Driving also makes teenagers feel mature and responsible, maybe more than they should. ... Getting around is always very important to a teen, because they always have places to go, like to school, work, sports or to have some fun. ... Increased accidents are unfortunately too common when teenagers are behind the wheel, sadly these accidents tend to be drug and alcohol related. ... Driving can does help them get around so that they can be at school to learn something new, go or to work to earn some money or run errands for the household. ...

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They emphasized normalcy and the urge to be "normal" made them want to, dress alike, speak alike using their own slang terms, hang out together, and go on dates. ... Many teenagers watched this broadcast, and in a sense it united teenagers from around the nation, including members of other races. Both black and white teenagers requested Songs by both black and white artists. ... The rock and rolls industry introduces topics and issues to teenagers that they are interested in. ... Today teenagers have money, and they buy the music of their choice. ...

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That's the idea of a good time for the American teenager. In Mexico teenagers will go out with a big group and go dancing. ... You will never see this at clubs that teenagers go to here. ... I wish that American teenagers will be able to experience what I have had in this different community. It will change a teenagers thinking so much, and for the better. ...

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In real people terminology that just means... a time when certain people must withdraw from an activity that they are doing to go to a specified area. I wonder is making people (especially teenagers) go home at a certain time really useful in most environments? ... We all need restrictions, especially teenagers, and it should be the child's parents who choose the time of a curfew. ... Though teenagers are minors, they are still citizens and not exempt from this basic constitutional rights. ...

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In order to keep guns and other weapons out of the hands of children and teenagers, there should be some "buts" and "exceptions" added to the Second Amendment. ... These are not little children getting a hold of them, its teenagers and young adults. ... If guns were banned, the suicide rate would go down also. Guns are used in roughly two out of every three suicide attempts by teenagers. ... While only 20% of suicide attempts by teenagers by drug overdose are fatal, 90% of attempts with a gun are fatal." ...

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Whatever the reasons may be the mall has a negative and positive effect on teenagers. ... Teenagers often gather at the mall to meet up with friends and their mates. ... The retail sellers are not going to question the girls age, instead there going to ask can I help you find anything. By teenager females seeing these items leaves them curious and thinking about being sexy. ... This helps them in the future and shows them how the work force may go. ...

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Department of Justice believes that alcohol and drugs play a major role in the lives of teenagers in our day of age. ... This sudden availability of drugs among teenagers obviously has a negative effect on their actions. ... Nobody would enjoy being in contact with a homicidal teenager, just recently released due to the holes in the justice system. ... Unfortunately, using imprisoned teenagers as role-models cannot be as effective as using other teenagers who don't get in trouble at all. ... Juvenile offenders should be punished more severely to deter other teenagers from committing cr...

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Where is all the alcohol going? ... Also 31 percent of teenagers drink heavily at least once a month. ... This shows that teenagers abuse alcohol heavily. ... Many alcohol commercials on television are viewed by teenagers. ... When asked, most teenagers believe that underage drinking is encouraged by advertisement. ...

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My Commitment to America's Future In spite of all of the health warnings, teenagers continue to get hooked on tobacco even though they all know that it is bad for them. It is therefore logical to conclude that a shallow knowledge of the health risks is not enough to convince teenagers not to smoke. ... Teachers go over the long term effects such as lung cancer and emphysema to try to scare their students into not smoking. ... Something should be said about all of the lifestyle changes smokers go through, such as only being able to smoke in certain areas in public. ... Although I...

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A song called "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar hill Gang was the first rap song to go mainstream. ... I listen to a lot of rap music and I"m positive a lot of teenagers of America do also. ... I"m not going to lie; I would go see a movie just because one of my favorite rappers is in it even if it is just for a cameo. ... Also teenagers love seeing their favorite rapper on anything and everything. ... In conclusion, Rap music isn't a fad that is going to go away like disco. ...

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Research has shown that at age 18, teenagers are realizing a greater level of responsibility thereby showing a higher level of maturity. ... Please go in your mind to being a male and just turning 18 years old. ... You then go off to war and die for your country. ... Making alcohol legal would open up a large window to back up the Drink Responsibly Code by not forcing teenagers to drink and attempt to hide it by driving themselves. ... We live in a society that immediately forces teenagers out of their homes and into either college or work. ...

