...The drinking age in the U.S. is a widely debated topic. People everywhere think it should be lowered while other people think it should stay the same. In this report I will explain both sides of the story and all of the pros and cons of lowering the official age, and then explain to you my view on the topic. Why we should lower the drinking age. 18 is the age of adulthood in The United States, and adults have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. By lowering the drinking age, allowing 18-20 year olds to drink in regulated environments would decrease unsafe drinking activities. Also there are fewer drunk driving accidents and fatalities in many countries with the MLDA of 18. Lowering the MLDA from 21 to 18 would...
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...Period Drinking Age In all of the articles and political cartoon there are many examples of ethos, pathos and logos. However, some of them are more effective than others. Each of these documents discuss the drinking age in the united states and why it should be either be lowered to 18 or stay at 21. The first source is the least effective out of the three because it does not explain what age the drinking age should be at. On the other hand, the third source, “Lower the Drinking Age Back to 18” is a very affective article because of the facts that it has and the experience that he had growing up in a world were colleges taught you how to drink responsibly In the first source you see a cartoon. This Cartoon shows the drinking age at 21 and what the drinking age would look like at 18 years old. However, both of these cartoons look exactly alike. The repetition of the same image with different captions emphasizes in what happens if the drinking age changes … nothing. Ethos is created because there are less females than males and statistically speaking more men drink binge drink. The symbolism in the shorts "OSU" and a fraternity are all zeugmas for drinking. This cartoon also establishes pathos by showing the emotion each person has in there face. All of the “adults” in this cartoon are very happy and look like they are ready to have fun. On the other hand, it does not show the repercussions of drinking irresponsibly. To improve this cartoon, I feel that it should show the after...
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...In all 50 states of the United States, the legal age to consume alcohol is 21. However, there have been disputes to change the age from 21 to 18. Two authors show their different points of view in this matter. Ruth C. Engs is a professor of Applied Health Sciences at Indiana University. Tara Watson is an associate professor of economics and she's the chairwoman of the Program in Public Health at Williams College. The article "Why the drinking age should be lowered" by Ruth C. Engs explains why adults 18 and older should be allowed to drink. The article "Lowering the Drinking Age Has Serious Consequences" by Tara Watson shows how the legal age for drinking should stay at 21. The article "Why the drinking age should be lowered" starts off by Engs explaining that young adults should be able to drink but taught how to drink responsibly. Throughout the article, Engs stays with an intelligent tone...
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...5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking…” (1). This quote shows that underage drinking is a very dangerous thing and many people should start taking that into consideration. The drinking age should not be lowered for various reasons. If the drinking age was to be lowered it could potentially cause more deaths and interfere with the development of minors along with many other consequences. The drinking age has been 21 since 1984 because of an act that said if states didn’t make the drinking age a minimum of 21 years old they would lose 10 percent of highway funds. “The legal drinking age in the United States has been 21 since the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984. When President Ronald . . . Reagan signed the act, he issued a blanket requirement for all states to raise their drinking age, or risk losing highway funding from the government” (7). Reagan did find studies that the 18-20 age group are most likely to be in an accident related to alcohol than any other age group...
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...Underage Drinking According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the rate of alcohol consumption is 73% for underage drinkers between the ages of 12-20. These statistics demonstrate that the laws prohibiting those under 21 to drink really only “encourages them to dodge the system” because they want what they can’t have (Glaser 1). Therefore, the current legal drinking age of 21 is merely unjust and illogical. The age for alcohol consumption should be lowered from the age of 21 to 18 years old in the United States, and they can achieve this by exposing youth to educational classes for alcohol use, by allowing the young to evaluate their tolerance at an early age surrounded by trusted people, and by having their parents let them...
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...Once we turn 18, we become legal adults, and we are able to participate in government activities such as voting or serving in the army. If we are considered adults at the age of 18 then we can fully face the consequences of any law that one might break. 18-year-olds are admitting to drinking before the age of 21 and nothing severe has happened to them. Young adults are fully capable of facing the consequences of breaking the law. A point that explains why the drinking age should be lowered is because 18-year-olds are able to legally marry, vote for office, join the army, own a house, etc. In the article, Should the drinking age be lowered:Pros and Cons“ 18-year-olds may vote in local, state, and federal elections, may serve on juries and may be charged as an adult if...
