How effective is this feature article as a protest text? The feature article “Sexed up tween advertising shows fashion needs to grow up”‚ by Emma Rush and Caroline Norma‚ is an extremely effective protest text against the sexual exploitation of young girls in the fashion industry. Its textual form allows it to strategically target influential audiences and the article itself is written so that the composer’s disapproval of sexed-up‚ young models is clearly seen. As a protest text‚ it also manages
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the recent increase in teen suicide. Previous and current research and statistics have shown that the rate of youth suicide‚ both in Australia and internationally‚ has increased a significant amount since 2009 and unfortunately only continues to rise (National Institute of Mental Health‚ 2013). This research project is designed at exploring the ways in which social media is involved and how it is has been able to influence and contribute to the increasing rates of youth suicide within the last two
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In the article "The Number of Gun-Related Teen Suicides is exaggerated‚" David B. Kopel insists that removing firearms from homes would not reduce the rate of teen suicide.Kopel says‚ "Many gun-control advocates assert that removing firearms from the home would reduce the rate of teen suicide". "While the percentage of teen suicide by firearms is high in the United States‚ the numbers have remained stable for many years." This paper will analyze Kopel’s essay from the perspective of a gun-control
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not enough‚ and what education there is focuses too greatly on the biological side and not on the risks of unwanted pregnancies and AIDS. According to studies completed on teenage pregnancy rates in Europe‚ the Netherlands claims one of the lowest teen birth rates in the world. At 6.9 per 1000 woman aged fifteen to nineteen. Sex education begins in pre-school and has been incorporated into all year levels of school (Heymen 2002). Oregon State University and Social Learning Center found that teenage
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with coping financially‚ finding someone to take care of the baby when they are at work or at school‚ having little to no sleep‚ while worrying about finishing their education. Kate Atkins-Portman talks to journalist Chloe Chow about her life as a teen mother. I WAS FIFTEEN WITH TWINS. “On the night of my Year 10 formal I slept with my boyfriend of three years‚ Cameron.” Kate said. “Around Christmas/New Year‚ I felt sick and missed a period. It didn’t think too much of it because my period usually
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She was the vice school captain of St Martha’s‚ has the support of friends such as Sera‚ Anna and Lee and her close relatives‚ her mother and grandmother‚ and most of all her boyfriends Jacob Coote and John Barton. Italian Australian Josephine Alibrandi‚ 17‚ says life has become “crazy” at this year because of the events at school especially the HSC coming up. She has been learning to resist and overcome the selfish social and racist people calling her an ethnic and wog and is dealing with controversial
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“From 1952 to 1994 the incidence of suicide among adolescents and young adults nearly tripled” (Concerns about Adolescent Suicide). Teen suicide is a spreading epidemic amongst teenagers all across the United States. From ages ten to twenty-four‚ suicide is the third leading cause of death following close behind automobile accidents and homicides. Teen suicide‚ the act of taking one’s own life (Youth Suicide)‚ should not be the first response to a teenager’s life crisis‚ especially when support and
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Newsletter Feature article Juvenile Delinquency One of the trending issues of today is about juvenile delinquencies. Juvenile delinquency is a criminal or antisocial behavior of juveniles. Juvenile delinquents are usually considered to be in need of treatment‚ rehabilitation‚ or discipline. The term delinquency also applies to payments that are overdue. More and more teenagers are encountering this. Problem children tend to grow up into problem adults and problem adults tend to produce more
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Teen suicide has had a substantial growth in the past couple of years. It is now one of the most common ways for a teen to die. It is the third leading cause of death for teens from the ages of 15-24 . The issue of teen suicide has been around for a long time. It is usually caused by stress and in a sense teen suicide has been around since children have been getting stress put onto them more and more. Teen suicide is a very common issue. As I stated before it is the third leading cause for the deaths
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Teen Suicide Related to Substance Abuse TEEN SUICIDE RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE The greatest health threats for today’s teens are behavioral rather than medical. Many‚ though not all‚ teens engage in behaviors that might be considered threatening to their health and well-being; furthermore‚ adolescents partake in risky and dangerous behaviors including drug and alcohol use and abuse at increasingly younger ages (Adger & DeAngelia‚ 2004). Linked to teen substance abuse is the most
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