Teen Talk Text 1. (two excerpts) Dear Dr. Erika‚ There’s a girl in my class who thinks whenever she opens her big mouth everybody better shut up and listen. And at lunch she sits at the best table in the cafeteria‚ and woe! if you park there. She pitches a fit. She actually gets her way in everything. Even the teachers are scared of her and treat her different from the rest of us. Reina‚ 14 Dear Dr. Erika‚ I dread my second period class. There’s this girl who‚
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Teen Volunteerism; Take Action‚ Make a Difference “Ask not what your country can do for you ‚ but ask what you can do for your country.” Recognize those words? They are still heard all across America today as a reference to volunteerism. These words were spoken by President John F. Kennedy in his inaugural address in January 1961 as he issued a call to action to his fellow Americans. In January 2009‚ newly elected President Barack Obama reprised the call to action with a similar request
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Teen Pregnancy Shows and Their Effect on Teens It is a joke to think that teenagers today have the mentality that they could be famous if they were to get pregnant. That is according to gossip magazines of course‚ but could there be truth to this statement? MTV has made it a popularity contest by showing shows like “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom”. MTV should know better‚ considering their primary audience is teens. MTV sells the TV show as a “cautionary tale” to discourage teens from getting
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People have this vision of teens being irrational and incapable of making sensible decisions. Often‚ teenagers or people just coming out of their teens are blamed for crimes‚ such as graffiti or vandalism. Teenagers are immersed in a variety of cultures at their age. They dress in ways that could be considered provocative‚ or they dress in a way that gives them the
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area. Is it vandalism when it is placed on the side of a building or a car and art when it is on a canvas on someone’s wall or in a gallery- what is the difference? Graffiti‚ in its more complex forms‚ can be considered art because it clearly contains artistic elements‚ it communicates the artist’s expression to the viewer‚ and the traditional art community has already accepted it. The objective of this essay is to explain how graffiti art overcomes the concerns of illegality and vandalism and can be
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Teen pregnancy is a health issue in New Zealand because it is a matter which has significant public importance as a society we value a woman having children once they are educated and fanatically stable but teen pregnancy goes against the social value. New Zealand has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world almost 4000 babies born to teen parents a year.’’ Since 2000‚ births 15-19 year olds have been trending upwards again with the birth rate increasing between 2001 and 2008
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is a way to control the teens that have diminutive self control along with little or no parental control. (Hall‚ Maggie 2). Various amounts of teenagers cannot be confidential to act with such autonomy and accountability. (Love‚ Dennis 2). Having a curfew indicates who the teenager is and what they do. (Love‚ Dennis 2). To give other teenagers a sense of where they live or reside and to show how much character they have‚ teens stay out longer and later to give other teens that sense of doing what
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that have started drinking in a young age. In a recent study where short-term memory skills in alcohol dependent and non-dependent teenagers were studied the conclusion was that alcohol dependent teens had a harder time remembering words and simple math equations. Judgment and self-control are reduced‚ speech may be slurred; balance‚ vision‚ reaction time and hearing will be impaired. Alcoholism also causes damage to the brain. Alcoholics may suffer from lack of concentration. The alcoholic may also
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Teen Marriage In today’s world‚ teens’ take marriage for granted. Marriage should be something special and sacred. In some religions teens’ have to get married at an early age and sometimes even arranged marriages. Teens’ are not mature enough to make a decision and to deal with life changing circumstances that come with marriage‚ like teen pregnancy. Peer pressure sometimes play’s a part in teen marriage because one or the other feel’s forced to make decisions they don’t want to. Today‚ many teens’
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Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy happens all over the world. In the last decade the teen pregnancy rate has increased significantly. There is a great deal of struggle being a teen mom. Young teens have to face judgment and neglect because some parents/guardians will not understand. It is important for the young girls to have somewhere to go when they are in need. The girls can always get help. Getting pregnant at a young age does not mean a girl should give up on life. They should find where encouragement
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