AVID_III


 * **//__ Domestic Abuse __//**

There are so many problems with domestic abuse. One is the abuse, and another is that the people involved do not come forward.

There are multiple reasons why people don’t come forward with domestic abuse. One is fear. Fear of being judged, and fear of it getting worse. Another is their life or the lives of their children. They worry about their children lives, because if they leave the abuser the children might get involved, or get stuck in the middle. There feelings also prevent them from leaving. Most common feelings/excuses are it will get better, he’s just going through a rough time right now, they feel they deserve it, and it’s the best they can do.

There are many problems, but few solutions. People don’t understand the effects. With these many problems come some solutions. One solution is find a person that you trust to talk to, and another is to get educated. But there are advantages and disadvantages for each solution.

Advantages for talking to a person you trust are relief, you get to have someone to confide in, and in the end they can help you eventually leave the situation. Disadvantages are that the person could judge you, and/or ignore the situation and you all together. Advantages for getting educated are knowing/preparing to leave, and you’ll know how to prevent it from getting worse.

Another solution is you can __just leave__. Advantages are regaining control, raising self-esteem and pride, and no more abuse. The disadvantage would be the aftermath of the situation.

In conclusion everything I just listed are ways to help cope, deal with, and prepare to leave a situation with domestic abuse. The problems, the solutions, the advantages, the disadvantages none of this matters if people decide to keep it a secret and continue to let it happen. So if you are in an abusive relationship it’s better to tell and get help instead of keeping it a secret and possibly dying from it.

Teen Suicide: = Solutions to Teen Suicide Due to LGBTQ Discrimination =

It is becoming increasingly clear that LGBTQ discrimination has damaging effects on those who receive it. 36.5 % of LGBTQ youth grades 9-12 have attempted suicide. 20.5% of those attempts resulted in medical care. 84% of LGBTQ students report being verbally or physically harassed by teens or others. There are many ways that the harm many young people cause themselves due to this cruel treatment can be prevented.

People help people. For this reason, Peer Counseling can be very affective in the mental struggle many teens endure daily. There are many ways that this can be conducted. For example, a meeting of similar students could be held weekly, or monthly to discuss the issues that suicidal teens are experiencing. Through experience, I have found discussing your problems can be very beneficial to a person who feels lost or troubled. Peers could help discourage the teen from self-mutilation, or harm that is not only damaging immediately, but in the future too. However, many others methods can be helpful as well.

 Another way to assist in depreciating the quickly increasing rate of teen suicide due to LGBTQ discrimination is to recognize those with problems before they have an opportunity to act on them. Peers and parents, family friends, babysitters, teachers, anybody can recognize the signs of a suicidal teen if they are attentive enough. Conversely, family and peers who appear callous can fuel a teen who already feels disturbed, and unwanted. What is very important is making sure that your loved one receives the proper care they require, in order to be the blossoming person you know they are.  With a multitude of diverse manners a person can use to rescue people dealing with suicidal thoughts, why is our rate so high? All it takes is a helping hand, a kind word, a caring touch to help someone.

