drinking age be raised (or lowered)? Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen years old‚ when one is considered an adult‚ and assumes adult privileges‚ or should the drinking age remain at twenty-one years old‚ since people are more mature and therefore‚ can be safe and responsible with alcohol? I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one years old because lowering the legal age would not be the best interest of the public’s safety‚ as well as today’s youth. Why the drinking
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Topic : Why do teens make bad decisions ? Don’t be afraid to go after what you want to do‚ and what you want to be. But don’t be afraid to be willing to pay the price. In the last 20 years‚ the earnings level of dropouts doubled‚ while it nearly tripled for college graduates. Approximately 4 in 10 young women in the U.S. become pregnant at least once before turning 20 years old. These are perfect examples of bad decisions
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on Terror were between 18 and 20 years old. If 18 year olds can risk their lives for others‚ why can’t they drink? 18 year olds should be allowed to drink because they are legally considered adults‚ they could be taught in how to drink responsibly‚ and it would take away the thrill of drinking illegally. At the age of 18‚ people are legally considered an adult. As a result‚ they should get to choose if they want to drink or not. The Constitution and State Laws give 18 year olds several rights
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The average teen in the United States gets about seven hours of sleep. This is not enough for a student to stay focused the whole day. Doctors suggest that students get at least eight hours of sleep a night. This will ensure that the student will be more alert and focused during the school day. First‚ one of the biggest factors in students not getting enough sleep is that they go to sleep to late. One study shows that the average U.S. teen goes to sleep at 11:30 o’clock. One reason teens are going
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Drinking at 18 The drinking age should be 18 because less high school students would binge drink. For three reason. One reason is that The united states is in the minority of have the drinking age be 21. Another reason is If 18 year olds have other big responsiblities they should be resopsible enough to drink. Also having the alcohol age being 18 would make teens less likely to become criminal. There are only four countries including the United States that order 21 to be the drinking age. In countries
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person is in their teen years it is difficult to have complete control over emotions. Dangerous decisions are made as a result from the lack of control. There are many actions teens make to cope with their issues. The majority of adolescents turn to running away as their only option to distance themselves from difficult home environments‚ seek independence‚ or suffer from depression. First of all‚ arguing parents can make a home environment scary and difficult to endure. Teens usually cannot tolerate
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Name: Ja’Wuan Copeland Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Road Rage Part 1 - Identify the Issue Why is this a problem especially for teen drivers. It’s a problem for teen drivers because their temper and may use the car as a weapon against the other driver. The result of being behind the wheel driving aggressively may cause the teen to get pulled over by law enforcement to prevent
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circumstances where they are up late at night missing out on hours sleep. Some of these circumstances that cause sleep deprivation are out of a teen’s control‚ while others are not. When sports coaches schedule practices late in the evening this often means teens are not going to get a good night’s sleep. This situation is clearly out of a teen’s control as they must respect their coach’s decision. In the beginning of November‚ the Middletown Football team held a meeting to talk about our practice in preparation
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Juvenile crimes have been presented always. There has been a lot of contraversey about a Juvenile commiting a servere crime should suffer life sentenced in prison. Age shouldn’t be a factor when a crime is commited‚ a crime has been done and there must be consequences to take. Life sentenced is appropiate based on Mental Instability‚ Age and Damange that person could have caused to family‚ friends and loved ones. Mental Instability: Mental Instability can be present in a crime. Wheter that person
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The reporting party (RP) disclosed resident Forrest Thomas age 18 has a developmental disability‚ tumors on his brain‚ and a heart condition. According to the RP the resident has a mental function of a 13-15 year old. The resident disclosed that a staff member (name unknown) has made inappropriate sexual comments including asking the resident to take a shower with him‚ asking the resident to masturbate in front of him‚ showing the resident an apple and asking if that what the resident’s penis looks
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