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Everywhere you go, and everyone you see is likely to be carrying a cellular telephone, be it the "hip" new slim-style with color screens or the original Nokia's or the "Zack Morris" cell phone that is a bit more bulky with no custom ring tones, but regardless they are carrying them. ... As a teenager I grew up without a cellular phone and I had the worst nightlife of anybody I knew. ... No longer are teenagers sitting at home, but working or schooling and no longer are families being together on the weekends, but doing there own thing. ...

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There are two contributing factors to deficient sex education one of the major reasons why young teens are going uniformed about sex is because of their parents. ... According to The National Center for Health Statistics "Parental communication about sex education topics with there teenagers is associated with delayed sexual initiation and increased birth control method and condom use among sexually experienced teenagers....

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I"m an American Muslim who has a life like any other teenager in America. I go to the movies, swim at home, tan in the sun, play school sports, get involved in clubs and activities, an am about to get my driving permit. ... I go to football games and cheer on my school. ...

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American teenagers place driving, being the first major milestone in the transition into adulthood, on a pedestal. The idea of being able to come and go as you please without calling mom for a ride is every teen's ideal world. ... However, stepping behind the wheel furnishes a lot of responsibility teenagers are just not equipped to handle. ... I forgot to use a signal going in and out of the spot that I hung over a foot outside of, and was still given the go ahead to move on. ... I would gladly give up how quickly I got my license to go back and fail continuously until I evolved into...

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The ads that did not have a hard impact were "think, don't smoke" ads, and they featured such things as young athletes saying no to cigarettes and then going on to win or do good in something. ... In Asia about 50,000 teenagers start smoking every day. ...

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Sadly, more than 50% of the teenagers do not make it to college, because they drop out of high school or cannot afford to pay for college. ... Then , after graduating they want to come to the U.S to go to college, but a visa is not permitted to them. ...

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The violence in video games goes against everything that our forefathers founded this country for and strips away all of the morals we have taught our youth. ... Some people may argue that fighting is just a part of growing up, especially when teenagers are going through puberty, and I do not totally disagree with them. ... We shouldn't allow such games to be made available to children and teenagers, who are already dealing with physical and social issues that are so commonly found in today's school systems. ... All across or nation, the percentage of violence attributed t...

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Like everything man made, guns have its disadvantages, especially when in the wrong hands because it can be misused, immediately, going from protective weapons to murder weapons. ... Teenagers usually from the ages of thirteen to seventeen are more vulnerable because they seem to be going through a series of things that can be seen in their characters. It is almost certain that every year shootings are going to occur in different cities or states. ... Guns are very common and easy to get now a days, some teenagers already own guns, and so Loughery probably bought, borrowed it or even stole it....

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Although second hand smoke is harmful, it is my choice to go to a place where smoking is permitted. People go to a bar to relax and have a good time, but now smokers would rather stay home where they don't have to step outside every fifteen minutes. ... At the age of eighteen, a person has the right to vote, buy cigarettes and go to war but he or she still can't have an alcoholic drink. ... Teenagers would probably not drink alcohol as much if it were not forbidden. ...

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This is a question asked by teenagers all across America to their parents and usually answered with a no and its understandable why parents don't like any of it but their reasons are usually, it looks stupid, why would you want something like that done, and for what? ... For both procedures, general recommendations dealing with material storage, topical use of antiseptic solutions, and warnings to the client on the possibility of infections are included in the guidelines"(Lancet), if not don't go there, even if it is cheaper. ... Localized symptoms of edema, erythema, and...

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One of the most popular genres today, punk-rock, invented mosh pits, electrifying chords, and the "punk-rock" image attained by numerous teenagers who related to Punk-rock's anger and daftness. ... Songs like The Dead Kennedy's, "To Drunk to F***" and The Sex Pistols, "Submission" were blamed for corrupting America's highly influenced teenagers. ... They can try, of course, to feed you the most puerile, benign horse manure, but some kid's going to come along and demand something more than that." ...

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p 1 Throughout the past few years, companies have been focusing more on a team-based structure. It is this structure that Americans seem to have the most difficulty adapting to. Acuff (1997,p.10) found that " Americans are the most individualis...

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Some of the primary listeners of this seemingly lewd, loud, and obnoxious music were teenagers who wished to upset their parents, others were individuals who sincerely felt passionate for rock. ... Rap is not afraid to speak of what is really going on. ...

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Whenever a person will go to such lengths as to question another's actions, the inquiry is easily retorted with the phrase, "It's my life, and I can do whatever I want with it". ... Unable to be penetrated by her mother, she gives in to her boyfriend and finds herself as a pregnant teenager and a statistic, the same as thousands of girls in America. ...

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