In October 1977, the Atari Video Computer System was released, along with it the classic game "Pong", giving the system a place in the history books. ... Television, movies, and books are more widespread, less expensive; and less censored than videogames yet still contains the same themes. ... Ratings are: E for everyone, T for teen 13+, M for mature 17+, and AO for adults only. ... I play videogames for the same reason why I read books; playing videogames sometimes gives me a good scare like a Stephen King novel. Videogames are just like books in a way, except you"re interacting with the stor...

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• Grade Level: High School

The increase in popularity of adult videos, adult books, adult clubs, etc. has only helped to perpetuate the notion of woman being the weaker sex. ... Now-a-days, with the overwhelming number of contraceptives and after-sex drugs, the rate of teen sex has sky-rocketed. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These three have the greatest impact on a teen's identity because it is something they are exposed to all the time. ... If you are exposed to intellectual aspects like books, computers, and learning very early it can lead to a desire or passion for learning leading to higher intelligence. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

You forget things that you have to do every day, like setting an alarm clock or remembering all your school books. ... Because hyperactivity usually diminishes during the teen years, until recent years, it was always believed that children would outgrow AD/HD in adolescence, just in time to go off to college and get a job. ...

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In the world today, images of beauty are everywhere you turn. Pictures of muscular macho males and thin beautiful females fill magazines, television and the music business. Women go through diets faster than they go through socks. Men are at the gym, striving for that toned body they think is the an...

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" By the year 2014, I see my husband and I working full time in the ministry. We will be pastors of one of the largest churches in the country. Our church will have an international outreach mission, which will have tremendous impact on people lives all over the world. Since charity starts at ho...

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• Grade Level: High School

They will try to convince the teen that they owe the gang a debt of gratitude and it must be repaid. ... Some signs that a child may be involved in a gang or in gang activities are; they may have new friends or stop hanging out with their old friends or they may not let you meet any of their friends, they may start spending a lot of time away from home, they may display a lack of interest in school or school related activities and their grades may drop, they become difficult to deal with, argumentative, they may start to use drugs or alcohol, they may have themselves tattooed, they may...

• Word Count: 2668
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School