Essays Tagged: "Teenagers"

A WORLD OF DREAMS. Achieving your dreams.

that is very distant and may change, but it is one goal that I must strive for toachieve. For many teenagers this is the leading cause of failure later in life. Manypeople loose their focus. A wise m ...

(2 pages) 124 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Gang Violence

lives and destroy their chances for a good education and happy life. Gangs are now a haven for rats.Teenagers are joining gangs every day. They join gangs for many reasons. A former gang member known ...

(4 pages) 277 1 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Coaching basketball

Coaching BasketballSports have been a big entertainment for all types of people. Little children, teenagers, and adults all love playing and watching sports. Basketball is full of fundamentals and t ...

(9 pages) 143 1 4.4 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Drug Testing in Schools

be found if people stop complaining and start testing. One of the largest areas ofdrug use is among teenagers and young adults. This can be the first place to takeeffect for a drug free environment. A ... ve been using drugs in the first place. One would think that afterthe deaths of many famous people, teenagers would see just how dangerous drugscan be, but it doesn't seem to really matter. However ha ...

(2 pages) 152 0 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Marajuana: effects and after affects

relieve pain for people in chemotherapy, or with other diseases.During the 1960's and 1970's mainly teenagers used marijuana. In the 1970's 11% said they used it daily, but recently, only about 5% use ...

(2 pages) 88 1 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Legalization of Marijuana

the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug. Nearly one in three teenagers have at least tried marijuana by the time they graduate high school. It is also gets the m ...

(2 pages) 219 0 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Vietnam: Affecting People Today

people today.Back in the 1960's, life for a teen-ager was not a whole lot different than it is now. Teenagers drove their cars around 'cruising' for the opposite sex, they listened to music, watched s ... and protested, and yet others saw the war as something they could become a hero in. Life today for teenagers is pretty relaxed. The only major stress points are school and members of the opposite sex ...

(8 pages) 302 6 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

High School Drop-outs

. A thirdcause is the absence of effort exerted by students to be successful in theirstudies.Why do teenagers lose their interest in school? When students are notsuccessful with their studies it often ... be willing to helpthem cope with their troubles. Parents must be more forceful in encouragingtheir teenagers to remain in school. But teens themselves must take theinitiative to accept responsibility ...

(2 pages) 269 2 4.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Braces Suck!

Nice essay on something I've been thru'Braces Suck!'One out of three children or teenagers will have to live, at one point, as a prisoner of their own dentist. Teenagers are faced w ...

(2 pages) 41 1 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Values

om what is wrong. Values help to build a person's character and personality. Now a days, many young teenagers are growing up without values. It is not uncommon to hear of teenagers getting into troubl ... from their peers and that no one would try to mess with them. Many crimes committed involves guns. Teenagers commit crimes towards each other and well as adults. Teenagers commit crimes for reasons r ...

(2 pages) 161 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

The way I see myself, and hopefully you will see the same

able to wear a certain clothing style, being able to go out on the weekends, and other things that teenagers my age complain about. To a certain point, my life has consisted of freedom, but I remain ... able to wear a certain clothing style, being able to go out on the weekends, and other things that teenagers my age complain about. To a certain point, my life has consisted of freedom, but I remain ...

(2 pages) 106 0 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

This research paper is on advertising and alcohol. There are facts about how media and advertising portrays alcohol in our society today.

In our society today, millions of people, especially teenagers, are exposed to large billboards, humorous television commercials, magazines, and movies a ... e use of alcohol is in many movies, nowadays, such as, American Pie 2. Movies such as these display teenagers drinking alcohol and enjoying themselves. It is advertisements and movies such as these th ... ween anti-alcohol campaigners and beer and wine makers. Are these portrayals of alcohol influencing teenagers to drink more? This is a very debatable issue that offers good points on both sides. Ultim ...

(5 pages) 898 1 4.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Gamer's taste Xbox Vs.GameCube

is more expensive due to the quality of console system and better games that are focused on today's teenagers. Also Xbox is grand invention from Microsoft Company with brilliant ideas that will be swe ...

(2 pages) 93 1 3.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

American and Nigerian Culture, similarities and dissimilarities

chi Emecheta's novel, The Wrestling Match.Both of our societies can be looked at as parallel in how teenagers are typically stereotyped, rivalry among towns/villages, and the attainment of manhood or ... ta shows us that Nigerians are more typically a primitive nation.No matter in what culture you find teenagers, they will probably be stereotyped. This is evident in the novel as well as in our own cul ...

(2 pages) 105 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Peer Pressure ,The ultimate downfall

round in rooms and do absolutely nothing productive unless it involves conquering video games. Most teenagers find it easier to fall into bad habits than spend their time doing something worthwhile. T ...

(3 pages) 165 0 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Steroids

prove appearance, or for various social factors. High School is definitely tough on self-esteem for teenagers who look to fit in. Many simply desire to improve their physical appearance, but they are ...

(4 pages) 140 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Juvenile Crime

the maturity to process it in their own lives. Juvenile violence is growing more and more everyday. Teenagers that are full of range, hate, fear and pain, commit the most terrible murders. Murders inv ... n parents.Violence is the main characteristic of this decade. There is violence everywhere we look. Teenagers are getting so many mixed and confusing messages, that of course they will end up doing te ...

(2 pages) 133 2 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Your Choice.

forward to my final fear. Death!'Nobody choose to be born but we all have the decision not to live. Teenagers face many problems today some say many more then in the past. Depression, gangs, drugs are ...

(3 pages) 78 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

suicide

cide deaths occur in the United States. It isestimated that 5,000 of those suicides are committed byteenagers(SAVE, 2). One major reason that the suicide rateamong teenagers is so high, is that the te ... bodily changes areoccurring, and decisions about the future are being madeduring the teenage years.Teenagers tend to commit suicide after large changes,significant losses, or abuse has occurred in th ...

(4 pages) 299 0 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Why sex ed. should be taught in schools

Most America teenagers are sexually active and think nothing could ever happen to them.But, many of them are misi ... that don't will have to suffer with the effect that pregnancies have on teen mothers. When pregnant teenagers decided to have their babies and keep them, there are many consequences that effect them b ... quences that effect them before, during, and after labor. Some of the consequences are: 8 out of 10 teenagers are likely to drop out of school, 72 percent will divorce by 18, the legal age of marriage ...

(6 pages) 528 9 4.1 Nov/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality