Why Kids Turn to Drugs There is no simple answer to why a young person might begin using alcohol or other drugs. Many times‚ it is a combination of several factors‚ including society‚ family and peers. They may turn to drugs to escape stress or loneliness or to overcome shyness in social situations. They may want to be seen as grown up or as a risk taker. Or‚ they may simply be curious. Teens often want to be like their role models as well. So‚ if their favorite music group‚ older sibling‚ parents
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Teaching Our Kids in a 21st Century Economy Assignment Gist: This text us about the many challenges we face in education today. The author of this text specifies proposed plans in changing this and giving our kids a better 21st century education. Who is the audience? The audience of this text is educational leaders. Ex. (Board of educations‚ Principals‚ Superintendents‚ School and district administration‚ etc.) How do I know this is the audience? The speaker says many things throughout
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working at a video game company which was really a CIA front to create a game to drum up support for war against Iran.” this is say how they were making games for kids in the of like 15 to 18 years old or even younger to make them think that war is not a bad thing and to support the idea of war. Those kinds of war military games that kids from all ages now a days play make them want to join the military when them grow up. Which that’s exactly what the government wants‚ these game influences a young
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In Eric Schlosser’s article‚ Kid Kustomers‚ he demonstrates how child advertising has developed by the tactics marketers use to get children to want and demand certain companies’ products. The big boom in child advertisement began in the 1980’s. Working class parents had to spend more time at work‚ so this meant less time at home with their children. They made up for for the loss of family time by spending more money on their children. According to Schlosser‚ many industries started to pick up on
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Throughout America’s communities today‚ the quality of schooling varies from school to school. In the book Our Kids the author‚ Robert Putnam‚ believes that the increased gap between the wealthy and poor is what causes the differences in school quality and opportunities for the students (Putnam‚ 2015). Recently‚ I had the pleasure of interviewing two of today’s youth‚ Josh and Erin. Their names have been changed for the sake of anonymity. Josh is a 17-year-old student at Shawnee Mission East High
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essay with the subheading: "Essay 1: Pro‚" and "Essay 2: Con." Do television shows have a negative effect on children’s development‚ and currupt them? Channels such as VH1 and MTV are good for kids because they expose them to the arts and develops their imagination. It’s bad because not all videos are kid appropriate. Too much exposure to the body‚ violence‚ mature language‚ etc. Mod. 3 Arguments Essay 1: Pro is corrupting Essay 2: Con not corrupting Bibliography: http://www
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Marketing to Kids: Why & How Marketers Target Kids Before discussing why and how marketers target kids‚ let us look at these facts: * Companies spend about $17 billion annually marketing to children‚ a staggering increase from the $100 million spent in 1983. * Children under 14 spend about $40 billion annually. Teens spend about $159 billion. * Teens between 13 and 17 have 145 conversations about brands per week‚ about twice as many as adults. * Children under 12 influence $500
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In both articles‚ “What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? Kids have a lot of ideas” by Caitlin Gibson and “Is it tough being a kid? Try being a president’s kid” by Darlene Superville‚ the authors present what it is like to be a president’s child and to live in the White House. I believe the article “What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? Kids have a lot of ideas”‚ portrays the life of a president’s child more accurately because the article incorporates what ordinary ten-year-olds
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I recently a three person play called “Going To See The Kid” at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell‚ Massachusetts. It’s a new play that follows two colleagued names Ellis‚ and Simon who work at The Boston Herald. They are surprisingly different from what you expect. Their assignment is that they are going on a trip from Boston to Florida to interview Ted Williams. Going on their journey they learn the good lessons of empathy and teamwork. The story starts off as Ellis is talking
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KID VENDORS IN QUIAPO An undergraduate Research Paper presented to Evelyn P. Echaorre In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for ENGL 1023 by BPS 1-1 Andrea D. Magallon CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND IT’S BACKGROUND Introduction Kid vendors are children from 5 to 12 years old who sell goods or offer something for sale. Quiapo is a district and primary city square in Manila. In the Philippines‚ one of every six children is working illegally. (http://wikipedia
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