I think that the critiques described by the students in “The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts" are based on many factors that can be attributed to the classroom instruction but also the students’ levels of motivation. In my experience so far in the high school classroom‚ I have had many students who are just trying to do the absolute least amount of work possible to get by and I know this because only many occasions‚ I have been asked‚ “What’s the least I have to do to make
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consequences. It’s not uncommon to see these cases happen throughout the nation‚ but of all the possible problems that could occur‚ the most detrimental situation‚ in my opinion‚ is addiction. Addiction‚ regardless of its kind‚ has become a worldwide epidemic which makes it more challenging to solve. Many recognize it as well‚ which explains the anti-smoking commercials‚ anti-gambling billboards‚ and more.
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America’s Fast Food Epidemic This year Americans will spend over $110 billion on fast food alone. Fast food is most definitely not good for you. Fast food is usually high in fat‚ calories‚ cholesterol and sodium. Fast food restaurants add lots of salt and other additives to make their food taste good. Eating fast food for long periods of time can cause high blood pressure‚ heart disease and obesity. Fast food is not good for you because it is highly addictive‚ it costs too much and it is very
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Billions of people worldwide suffer from unhealthy amounts of weight gain. Obesity affects both kids and adults‚ and the rate for each is continuously on the rise. The obesity epidemic has flourished over the years due to the new sedentary lifestyles of people today‚ including working inactive jobs‚ easy transportation‚ and using electronics for entertainment‚ but can be fixed through simple lifestyle changes. Starting off‚ the amount of daily physical labor has greatly dropped due to less demanding
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Obesity is a worldwide epidemic recognized to the highest extent by the World Health Organization. Countries like the United States‚ Great Britain and other European and First world countries have started to take steps to try and reduce the colossus that is obesity. With obesity being such a problem in the United States‚ people are doing what they can to help. The economy‚ fast food restaurants‚ stigmatization and discrimination towards the disease‚ and advances in technology‚ people are fighting
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script for a cold to make this DRUG go away? Meth has been a problem in the world for quite some time‚ since the 1970s. It started off as a trend with motorcycle gangs in the West and it soon spread throughout the U.S. to the common people. The meth epidemic in America has had a horrifying impact on families‚ individuals‚ communities‚ and various populations. There has been a rise in car theft and robbery crimes that meth users commit in order to obtain money to get another high. Meth does horrible things
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Mental illnesses among teenagers is far from a recent epidemic. There have been signs and records of suicidal behavior from teens going as far back as 1950’s. Since then the number of suicides per year has continually increased. In the year 1968 118 children aged 5-14 commit suicide in the U.S.‚ currently as of 2016 it is estimated that the annual number of teens/youths committing suicide each year between the ages of 10 and 24 is 4‚600. The amount of suicides per year has increased to occur 40 times
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Child Pornography- Becoming an Epidemic? The internet can be a useful tool when used for the right reasons‚ but what about the wrong reasons‚ such as child pornography? Child pornography is growing in astounding numbers‚ it is gaining more popularity every year and there is still not enough legislation to help slow it down. Society has become overly sexually stimulated‚ simple sexual pleasures are now not enough in many people’s minds‚ which may lead to harmful‚ unhealthy sexual desires
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The author of the editorial‚ “Doctors Will Play a Critical Role in the Opioid Epidemic‚” posted in the New York Times‚ claim that doctors will need to make safe and effective decisions for treatment of pain due to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealing the rise of opioid overdose deaths since 1999. The author states that there are many other alternatives that can be given to treat pain and doctors should be considering them before writing out prescriptions for opioids
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1 Obesity/Overweight: Epidemic Crisis (1 of 6) Obesity over the last two decades has been a major health issues for Americans. Obesity‚ just recently was classified as a chronic disease condition by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC reports in 2010 that one-in-three adults (35.7%) and one-in-five (17%) American children are obese (CDC‚NCHS-2010-National Obesity Trends). The health effects of Obesity including being Overweight is a gateway trigger leading to a variety of
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