The only section that really freaked me out was the suburbs in Long Island where the groups of seventh and eighth graders rented limousines and had oral sex in corners of clubs. ... As stated in the article, these reasons could be from the rising of divorce rates, availability of condoms and earlier onset of puberty. ... The articles accuracy, to me, is right on and totally believable. ... The only shady part to me is when the psychologist says that they aren't ready, which is more than likely correct, but who are they to say how one should feel. ... To me, it's already too late ...

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Moore looks at many aspects of American society in the hunt for the reasons why America has such a high rate of gun-related homicides in comparison with the rest of the world. ... As a non-White; this was a sort of culture shock to me. ... He at least made me think. ...

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This project gave me an incentive to get to know her better. ... I asked her to clarify it for me. ... This alone is responsible for their very low divorce rate and the reason girls place high value on their virginity until marriage. Anca told me that divorces are very rare in Romania. ... Crime rate used to be very low when she lived there. ...

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Despite of many aids from both government and communities, the rate of homeless people keeps increasing every year. ... "I experienced the way people looked at me sitting out in front of the shelter and felt that I was invisible to them. ... They made me feel dirty and ashamed.... In the fact, the rate of people having been on the street for years is increasing. ... The increasing rate of homeless people on the street causes unstable lives in local areas. ...

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There's statistics saying that being a Latina girl from a low income family living in a neighborhood with a high rate of crimes means that I am destined to never get a college degree. ... Right now, I don't live in a neighborhood with a high rate of crime. ... This reminds me back to where I was in Mexico. ... Is sometimes hard for me to say no to a friend when they invite me to go out. ... If something bothers me I keep it to myself and try to show others a strong face just the way my mother had tough me. ...

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Reality Is Immorality "Uh, Mom and Dad, would you maybe like to pick out a set of gorgeous twins for me to date? ... Sounds more like a sexual fantasy to me. ... Call me conservative, but I don't want America's children thinking it is acceptable behavior to get engaged to someone because they"re rich. ... Maybe, but with the divorce rate higher than ever and still rising, American television does not need to endorse marriage in this context, and call it reality on top of it. ... Consequently, fewer people will be getting married; therefore the divorce rate goes down. ...

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Some may say it's a learning process and others will say it's a teaching process, but to me it is both learning and a teaching process. ... Two individuals get together and form a family and through faith they try to hard to make it work but continually the divorce rate grows. ... To me I feel that the substance of a relationship is no different after you get married. ...

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Another good thing that might help lower the handgun death rate would be to have the President do an inspection on personal firearms like he did in Iraq looking for nuclear weapons. ... With the necessity for firearms gone, and the gun-related death rate rising, it is easy for me to come to the conclusion that the guns need to go. ...

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However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. ... Larger Metropolitan centers have ten times the murder rate of all Western Europe. ... But it is necessary for there to be certain limits on the way that firearms are handled in this country because of the homicide rate involving guns and because of the violence created by criminals using guns. ... Denmark and Finland also have high rates of gun ownership and low crime rates. The experience of these countries shows that widespread gun possession is compatible with low crime ra...

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Although the bank loaner's scams played a big part, other things such as the economy and the rate of people losing their jobs caused things to downfall. ... I learned that the banks are now trying to give loan modifications by lowering rates, which will further help the customers. ... They were offering struggling homeowners a chance to re-modify their home loans, by reducing their mortgage rates by two or three percent. ... The banks are only lowering rates by 2-3 percent, At the Cerritos Library, some statistics about home foreclosures from the Library Database were available. ... It&...

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This reminds me of a little something called the Third Reich, and their extermination of Jews. ... In 1987, Florida enacted a right to carry law (right to carry a gun), and murder and crime rates have steadily decreased. ... In contrast, some states that have allowed people to conceal weapons see their crime rates drastically dropping. ... This essay was fun for me, I guess. ...

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Blacks have also been shown to have higher crime rates than whites. Meaning by percentage of population and crime rate, blacks commit far more crimes. ... Are you telling me all minorities are incapable of being racist or discriminatory? ... And don't even get me started on the case of the black street punk who got punched by the cop. ...