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...SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE LOWERED???? While doing this research I have noticed that the views over whether or not the legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen has still not been settled. It all started in 1984 with the national minimum drinking age act of 1984. This act required all states to raise their minimum age to 21(http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol). This law started on July 17, 1984. For a long time people have talked about the good and bad to being able to drink alcohol before the age of twenty – one and still have not been able to come to a conclusion (Drinking Age ProCon.org). Even though most of my peers my think I am crazy for saying this, but I feel the drinking age should not be lowered. Many young American teenagers may disagree with me. They may argue that when you are 18 you can join the army and go to war and die for your country but you still can not drink. Some may say how is eighteen so different from twenty – one. How can three more years of not drinking be helpful to someone maturety level or health. Based on the information I have found in researching, I will explain why the legal drinking age should remain at the age of twenty – one. I will talk about the responsibility that comes with drinking, the medical issues it can cause and the impact it will have on even a younger age group. We as teenagers have not yet reached an age where we can handle alcohol in a responsible way or even understand the effects it can have on us...
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...the Legal Drinking Age to 18 Danielle Gonzales The government can trust those between the age of 18 and 20 to do many things, but they cannot treat them like full adults and allow them to drink alcohol. You will find that many Colleges and Universities disagree with the legal drinking age. In fact, they believe that rising the drinking age has increased the amount of ‘binge’ drinkers and only made our countries drinking problems worse. Eighty-five percent of twenty year old Americans reported that they had used alcohol. (Johnson) Two out of five said they had binged within the previous month. To ‘binge,’ is to consume five or more drinks at one time. (Engs) “The period since the twenty-one minimum drinking age took affect has been marked by a shift from beer to hard liquor,” Seaman wrote in Time “consumed not in large social settings, since that is now illegal, but furtively and dangerously in students residences. In my reporting at colleges around the country, I did not meet any presidents or deans who felt the twenty-one year age minimum helps their efforts to curb the abuse of alcohol on their campuses.” (Balk) A kid is going to drink if he or she wants to regardless whether the law says eighteen or twenty-one. In an alcohol related situation you are more likely going to hear “I don’t drink, thank you,” than “I better not, I’m not 21 yet.” When colleges and University presidents disagree with the drinking age, something has got to be done. If the drinking age were changed...
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...A CLINICAL CASE STUDY: CHEMICAL ERIC ERIC: Age 15, 6’ tall, 150 lbs, size 13 shoes. Swelling presents on right knee and ulcerated sores on his lower left leg with prolonged healing. Doctor’s test results reveal lowered levels of thyroid hormone and low levels of cortisone and testosterone but high growth hormone. Treatment is administered to remove fluid from knee. Shortly after Doctor visit, Eric breaks left hip. PROBLEM: What hormonal problem could be causing these symptoms? A: Hypopituitarism. Based on the symptoms the patient presented it appears there was a deficiency in FSH/LH due the decreased muscle mass (skinny), increase osteoporosis (bone fragility), ACTH deficiency due to the low cortisol in the adrenal glands which reveals symptoms of fatigue, weight loss, can have delayed puberty in children, affects in the immune system. CQ1: What hormonal problem could be causing these symptoms? A: Pituitary gland has problems. CQ2: Based on the diagram in Slide 10 (pituitary gland) choose the correct answer. A: The posterior pituitary probably collects hormones made by the hypothalamus, and the anterior pituitary probably makes hormones under the direction of the hypothalamus. ERIC: Upon test results, it appears a benign pituitary tumor has placed pressure on the pituitary gland and disrupted functions. TREATMENT: Irradiation to kill the pituitary and tumor associated with it. Post irradiation...
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...Academic Argument: Draft Tishola Fuller Writ120-Q1WW Professor Seddon 11/24/13 Academic Argument: Draft Children should never be tried as adults in any court of law. It has been a large and heated debate about if adolescents should be able to be tried as an adult for adult crimes. One side of this argument is that if a teenager commits an adult crime, they should be sentenced reflecting the crime and not the age. Whereas others believe that if a child does not have the same legal rights and responsibilities as adults, they should not be held to adult standards in this case either. In this paper I will explain the disadvantages and inhumanity of this injustice toward our future by using facts, statics, and blogs. In the 18th century, children as young as seven could be tried as adults, in criminal courts, in America. These children were jailed with adults because the first institution designed to accommodate children wasn’t established until the year 1825. The Society for prevention of Juvenile Delinquents founded the New York House of Refuge, which prompted other states to follow their examples by building group homes and half way houses for child offenders. The first juvenile court wasn’t established until the year 1899 in Cook County, Illinois. It took until the year 1925 for 48 out of the 50 states to found juvenile courts as well. An amendment in 1980, mandated that juveniles could not be placed in adult jail, with few exemptions. But these exemptions were...
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...THE RELEVANCY OF “SIN TAXES” “Sin Taxes” Alcohol, tobacco, and high caloretic foods are easy to find in our daily lives but contain hazards to the human body, not just short term hazards but also long term. The use of these products can lead to slowing blood flow, clogged arteries, low states of energy, and other life changing health issues. Products that are seen as being harmful to the human body have been commonly referred to as “sinful”. In order to regulate and lessen the long term effects due to the intake of dangerous substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy foods the government has resorted to increased fees on these items dubbed “sin taxes”. The United States Government wants to impose new regulations and taxes on products that are considered by most “sinful”. While some measures to eliminate the consumption of high content calorie soft drinks have come under fire as of late, other products have been in the spotlight for many generations. Research has shown that the use of some products, such as tobacco and alcohol, have lifelong negative effects on the human body and bystanders alike. Tobacco use has had a progressive rise in the past few decades due to marketing and the widened use in movies and other broadcasted programs seen by many people. In turn consumers assume the use of tobacco is a “cool” thing to do and find themselves soon addicted to these products. Unfortunately users disregard the statistical facts that the short and long term...
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...Ethnicity Should racial profiling be a legitimate law-enforcement policy in some areas? Should Affirmative Action for state university enrollment be continued? Should the primary method of public school funding--property taxes in individual school districts--be amended to create more fairness in schools? Should high-school history classes and social-studies curriculum be changed to reflect diversity and multicultural perspectives? Should Christmas, Easter, and other religious observances be considered national holidays? If a university offers "African-American Studies" or "Black Studies" as courses, should it also offer "European-American Studies" or "White Studies"? How do certain television programs perpetuate racial or ethnic stereotypes? Should Columbus Day be discontinued in favor of a new post-colonial perspective? Should schools only purchase textbooks that offer revised or alternative histories of historical events? What should be done about racial disparities in the sentencing of criminals? Should the American government pay reparations and return land to Native Americans? Should hate groups have the right to distribute literature on university campuses? If research shows that certain racial or ethnic groups receive poorer medical care on average, how should this problem be corrected? Should governmental organizations have staffs that accurately reflect the racial, ethnic, and gender balance in society? Gender and Sexuality What should be done to eliminate...
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...the parents to understand what they can do to modify Amelia’s behaviour. How can you get Amelia to take the medicine using Operant Conditioning? You may even want to bring in some Classical Conditioning as well if you think you can? Describe the behaviour Amelia is exhibiting? Amelia is exhibiting this behaviour due to past experiences, in the past she has had a bad experience when taking this medication, therefore her mind associates the medication with something bad. She has been conditioned to link her being pinned down and fed to taking the medication, this is classical conditioning. The stimulus, the medication has been associated with a bad time and therefore will give off a response which is screaming and shouting. Explain what strategies can you use to positively reinforce Amelia’s behaviour? You can use operant conditioning to change her behaviour. She...
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...What is Harry Potter? Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of a wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort, whose aims are to become immortal, conquer the wizarding world, subjugate non-magical people, and destroy all those who stand in his way, especially Harry Potter. A series of many genres, including fantasy and coming of age (with elements of mystery, thriller, adventure, and romance), it has many cultural meanings and references. According to Rowling, the main theme is death. There are also many other themes in the series, such as prejudice and corruption. Who is Harry Potter? Harry James Potter was a half-blood wizard, the only child and song of James and Lily Potter. He was one of the most famous wizards of modern times. Voldemort attempted to murder him when he was a year and three months old, shortly after murdering Harry’s parents as they tried to protect him. This early, unsuccessful attempt to vanquish harry led to Voldemort’s first defeat and the end of the First Wizarding War. One consequence of Lily’s protection is that her orphaned son had to be raised by her only remaining blood relative, Petunia Dursley, where he was neither welcomed nor nurtured, but would stay alive, at least...
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...Restorative Care Training for the Certified Nursing Assistant Trainer Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Making the Most of the Training Making the Most of the Lesson Plans Making the Most of the Activities Trainer Preparation Welcome Module Activity T1 Welcome to the training Activity T2 Common Rules to Follow Activity T3 Successful Completion Activity T4 You will learn Trainer Preparation Module one Module one Trainer Preparation Module two Module two Trainer Preparation Module three Module three Trainer Preparation Module four Module four Appendix A Feeding Assistance Appendix B Fall Prevention Page T3 Page T3 Page T3 Page T4 Page T5 Page T7 Page T7 Page T8 Page T8 Page 7a Page 8 Page 27a Page 28 Page 35a Page 37 Page 104a Page 105 Page 114 Page 123 T2 Restorative Care; Training for the Certified Nursing Assistant Introduction Welcome to the program Restorative Care. This is the trainer manual used by trainers to teach nurse assistants and home health aides about caring for the person with Restorative issues. This manual accompanies the student manual, Restorative Care. This training is activity based. Participants are encouraged to share in the training process, to talk about relevant experiences if they choose and to ask questions. Making the Most of the Training Program Use this training manual as a guide for training individually or in groups. If you train on an individual basis it will be more effective to brainstorm with them than to use the...
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