among the life areas that are most influenced by drug use and abuse. One
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School routinely made us listen to teachers and speakers tell us why sex was a bad thing. Now‚ if you’re a Christian proponent of the "no premarital sex" stance‚ I’ve probably just triggered you to say‚ "We don’t think that sex is bad! We think that it’s beautiful; that’s why we want to save it until marriage."Sadly‚ this argument is purely subjective. There is no more objective beauty in sex. Furthermore‚ if something is beautiful‚ why restrain it? If sex is so beautiful‚ why not encourage people
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“Body image is not a static concept. It is developed through interactions with people and the social world changing across line spans in response to changing feedback from the environment” (Gale). Body image is a huge problem in society these days. It affects teens more than any other age group‚ but most of all women and sometimes men‚ but most of all it affects children in elementary. Body image has a huge impact on teens now and days. Due to teen plus size models‚ puberty‚ mostly social media
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sixteen years old and enforcing two years of driving with a licensed adult before obtaining a full license‚ will result in reducing the amount of teenage car accidents because of the increase in supervised driving experience for new drivers. Earlier this year last October‚ Kieran Turner‚ a spokesman for NZTA (New Zealand Transportation Agency) mentioned teenage car accidents are still the “single biggest killer of teenagers” nationally (“Car crashes biggest teen killer”). Additionally‚ according to
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of death in people ages 15 to 24 behind accidents‚ and homicides (About Teen Suicide). Suicide is rare for younger kids‚ but the numbers are rapidly increasing as people get older and enter their teenage years. Why kids turn to suicide While being an adolescent is said to be the “best years of your life‚” some kids believe differently and end up turning to suicide to escape from all the world’s problems. This is
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For millions of teenagers working in the American workforce‚ being sexually harassed is not an uncommon occurrence in their daily work environment. Unfortunately‚ teenagers in the workforce become particularly vulnerable to acts of harassment because they lack awareness about their rights as an employee and do not have enough work experience or maturity to address situations that arise in the work environment. These teenagers are usually part-time workers‚ overlooked for training‚ view their supervisors
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