Briana Briggs Period 4

Michaela Reid  Period 412/1/10 __ Homelessness in America __ Everybody knows that there are certain things that are needed to survive. For example, everyone needs food water and shelter to survive. But what happens to the people that are homeless? They have to try to survive on the streets that are dangerous and filed with dangerous things. There is no reason for anyone to be homeless that lives in America because there is more than enough room/space for everyone. There are many solutions to homelessness. One of the smartest solutions to this problem that I could come up with is to make more homeless shelters where there are more homeless people. For example, say there are one hundred homeless people in City A and three hundred and fifty homeless people in City B. If they used the solution that I proposed, they would build maybe one big shelter in City A and maybe two or three shelters I City B because there are more homeless people there. This solution has both positive and negative advantages. The positive one is that it would give the homeless people a place to stay and a place to live temporarily. The disadvantage to that solution is that it will be very expensive to build and fill these shelters with the supplies needed because there would be no revenue coming into the shelter. The homeless people can’t pay to live there! They don’t even have enough money to sustain a household! The other solution that I came up with to help homelessness also has to do with shelters. Instead of building brand new shelters in the places that need them, they can take abandoned house in that area (if there are any) and change those into shelters. It has the same advantages as the other solution plus it might be cheaper to reface the house instead of building a whole new one. It would also be faster to reface the house instead of building a whole new one. Sometimes it takes years and years just to build a house but to reface it could take up to a year maximum. A major advantage to this solution is that when you reface the abandoned houses, you reface a bad part of the community. This will boost the community spirit because they will no longer have homeless people roaming their streets of that particular community. It might get people to move in and create more revenue for the community so they could have better things. Aside from making shelters for homeless people, they should also have place to eat in addition. They could make soup kitchens along side or inside the shelters. What’s the point of giving them one thing they need when we can give them the best of both worlds? This will help feed the homeless people and their families so that they can survive where they’re staying be that in the shelter or on the street. The shelters made should be stocked with all materials that are needed to survive. For example, they need food, toiletries (soap, tissue) and bedding (covers, sheets, etc.). It might be expensive but it’s worth it because you’re helping out people in need. The shelters should also have some type of agency that helps the homeless people get and sustain jobs. This would help homeless people get out of the shelter so that space is always available and the people in need will always have a place to stay. Nobody that lives in The United States of America deserves or should have a reason to live on the sidewalk. The best solution is a mixture of all of them. Put the shelters where they are needed and provide food. Make agencies that help homeless people get jobs so that they will not have to stay in the shelter forever. Homelessness is no funny matter and it needs t be solved as soon as possible.

** People in Poverty ** I personally believe there are way too many people in poverty in the United States. 13 percent (16.7 million children) of the United States is in poverty. One in four children in every home fight everyday to put food on the table; their parents don’t have enough money to feed their families.  The government believes most Americans (51) percent will be in poverty by the time their 65 years old. Most people in poverty start out by dropping out of school. People fail to realize that without an education you’ll go no where in life. No one will hire you at job if you don’t know anything. Your best bet is to finish high school at least, and go to college get a degree in something and you’ll be alright. Some cases of people in poverty, they actually went to college and gotten degrees and some even more than one degree but they’re still in poverty. Why is that? They could have lost a job, and hit rock bottom, and don’t have anyone/anything to drive them to want to get back on their feet.  Personally I believe the government should make everyone go to school at least until they graduate. That way we know they’ll get employed by some company. My strategies should definitely work because that way, companies would employee you since you have a high school diploma

 John Gasque  Period 4

** Diseases ** By: Ivania MOlina

The human society has been impacted by diseases, that is why it is important to investigate more and find the cues for them. Every problem has some solutions and some examples to solve the problem of the diseases are; promote more investigations, provide more finances to project of health, provide more information to people about those problems and immunize the people by vaccines. One of the major problems is that there is not enough information about them so there is no way how to eradicate them. That’s why the investigation and diseases study could be crucial for the solution of some of them. There will be more possibilities to find cures and eradicate them before it causes a catastrophic effect. The problem is that there are not enough Scientifics in the campus for the study of it. It make more difficult made possible the study of diseases.

The projects and the diseases’ study require financial support. The Government has to provide more money for the investigation of diseases. This will increase the ability of the human being to prevent futures disasters with diseases. The problem is that the Government doesn’t respond quickly and they expend the money to unnecessary things.

For the prevention of the people about don’t been infect, is necessary to know more about how diseases work. The society needs to be informed. One way to get it is by promoting more by the medium about the plagues. Organizing events that help people know more about how they work, which makes a big difference because they know more and they can be more prepared for preventing it. One difficulty about it is that there is not enough money from the Government for support these events and a plan is needed for do the things.

In the future when the population increases its size, a more efficient way is needed on how the medicine works. Many futures diseases will attack the human, and that’s why it is necessary to have a strong knowledge of medicine. The life of millions of peoples dispends on how we preparer our self for the futures diseases, so it’s time to get prepared.

Bullying (Brittani Best)

Bullying is a common issue that isn't really acknowledged as much as the many other issues such as; drugs, rape, peer pressure etc. A bully is traditionally defined as is a person who is habitually overbearing, especially to smaller and weaker people. A bully treats in an overbearing or intimidating manner. A bully, forces one's way aggressively or by intimidation. They may appear as a thug, or a “tough guy”. He/she may be tall and "mean-looking". The bully may also appear to be heavy set. In this day and age, bullying is very common and very important. Victims become depressed, and/or afraid. Afraid to go to school. Afraid to talk to someone about their issue. Bullies intimidate, for many reasons. One reason is for attention. Some bullies do not get the attention they need at home and are often excluded out of activities; therefore, they seek after and search for the wrong attention. They feel as though feeding off of the misfortune of others is a way to gain attention. Another reason people bully, is a way to let out anger and stress, and to camouflage humiliation maybe from past events or current events that are taking place in their household. Another reason is for power and popularity. Some bullies feel "cool" if they can overpower others. Some think that bullying is the most convenient way, to gain respect and to boost their self-esteem. Some bullies are just mean and cruel and prey on the misfortune of others, and enjoy bringing harm and shame to others as well. NOT SO!!!! Just like rapists, drug users, and bad influencers, bullies can also be punished! There are consequences for them as well. If victims do not take affirmative action immediately, it will only get worse. Bullies prey after your weakness and you being afraid. They will only continue to take advantage of you [victim] and you will only feel worse. There many, who have also, went as far as committing suicide as a result of being bullied and it is unnecessary. So, ACT NOW!!!! If you are being bullied, there are solutions. You can tell someone. You can consult your counselor in confidentiality, and your counselor, knows exactly what to do. You can tell your teacher or instructor. You can also notify public safety. (Police officers etc.) You CAN also tell your parents. They all will know what to do. (Do not tell any peers. They do not have the best solutions.) Now, when you consult one of the aforementioned liabilities, it is a possibility, that when affirmative action is taken, you may be targeted as a "snitch" or the person who told on the bully. But, on the other hand, if the bully is bullying you, it is more than likely the bully is bullying someone else as well. Now some parents are very protective over their children and therefore, may act on impulse. Some of them. And the action may not be affirmative. But, they care about you. People may talk about you, but you are safe and that's the only thing that matters. And, if you're lucky, if you ARE marked as a "snitch" no one else will bother you because of that reason. No one wants to be told on. They may ACT like it but no one wants to be in trouble with their parents, the state, or school. If the bully is just saying things about you and not assaulting you physically, you COULD ignore them and avoid them, and they may leave you alone after they realize they aren't upsetting you. There is also the other 50% chance that they'll find other strategies to upset and take you out of your character. DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DO IT!!! TELL SOMEONE!!! When bullies talk about you and you just try to ignore them, they're destroying your reputation. Many say, "Your word and your reputation is all you've got" and it is somewhat true. You don't have to allow the bully to take power over you or your reputation. The primary, proper solution in this circumstance, is too tell someone. You do not have to be a victim. Do NOT try to take matter into your own hands. It will only make matters worse. For example, you may get angry as opposed to intimidated, which may cause you to want to fight. When you fight, YOU will get in trouble. So, you both lose. Why would you want to do that? Then, you get suspended or expelled and all that the authorities see, is that you fought. You are no longer a victim. And even after that, the bully may have some buddies that'll find you and will do more harm to you, and they will more than likely have no mercy. WHY? Why go that route if it's unnecessary. All you have to do is tell someone. You are not the only victim. And you could be, changing someone’s life and encouraging other victims if you inform an authority about your issue. It is not easy. Everyone is afraid of the outcome if you tell because the bully said if you say anything something bad will happen. But you have to speak. Speak on your behalf and on the behalf of those that want to speak, but are afraid to. Make a difference. Be Proactive! ACT NOW!

Teen Stress By: Quran Briggs

A problem I would like to discuss is teenage stress. There can be long term affects during teenage stress that can be costly or potentially dangerous in the future. Teenage stress can be avoided easily if you take the proper steps. There are many thing that can cause teenage stress. I want to learn ways to control or prevent them from happening to my peers and myself.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> The long term affect of stress can be a more serious than losing friends or a loss of relationship with someone but it can also affect you health. Stress can cause digestive problems for teens. It can trigger a signal in our brain to eat more or want more food in a time of depression. Many kids may use food as a stress reliever which can lead to obesity which is an on going problem in America. Stress can also trigger the exact opposite of eating a lot, it can make you not want to eat at all. Actions like this can cause a dangerous amount of weight loss. Stress at a young age can also influence bad decision like smoking which can lead to cancer in the long term. It can also lead to making a bad decision like committing a crime and be put in jail for a long time.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> Stress can sometimes easily be avoided. Time management is a way of getting rid of stress. You can carefully manage the time being used to do school work and do activities you want to do with your friends. If u eliminate bad influences in your life you can relieve a lot of stress. Some people may take a major amount of time in your life doing other things than what your suppose to do. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> Parents can influence stress more than they believe they are. They believe they are helping for the good but sometimes they can be negatively effecting their children in the long term. They can affect the self esteem of a child causing them to think ways that they need to change when this change is not necessary. School also can cause up to 78% of stress in teenage life. They can be overwhelmed with work in class because of poor time management.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> **//__ Problem Essay: The Homeless __//** <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> **//__ Devin Williams __//** <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> **//__ November 30, 2010 __//** <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> **//__ AVID 3 __//**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> Throughout our community, there has been a constant growth in the problem of homeless people. However, this constant increase in citizens without a home may not just be present in your own community; this is a problem that exists throughout the nation and even the world. As we look further into this problem, we learn that there are a vast number of reasons that contribute to the lives of those without home. In addition, we may also further realize what we can do as a community to help those without homes. There a various charities that assist homeless people, also we as the people of the world should be willing to encourage those with no homes to not give up, but to continue striving for a better life as well as a better future. I believe this common goal will bring us together as a community, as well as a nation.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> I believe that the first thing that should be done before the process of helping the homeless regain position in the community would be to understand what key factors in their live restrain them from keeping up or staying ahead in society today. I know that one of the major factors would be that 30% of high school students drop out, and this rate is still rising over the years. Also, that there is a 19.8% of homeless people in the US. Although theses numbers may seem small, there are more factors that contribute to the dropping out of high school that can still affect us. Some high school drop outs do not understand the material that is given in school, and when they become frustrated, they decide to quit. This leads to the lack of education to acquire many well paying jobs or jobs at all. This problem can be resolved by creating more job opportunities. Those who are homeless have either lost the will to work, or have not been able to find a job that is well paying enough to help them survive.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> Also, I feel that the government should take part in the solution to this constantly growing problem. I feel as though a specific fun should be open allowing citizens to willing donate money that will help the homeless. The government has the power to create better paying jobs for those who need them, as well as give them the education. This will surely help lower the rates of homeless people as well as high school drop outs. I am sure that the government is well aware of this problem, and they have more than enough power to change it for the better.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> In conclusion, I feel that we must not ignore this problem at all because it is and could become even more serious as time goes by. There are a vast number of ways that we as a nation as well as a community to contribute to resolving of this problem now, and preventing it from becoming more hectic in the future. Everyone should have a place to call home, and I hope everyone will soon have one. ** Bullying ** ** Ave R. Johnson **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> Bullying has become a growing issue in the United States. It is an issue that is very important to me. Many students are becoming depressed or committing suicide because of bullying. I want to fix this because I was bullied and I don’t want other kids to be bullied.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> In middle and elementary school I was bullied. At first I didn’t understand why I was being bullied because I was very nice to everyone. But obviously people felt as though this made me a great target. I tried so hard to ignore it but everything that was being said started to irritate me. As a result of the bullying I felt like nobody liked me. I also felt so worthless. I even know someone who wanted to commit suicide because they were bullied.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> There are many ways to put an end to bullying. You can become friends with the bully. Bullies are less likely to pick on someone in their group. But then people might think you are being phony. You can avoid the areas where bullies hang out. This would make you less likely to be bullied. But then you will start to think this is the only way to keep from being bullied. You can speak well of yourself. Others will also start to speak well of you. But other people might start to think that you think that you are above everyone else. You can act confident. Bullies are less likely to pick on confident people. But some bullies might see through that facade. You can stop spreading rumors. Others won’t think that spreading rumors is cool. But you could become stressed from keeping all the gossip bottled up inside you. You can become a defender of the undefended. You will start to feel confident enough to defend someone who is being bullied. But then the bullies might choose you as their next target.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> Everyday 160,000 children skip school because they’re afraid of being teased or bullied by someone. Every year 250,000 weapons are brought to school. Kids bring them as protection. Every 48 hours, 20 children are killed by other children. Half of students know someone who switched schools to feel safer. Studies show that 77 percent of students are bullied mentally, physically or verbally. Fifteen percent of high school students reported one to three bullying incidents within the last month and 3.4 percent ten times more.

Bullying has become one of the leading issues in schools today. Everyday children are being killed or harassed in school. People say that they want to end bullying. But nothing is ever done to end it. I’m willing to do my part to put an end to this issue. Children are killing themselves and cutting themselves over this. That is why bullying needs to end now. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: right;">Nidia Diaz.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">__ ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. __

<span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> The large amount of immigrants that come to the U.S.A make its Government had problems on introducing them to the society, for that reason it would be vital to legalize immigrants. Many ways that can be do in order to legalize immigration. These problems cause many other problems that in the future and can cause more problems for the Government. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> The most important way that we can solve these problems is by giving people legal documents. First, the Government has to approve what is called //Immigration Reform//. We have our president Barack O’bama that promised an immigration reform and by this time he hasn’t done anything. All illegal immigrants are still waiting for it. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> In my opinion other way that can help to this problem is giving “Visa” to people who are employment that came to the U.S.A and help our economy. Why doing this is a good way to end with the illegal immigration? Because I as an Hispanic person know that if an Hispanic people is ask to do these and that the person wouldn’t say “no” but if you ask an American person is ask to do these and that the person wouldn’t do all the work that he/she has been ask to do. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> Another thing that is a big problem for people is illegal students they are also affected with this because they can go to a public school but not to the university. This is the biggest problem. Why? Because many students are brought to this country when they are kids and they come illegal that makes big problems in their future. One of them is getting into the university but this year the president is trying to pass a new law called “Dream Act” this is for those students hat cannot get into the university they are going to have the opportunity to get in but they are going to more than what a citizen of the U.S.A pays. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> These are some of the ways that the government should do to end with the illegal immigration. This if course would have some advantages and disadvantages but as I said if is not solve by now it can be a bigger problem in the future. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;"> **//__ Teen Abortion __//** <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: right;"> ** Monique Dupye ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: right;"> ** Pd:4 **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> ** This is very common in the United States because one out of four grown adults even to young adolescent girls has these and it’s called __ABORTION__. Teens are unaware that when you have an abortion, you are committing murder to an unborn baby. In the U.S, there are two different types of abortion. They are called the abortion pill and in-clinic abortion. The pill is also known as RU-486. Even thought it may seem easier to do, it’s no better than a surgical abortion. RU-486, known as mifepristone, is a steroid that blocks a certain hormone and that hormone is called progesterone, essential in stopping pregnancy. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Ameretto Condensed'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> ** Abstinence is a great way to not even think about having an abortion because it’s a choice to sustain from having sex and its factor to not getting pregnant. Birth control is a pill used to prevent the reproductive system from releasing an egg. Also it could cause serious health related issues to the body. An accident abortion would be a miscarriage which a spontaneous vanishing of the fetus. Only one out of five pregnancies are luckily enough to end in miscarriage. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Ameretto Condensed'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify;"> ** Sex education would teach young females as well as grown women even to males also about how to have safe sex or no sex at all. Some teens probably wont take this issue to heart and make a big deal about it, but they should. A child will change anyone life, doesn’t matter what age, or who you are, just know NOTHING will be the same. Your dreams, ambitions, and life goals will have to be put off just to take care and provide for a child. Most of the time, some moms, young or older may never get to accomplish what they hoped they would. I totally support waiting until you think your ready to have child, which should be after college and once your married. Ladies, we should be mindful of who we let enter our world and the actions we choose because one wrong mistake could change your whole life and have you thinking that __ABORTION__ is the way to solve this five minute mistake. WRONG!!! ** __ ** Alexus Scott ** __ __ **Abusive Relationships** __ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lots of people do not recognize abuse when it happens or don’t know how to tell whether or not a relationship is healthy. The types may range from verbal attacks and controlling behaviors, to physical and sexual assaults. It is important to remember that everyone deserves to be in a safe and healthy relationship, free from violence and fear. It may be hard to recognize the early warning signs of abuse, and often the early incidents of abuse are minimized. Usually domestic violence is not a one-time incident and many find that the abuse occurs in a repeating cycle of violence. Each act of abuse may be followed by an apology, or the abusive partner may blame others for the abuse. As the relationship continues, the abuse may get worse and occur more frequently impact of domestic violence is felt by everyone, but you can make a difference. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If you are experiencing abuse, talk to someone you trust and consider getting help to end your relationship safely. If you are abusing your partner, take responsibility for ending the abuse by getting help for yourself. If you know someone experiencing abuse, educate yourself to be an important source of information and support. Take action in your community by speaking out about the fight to end domestic violence. Emotional abuse is as damaging as physical abuse, though it is often harder to recognize, and therefore to recover from. Emotional abuse causes long term self esteem issues and profound emotional repercussions for the partners of abusers. Abuse typically alternates with declarations of love and statements that they will change, providing a "hook" to keep the partner in the relationship. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Abusive relationships do not change without sustained therapy. Specifically targeted toward the abusive relationship patterns. These relationships cannot be changed from one side, it takes mutual honesty, openness and willingness from both parties to work through these issues. Group therapy is a highly recommended for abusers, as it helps them to break through the denial that is generally a part of the abusive patterns. People in denial generally recognize their own dysfunctional behavior in others more easily than in themselves. This applies to the partners of abusers as well - group helps them to break through the denial by seeing the relationship patterns from a wider view. __

