Andrew Escamilla Mr. Sjoerdsma AP English P.4 9/4/13 Satire in Huckleberry Finn During the mid-1800’s there was many “imperfections” in the world‚ and Samuel Clemens better known as Mark Twain decided to write a book to ridicule some problems concerning religion‚ greed‚ civilization‚ romantic literature‚ and Melodramatic art. Huckleberry Finn goes on a very complex and intense journey which helps him build a perspective on life as opposed to the ones dictated by those older than him. Throughout
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Information Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers? Under age drinking and driving kills over 3‚000 teens a year. Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. 3‚000 Teens a year die from alcohol related crashes each year. How is one organization or group trying to solve this problem? Name group and what they are doing. RADD helps raise awareness about teens drinking and driving. How is another organization or group working to solve the problem? Name
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Victoria Busgith Dr. Polistena-D’Agosto Comp II 3307 30 November 2014 Distracted Driving: Learn From Example How does Distracted Driving effect teens in society today? There are many distractions that teens face today. Research has given the basic reasons why there is distracted driving like: peer pressure‚ technology‚ speeding‚ violating laws‚ and driving under the influence. In the year of 2011 distracted related crashes have claimed 3331 lives and injured 416‚387 people nationwide. With
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phones are major distractions when people are driving. People are so used to using their cell phones‚ some people consciously use them without knowing it and soon cause accidents that injury innocent people. Teens today have been in many crashes or died because of the carelessness of themselves or others. The main reason for this is because they are not paying attention when driving and not being careful. Cell phones are major distractions when driving. A report from the University of Utah say
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Dangerous Driving Habits I believe drivers today drive more careless then in the past. Sure people have always eaten‚ put on make-up and yelled at their children‚ but I believe cell phones play a big part in dangerous driving habits. Keeping their eyes on what’s going on around them just isn’t important as answering that text. I would say just about every time I get in the car I can guarantee that I will someone on their phone while they are driving. Concentration needs to be the main focus
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Distracted driving is a very big issue with today’s teens. Our generation has a lot more distractions to deal with then previous generations did. Things like cell phones make a conversation more tempting even with text messaging even though it can cause a lot more damage then we realize. Distracted driving causes death and injuries‚ bad habits‚ and unnecessary common sense laws. Despite the fact that it deadens a driver’s reactions more than alcohol‚ and in its consequences is as destructive
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Research & Technology April 27‚ 2005 The Driving Age "Many teens are interested in being able to drive at a younger age‚ but it is still unclear if they are able to handle it. If the legal driving age is lowered‚ are we endangering the lives of teen drivers‚ as well as the passengers with them?" (Think Quest) I believe most people want to drive as soon as they can. However‚ recently the government has been trying to pass laws that may change the current driving age of 16. There are positive and negative
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background‚ "Turn left in..."‚ and the iPhone dings and shows a text message. This is a common American driver morning work commute scenario. Today there is a greater amount of obstacles and tasks drivers are involved with while driving. There are three main causes of distracted driving which are multitasking‚ technology‚ and cell phones. According to Richard Pallardy in the article "The Age of the Automobile”‚ the automobile in America was introduced in 1908 with the model T from Ford. GM and Chrysler
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CGHS AP World Summer Work 2014 Directions • Go online to Broward Schools BEEP and access the AP World textbook. • Directions to BEEP • Go to http://beep.browardschools.com/ssoPortal/index.htm • Look for grades 9-‐12 • Click on Social Studies • Scroll down to Advanced Placement World History • Click
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Texting and driving is just as bad as drinking and driving As if drunk driving wasn’t dangerous enough‚ put anyone with a cell phone behind the wheel and it gets much worse. "Vehicle crashes are one of the top causes of death for just 15-20 year olds" (Thomas‚ 2009). "Emma Vieira‚ 19‚ of Colchester‚ Vermont‚ left a woman in a coma and killed a dog as a result of an accident back in August of 2011. Vieira was texting at the time of the accident. About 6‚000 deaths are caused by distracted
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