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  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Expository Essay

    The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Expository Essay

    This is a quote told by an English poet. A quote that tells you all about habits. In the book The Seven Habits they list seven habits that are: 1 be proactive, 2 begin with the end in mind, 3 put first things first, 4 think win-win, 5 seek first to understand, then to be understood, 6 synergize, and 7 sharpen the saw. These are the seven habits that Sean Covey came up with for

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    Essay Length: 773 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Problem of Teen Pregnancy

    The Problem of Teen Pregnancy

    Teen pregnancy is increasing yearly. According to the March of Dimes, teenage birth rates have decreased steadily in the country since 1991. Teenage birth rates in the United States remain relatively high compared to the more developed countries. According to the March of Dimes, "nearly thirteen percent of all births in the United States were teens ages fifteen to nineteen. Almost one million teenagers become pregnant each year and about 485,000 give birth (Teenage 1).

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    Essay Length: 1,401 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Teen Drop Outs

    Teen Drop Outs

    1,000,000, this is the number of teenagers who drop out of high school each year. “In several of the largest school systems across the country -- from Baltimore to Cleveland to Atlanta and Oakland, Calif. -- half of the students are dropping out.” (ABCNews). Why are these students dropping out? The reasons are anonymous and exceedingly many. Students drop out for all the wrong reasons. And what he or she does not consider is the

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    Essay Length: 1,225 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • Teen Violence and Supremacy Crimes

    Teen Violence and Supremacy Crimes

    Teen Violence and Supremacy Crimes Teen Violence 2 While both Ricki Anne Wilchins and Gloria Steinem agree on hatred and violence in this world, Wilchins believes that gender stereotyping and society’s ignorance and lack of knowledge surrounding the issue is a constant threat to our kids in school. Steinem contends that gender and race, specifically the white male, play a large role in teen violence and supremacy crimes. At the heart of their controversy

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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: regina
  • Teen Prescription

    Teen Prescription

    These days, drugs can be found anywhere, and it seems like everyone is either doing them or has done them. Teens are especially tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. While U.S. teenagers’ use of marijuana is declining, their abuse of prescription drugs is holding steady or in some cases increasing, according to a report released Wednesday by White House drug czar John Walters (msnbc, 2007, par. 1). “The drug dealer

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    Essay Length: 2,441 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Anna
  • Adults Are More Mature When It Comes to Teens

    Adults Are More Mature When It Comes to Teens

    Adults are more mature when it comes to Teens. In the United States today, teenagers will have to build the maturity levels and their responsibilities in order to become a successful adult, with a high paying job. The differences that separate the adults from the teens are their responsibilities, self-centeredness, and the jobs that are offered. Although successful adults have some of the same traits they were once immature teens too. There are a

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    Essay Length: 774 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Anna
  • Teen Pregnancy Awareness

    Teen Pregnancy Awareness

    These days, teenagers have so many things to deal with. From SAT’s to picking a college, life can seem overwhelming. One of the most important things to them, however, may possibly relationships and sexual ones at that. The purpose of our survey was to find out just how much teenagers really know about teen pregnancy and awareness. The questions we asked we really geared towards gauging their knowledge on the topic to see how much

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    Essay Length: 1,870 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Why Do Teens Want to Kill Themselves

    Why Do Teens Want to Kill Themselves

    Why do Teens Want to Kill Themselves? Most teens interviewed after making a suicide attempt say that they did it because they were trying to escape from a situation that seemed impossible to deal with or to get relief from really bad thoughts or feelings. Like Ethan, they didn’t want to die as much as they wanted to escape from what was going on. And at that particular moment dying seemed like the only way

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    Essay Length: 394 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Top
  • Teen Drug Abuse in America

    Teen Drug Abuse in America

    Teen Drug Abuse in America Imagine you are at a social event and someone offers you drugs, maybe you ponder the thought and possibly feel a little tempted, however being a somewhat responsible adult and secure with the person you have become you refuse the said drug. Now imagine an insecure, troubled teen that's at that same social event that gets offered drugs. Since this teen is not secure with the person they are and

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    Essay Length: 1,492 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Role of the American Teen in the 50’s and Now

    Role of the American Teen in the 50’s and Now

    The Role of the Teenager in America Then and Now Teenagers in the 1950's were a lot different from the teenagers today. It was a beginning of a transformation into what they are today. The influence of teenagers on America’s economy has changed greatly, Teenagers have gone from not being able to speak their mind to freely expressing almost anything they feel. It seems large companies are now only focusing on teens, whereas before they

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    Essay Length: 1,217 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Teen Pregnancy

    Teen Pregnancy

    Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is an extremely big issue in the society of today. Every were you turn people are either talking about it or you see a girl that is pregnant. The education on safe sex is given but a lot time ignored or purposely forgotten by these teens. Theirs is no one for these girls to blame but them selves even do there mistakes cost every one. The statistics for 1996 show that

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    Essay Length: 742 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Drugs and Teens

    Drugs and Teens

    This essay will explore the many different drugs used by teens, their components, and their effects. Experimentation with drugs during adolescence is common. Unfortunately, teenagers often don't see the link between their actions today and the consequences tomorrow. They also have a tendency to feel indestructible and immune to the problems that others experience. Using alcohol and tobacco at a young age increases the risk of using other drugs later. Some teens will experiment and

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    Essay Length: 3,289 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Monika
  • Teens

