Brandi Renee Laird is an average student and teenager. She lives in Anderson, Indiana and has attended Anderson High School for four years. She is very fond of comic books and one-day hopes she can be like Wonder-Woman. No matter how true Brandi's friends wish these statements could be, they are inaccurate. These statements are inaccurate because in the winter of 2000, Brandi took her own life. She had attended Anderson High School for two years and been a daughter, granddaughter, sister, and friend for sixteen years.
Every year thousands of teens die in the United States, not by cancer, car crashes, and other diseases, but by their own hand. These teens make the choice that they want to die, and they take their own lives. Suicide, the term given to killing oneself, is the third leading cause of death among people between the ages of 15 and 25 ("Suicide" Grolier). Few people argue that taking ones life is justifiable. It is not condoned in most all religions and cultures. So why do so many teens take their lives every year?.
In a startling editorial by Karen Bush and Denise Panchias in the newspaper "Providence Journal," both concurred that since 1960 suicide rates have tripled. Also reported was that 24 percent of Rhode Island high school students had seriously considered suicide and 10 percent had actually attempted suicide. What is so bad now that teens feel they have to take their lives at such an alarming rate (Bush)? .
It possibly could be because the teenage years are a period of confusion for just about everyone. Teens are learning new social roles, developing new relationships, getting used to changes in their bodies, and making decisions about their future. Also, when looking for answers to problems, it seems as if no one has them. This can make anyone feel quite alone. Teenagers experience strong feelings of confusion, self-doubt, pressure to succeed, financial uncertainty, and other fears while growing up.
The South African Epidemic Virtually unknown 20 years ago, it has now reached into every corner of society, affecting parents children, teachers, health workers, white, black, rich, poor. I am talking about the leading cause of death in Sub-Sahara Africa - I am talking about the epidemic that has cut life expectancy by more than 10 years - yes I am talking about HIV/AIDS. ...
The biological agent responsible for the plague is Yersinia pestis (Author Unknown. 2011). Yersinia pestis uses rodent fleas as a vector (Author Unknown. 2011). ... When a vector rodent flea bites a human, the bacteria is transmitted, infecting the human (Author Unknown. 2011). ... Bacteria have the ability to evolve in order to resist antibiotics (Author Unknown. 2013). ... However, if and when antibiotics fail to control an epidemic, an effective vaccine could be the population's saving grace. ...
The AIDS epidemic became well known and renowned in the 1980s when society realized they must find a way to help cure this immense disease that many people were dying from. ... People usually get the virus by having unprotected sex with someone whose HIV status is positive or sometimes unknown. ... This ad tries to express this message to us and appeal to our emotions through pathos to convince us to do something about this epidemic. ...
In order for the common populous to truly understand the severity of the antimicrobial resistance epidemic, people must first gain a certain level of knowledge in regards to the background of the issue itself. ... The entire world harbors billions upon trillions of unknown bacterial organisms. ... Bacterial combinations such as Acinetobacter and Campylobacter as well as species unknown to a majority of physicians have the ability to give birth to hoards of "superbugs" (389). ...
The colonization of their new empires by Spaniards and Portuguese transformed the lives of indigenous people in ways unknown to them, destroying their cities and cultures through wars or by epidemic diseases and ruthlessly exploiting the natives as slaves. ... Many thousands died because of epidemics like small pox and other diseases brought by Europeans that natives had no immunity or resistance against. ... The major contributor in the decimation of indigenous population was the epidemics as it spread from one village to another, one town to another and consuming even larger cities killing h...
As time has lapsed the fright of a disease overtaking the population has become a wold wide scare, with the Anthrax epidemic being the biggest trepidation. ... An unknown person or group has chosen to distribute Bacillus Anthracis via the U.S. ... Few details have been released, and it has not yet been determined how she contracted the epidemic, causing a dismayed popular of the United States. ... These simple things to consider while opening your mail will most likely prevent the anthrax epidemic to be in your area. ... It is unknown as to who, when, or how the anthrax epidemic began but t...
Furthermore, The Coalition for Responsible TV's Patricia Herdman states, "Elementary school children don't have aliens to kick-box, so kids practice on playmates instead (unknown)." ... In order to solve the television violence epidemic people resort to censorship as one remedy to the problem, although I do not believe censorship is the appropriate solution. ... Many other countries are taking action and trying to fight the media violence epidemic. ... As Senator Burns stated, "Legislation cannot be passed that would stay within the Constitution (unknown)." ... The responsibility for...
The Plague The Epidemic in a Few Pages The Plague is a novel describing the plague epidemic in the large Algerian city of Oran in the 1940s. ... He chose to stay behind and continue to fight the epidemic. Cottard committed an unknown crime in the past, so he has lived in constant fear of arrest and punishment. ... When the epidemic ended, Cottard could not go on. ... The main epidemic lasted from April until February....
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has grown into one of the most significant health events of the 20th century. ... While the long-term effect of the pandemic is unknown, studies to date paint a grim picture. ... According to UNAIDS, there has a been a global total of 14 million AIDS orphans since the epidemic began. ... The poor economic status of many sub-Saharan African fuels the epidemic. ... Many global organizations are working in partnership 6 with others to combat the epidemic. ...
