More and more teens join gangs to feel that sense of family that might be absent in their life. Most teens tend to lack the attention that they feel that is needed and deserve but don’t always get from the preserved family environment that is seen regularly on television. Therefore causes the teen to feel like the parent is not being given the love and attention that is shown on the television. As these feelings keep getting increasingly worse the teen starts to indulge‚ get involved with illegal
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makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.” -Abraham Lincoln The banning of alcohol only made people want to buy more of it‚ and break the law. Although most people agree that the banning alcohol was a good thing‚ some also think that it was a bad thing. It is a very debatable topic. Prohibition removed a significant source of tax revenue and greatly increased government spending. Although the consumption of alcohol decreased in the beginning of the ban‚ it greatly increased within just a couple
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Gangs were first fabricated so that poor majorities in the ghetto neighborhoods could defend themselves against police brutality and outsiders. Gangs also known as sets would gain their name from the area that the gang reside in‚ which could be the street number or street name. Gangs are a class of adolescents and young adults whom possess a common identity and are involved in wrongful and criminal behavior. Majority of gang members tend to be young adults‚ however‚ According to recent trends children
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opinion on youth gangs is the same as I view planting a seed. If you plant a seed in bad soil most likely you’ll grow a defected or bad plant. I say that to say this “if a child is raised in an unstructured household most of the time that child will take his home training outside the home. Then we also have our young kids joining gangs that come from good homes‚ but can’t escape their negative environments once they walk outside their front door. Also some of the youths get involved in gangs looking for
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GANG IS EVEVIDENT AS ONE OF THE BAD INFLUENCED ON TEENAGERS LIVES. Growing up and knowing who I am‚ my values‚ my culture and where I fit in‚ in this world and the societies that I interact with were all the things that made me who I am today. As a teenage of course its all about fun and living wild but the big question is why do young people join gangs ? As a result from gang is evident as one of the bad influenced on young peoples lives the statistics that I found online From most of the
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about the media perception of gangs in our society. According to the author the term gang is usually associated with crime and violence by the media which has made not only youth male‚ but also working class individuals victims of media stereotyping. He is trying to point out the fact that the media is actually painting a bad picture and only covers the bad side of the gangs. He is also trying to attack the press and convince the reader that gangs are not all that bad and they are necessary in the
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Ireland Vaughn‚ 11/12/24‚ P3. Why is vaping bad for you? Vaping is bad‚ it is bad for many reasons‚ reasons people decide to ignore‚ even if they know what is happening to you when you vape‚ they do it just for the taste. Vapers also do it for the feeling‚ it makes them feel relieved and it makes them feel like it is the only thing they can lean on for support. Vaping makes people feel as if it is an escape‚ when it is not‚ but I will never truly understand why it makes them feel this way. Vaping
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Although sugar is seen as the bad guy in today’s food‚ we as humans need sugar as much as any other food or in some cases drugs to live happy and healthy lives. From two different viewpoints Robin Konie and Sarah Richards‚ express their viewpoints on the controversial subject of sugar. No matter what‚ humans need sugar in their daily diets. To be healthy your cells require sugar as a nutrient. “Our cell health is critical to overall health. If the cells are nourished we have the right foundation
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Racism is something we’ve all seen. Racism is very bad and offensive. Racism can be harmful to others. It’s very disrespectful to black people. Some people believe that racism will never be fixed. Here are reasons why racism is bad and how we can help. Blacks are most of the time be treated terrible‚ and we need to start treating them with respect and kindness. Some blacks don’t have shelter and have to sleep in the streets. Some blacks don’t have money for food. Many have fought in war and saved
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shows on TV about poker each night and even more gambling related sites on the internet. These TV-shows and sites influenc young people and they might get stuck with gambling related issues for their entire life. That’s why I’m going to argue against gambling and why gambling is a bad thing. People have been gambling for hundreds of years‚ so it’s not a brand new thing. What is new though‚ is that gambling has reached its way to younger people and even children. This is what concerns me. Underaged gambling
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