English 101 Essay Two 10 Feburary 2013 Teenage Depression Throughout America‚ the rate of teenage is increasing each year. About 20 percent of teens will experience teen depression before they reach adulthood. Teen depression can affect a teen regardless of gender‚ social background‚ income level‚ race‚ or school or other achievements‚ though teenage girls report suffering from depression more often than teenage boys. Teenage depression is a serious topic and it is important
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“Nearly one-third of teen girls who have dropped out of school cite early pregnancy or parenthood as a key reason (National Campaign 2010).” In African American and Latino girls the rate of pregnancy and dropout is the highest. According to the Civic Enterprise for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation found that “twenty-six percent of students said they dropped out when they found out they became a parent. (Bridgeland‚ 2006).” In my experience I find this to be true for example‚ at the age of fifteen
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Teen Pregnancy Today’s Statistics: Teen pregnancy rate has been on a decline over the past few decades Average teen birth rate decreased 9% from 2009 to 2010‚ reaching an all time low of 34.3 births per 1‚000 women (15-19y) 44% decrease from 1991-2010 About 820‚000 teens become pregnant each year 34% of teens have at least one pregnancy before they turn 20 79% of teenagers who become pregnant are unmarried 80% of teenage pregnancies are unintended The main rise in the teen pregnancy is
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With teenage pregnancy being ever prominent‚ it is very important for teenage girls and boys to have access to birth control in order to avoid an unintended pregnancy. Birth control and sex education is a controversial subject in many communities. The type of comprehensive health education or sex education information made available to teenagers through school is dictated by law. In South Carolina‚ schools are required to teach abstinence and provide information concerning sex as a future reference
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Jennifer Romanski Teen Pregnancy Pregnant teenage mothers are under pressure and feel like they can’t handle the responsibility of taking care of a child. For those teens who decide they can’t raise their baby‚ there are two alternative options‚ abortion or adoption. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy prior to birth. Adoption is the process in which both biological parents give up their parental rights to a chosen family/ individual. Abortion is a more common trend in teens
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The Pregnancy Project The Pregnancy Project is about breaking down stereotypes and is based on the true story of Gaby Rodriguez. The high school senior challenges the way her classmates‚ teachers‚ and family members view teenage pregnancy when she pretends to be pregnant for her senior project. She eventually reveals her secret‚ but only after she has heard what everyone has said about her. The book provides a different perspective‚ making readers think about how they would react if they knew
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leader and this is wendy‚ shirlyn and Azlina. Today‚ we’re going to talk about teenages’ issues that always happened around us and finally we chose the topic of "Teen Pregnancy". Let’s start with wendy‚ what do you think about Teen Pregnancy‚ is it good or bad? Wendy: I against Teen Pregnancy.There is no way one could consider teen pregnancy is a good thing. Far too many lives have been damaged due to teen pregnancy in the past. The teen for one must make adult decisions regarding the infant‚ thereby
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occurrences‚ or both‚ are to blame. It can quickly turn into a severe problem like teenage depression and even to suicide. Dealing with these struggles‚ ups and downs‚ and challenges as a teen can be scary and difficult. It often requires professional therapy and possible antidepressant medications to help teens cope with such trying times. While all teens experience their fair share of emotional turmoil‚ teenage depression can take a dangerous turn when it continues for weeks on end without the
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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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