    Teens

    Relationships with peers The relationship between parents and their teenage children has become more complex in the modern world, so it is no wonder that some parents, if not all, cannot relate to their teenagers and vice versa. Most teens, at one point of time or another, do not believe that they can relate to anyone in their family (including siblings), threatening filial harmony, especially when it comes to parent-teen conflicts (most siblings can empathize

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    Essay Length: 1,485 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Anna
  • Teen Drinking

    Teen Drinking

    The average American begins drinking at 15 years old, despite the fact that the legal drinking age in the United States is 21 years old. Underage alcohol use is more likely to kill young people than all illicit drugs combined. I believe that raising the drinking age to 25 years old can save many young lives. Affects of Adolescent Drinking Adolescent drinking affects a child’s mind, body and future. Adolescence is the between childhood and

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    Essay Length: 491 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Edward
  • Teen Pregnancy

    Teen Pregnancy

    Teenage Abortion Teen pregnancy in today’s society has become a huge issue in this era. Most of these teenager’s are still in high school and have no way of having anyone to help them. Most are eventually going to be single parents raising a child or aborting the child. “In 1999…over 148,000 teenage pregnancies ended in abortion” (advocatesforyouth.org). This leads teenage mother’s to parent their child in single-parent homes or have illegal abortions. Even though

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    Essay Length: 936 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Teen Drinking

    Teen Drinking

    The drinking age in the United States is a contradiction. At the age of eighteen, one can drive a car, vote in an election, get married, serve in the military and buy tobacco products. In the United States you are legally an adult at eighteen. An eighteen-year-old, however, can not purchase alcoholic beverages. The minimum drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one in the United States. Unbelievably, the United States citizens trust their sixteen-year-old children

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    Essay Length: 320 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: July
  • Teen Mother

    Teen Mother

    Few people would argue with the statement that one of the most precious of all of life?s events is the birth of a child. This is certainly the case for a grown adult with an education, a financial future planned, and an emotional support system in place. However when the mother to be is a teenage girl there are concerns and considerations that limit some of the joy usually felt at the news of an

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    Essay Length: 429 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Max
  • Jobs for Teens - Persuasive Essay

    Jobs for Teens - Persuasive Essay

    I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve asked my parents for money for the movies or for the mall. Usually, they tell me to get a job or to be more responsible with the things I already have. The same thing is true for teens my age all around the world. What’s the solution, you may ask? One word, jobs. What would happen if the legal working age was changed from the average 16

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    Essay Length: 638 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Bred
  • Television’s Affect on Young Teens

    Television’s Affect on Young Teens

    Television’s Affect On Young Teens With the ever growing world of mass media becoming more accessible to our children, we must realize the effect television has on the youth of today. The views and images portrayed on television go right to the heart of American youth. Young men and women are being taught that being over weight or not being skinny enough means that you are unattractive and lazy. The ideal female body which

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    Essay Length: 1,794 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Teen Violence

    Teen Violence

    Teen Violence Teen violence is a big and growing problem in our country today. Everyday we hear on the news of teenagers involved in violent crimes. Part of the reason I believe is that weapons are becoming more accessible. You can go into a ninety-nine cent store and buy a knife without any questions. Teen violence is something we must work to stop. Teens have become subject to desperation and peer pressure driving them toward

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    Essay Length: 356 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Teen Drinking

    Teen Drinking

    Teen Drinking According to Men’s Health, “alcohol kills more teenagers and young people than any of the other drugs taken to affect mood and behavior (heroin, cocaine, marijuana).” This issue interests me due to the many friends I have who drink overwhelmingly. Also, I have so many cousins that are younger than me that I am concerned about with this issue. There are many reasons to why teens may drink, not all of which are

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    Essay Length: 576 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Bereavement in Teens

    Bereavement in Teens

    Each year thousands of teenagers experience the death of someone they love. When a parent, sibling, friend, or relative dies, teens feel the overwhelming loss of someone who helped shape their -fragile self-identities. Caring adults, whether parents, teachers, counselors or friends, can help teens during this time. If adults are open, honest and loving, experiencing the loss of someone loved can be a chance for young people to learn about both the joy and

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    Essay Length: 1,041 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Decreasing Teen Pregnancy

    Decreasing Teen Pregnancy

    Decreasing Teen Pregnancy Decreasing teen pregnancy has been a constant battle for the United States in the past few years. America has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western part of the world despite not being the leader in sexually active teenagers. The main problem is that here in the United States we do not educate our children enough on having safe sex. Our children end up learning on their own and eventually

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    Essay Length: 974 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Teen Cliques

    Teen Cliques

    Case Study Analysis #1 A group is considered three or more individuals who are connected to one another by interpersonal relationships; common features of groups include: joint activities that focus on the task at hand and activities that concern the interpersonal relations linking group members. Roles, norms, and interpersonal relations along with cohesiveness and shared goals are other important factors that help maintain the group dynamic . Gina Kurban presented in this article is

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    Essay Length: 1,701 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Influence of the Media on Todays Teens.

    The Influence of the Media on Todays Teens.

    Today’s television and magazines are influencing many people all around us. Many teens and young people look up to celebrities in magazines, young men look up to the good fighters in action movies, and everyone looks for the perfect diet. Life was so easy when the children looked up to mom and dad for answers, instead of today, where everyone looks to the media for answers. Not all people fall into the trap that the

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    Essay Length: 1,467 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Victor

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