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This reason is in fact true and appears to be one of the valid reasons for the high homicide rate. If you do not believe me, try this experiment. ... In the movie, Bowling for Columbine, an author that was interviewed found while researching that the murder rate has dropped by 20%, but the coverage has increased by 600%. Why is it that crime rates keep dropping but fear keeps increasing? ...

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Later in the essay Will states; "Two supposed signs of the "crisis" are America's high rate of infant mortality and low rate of immunization of preschool children. ... We know that the number of people living on our planet is growing at a soaring rate and that within a relatively short time we can expect it to total in the tens of billions.. ... In short, it appears to me that it would be better to start from the head rather than the tail. ...

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One of these pressing issues of today is the rate of teenage pregnancy. ... What I mean by this is, not being knowledgeable about the importance of using contraception and believing in false myths such as "it won't happen to you" or "if he pulls out, I won't get pregnant" is a crucial factor of the teen pregnancy rate here in America. ... Out of all these reasons, one that struck me the most was the fact that some adolescence say sex feels better without it, so they choose not to take proper precautions. ... Teenage pregnancies are associated with increased rates...

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I don't mind saying that this really pisses me off. 1 out of 6 dollars that I am taxed goes into someone's pocket that doesn't earn it. ... At that rate, a 40 hour work week will only gross $206.00. ... Reducing it by 10% every week until it gets to $50 seems about right to me. ...

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Paul Bou-Habib stated, "If the rate at which members of a specific racial group commits a crime is higher than that of other criminals will be caught if the police concentrate their efforts on investigating members of the racial group in question?... It makes me wonder how the mass incarceration of black males in society is so extreme, because of the poor communities many lived in. ... Research states that incarceration rates between 1880 and 1970 extended about "100 to 200 prisoners per 100,000 people" (Khalek, 2011).  ... In the past 30 years crime rates do not explain the u...

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Some of the ideas I expressed above about Americans even started to sound peculiar to me as I was writing them, but Europe is a stark contrast of equal peculiarity. ... Perhaps Europe should be looking toward "Ireland, whom has been setting the pace by improving its GDP per person employed at more than twice the rate of that in America between 1980 and 2001.4- Ireland offers corporate tax breaks that appeal to multi-lateral corporations and encourage them to build or expand businesses within Ireland's boarders. ... The unemployment rates in the European union tend to be higher than in the...

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in 1908, Henry Ford created the automated assembly line to produce more vehicles at an increased rate. ... First, let me further explain what GMOs are. ... For example, GMOs can offer increased production of a product by speeding up the growth rate and can potentially save a lot of starving people in developing countries, along with poverty-stricken Americans. ... If you are unfamiliar with what Monsanto is, let me explain. ... They try to hide that there are potentially dangerous additives and genetically-modified foods in their food products, which to me, is sacrilegiously un-American. ...

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Dear Congressman Dan ____________, I am writing you about the Obamacare and insurance crisis in this country. I know we all need health insurance the start of the New Year. There are many people that are for Obamacare but, more and more people are struggling to afford insurance. I myself being one ...

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Yes, this does reduce the cost of the good but it also sends jobs elsewhere and drives the unemployment rate up high. ... This would give me (the business owner) ultimate freedom and the chance to obtain more profit. ...

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I don't mind saying that this really pisses me off. 1 out of 20 dollars that I am taxed goes into someone's pocket that doesn't earn it. ... At that rate, a 40 hour work week will only gross $206.00. ... Reducing it by 10% every week until it gets to $50 seems about right to me. ...

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They tend to have higher rates of unemployment, and a lower socioeconomic status. ... Dance has put an enormous amount pressure on me to be thinner. ... No one actually told me I needed to lose weight until this year when one of my dance professors suggested that it might be beneficial to my career. ...

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Research shows that the fast food industry is taking blame for the increased obesity rates in children and adults. ... One of the things that has helped me is that I was able to go to fast food restaurants and not feel guilty about being there. ... To me it tastes just as good as burger and fries. ...

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It was inspirational and lit a fire in me. ... One of the reasons poverty in America is getting so bad is because the immigration rate since 1980 as doubled. ... By helping the countries many of them come from, it would reduce the illegal immigration rate because they would not need to come to America for opportunity, if we gave it to them in their country. ...

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