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<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">** Teenage Pregnancy **

__<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;">Teenage pregnancy is a major problem that is constantly growing in the United States. Young teenage girls do not realize or understand the impact and responsibility of having a child at such a young age. Teenage parents don't know their options and do not know the dangers of unprotected sex. Being pregnant at an early age is not healthy or normal and has a huge impact on the teenager, their families, and their whole lives. Teenage pregnancy is an issue that must be addressed and resolved because it will become more and more prevalent if society does not educate and support young adolescents. __ __<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;"> Teenage pregnancy is a result of involvement in unplanned or unprotcted sexual intercourse. Teen pregnancy has major risk factors that include poor school performance, ecomonic disadvantages, single parent families, lack of positive family interaction, use of drugs or alcohol, violence or sexual abuse, and peer pressure from others. Some of the symptoms of teenage pregnancy are abdominal pains, breast enlargment or tenderness, fatigue, missed periods, nausea/vomiting, and frequent urination. Additionally, teenage girls are at a much higher risk of having serious medical complications throughout and during the pregnancy. Approximately, one-third of young women in the United States become pregnant in their teenage years. More than 80 percent of teenage pregnancies are unintended and unintentional. The highest teen birth rate occurs in Hispanic and African American women. Out of all teenage pregnancies that occur, only 57% end up in birth of the children. Every year, approximately, one million teenage girls become pregnant during their teenage years in the United States. The consequences of teenage pregnancy are that 80% of teen mothers must rely on welfare at some point in their lives because of low incomes, most teenage mothers are likely to drop out of high school because they cannot manage all of the responsibilities they have, about one-third of teenage mothers obtain a high school diploma, and many of these teenage pregnancies are associated with increased rates of alcohol and substance abuse. __ __<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;"> Knowing the solutions to teenage pregnancy is the key to success in educating and reducing the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in present and future generations. Some of the solutions to teenage pregnancy are sex education, use of condoms, use of birth control pills, abstinence, support groups where teens talk to other teen parents and learn about their experiences, and abortion. Each solution has advantages and disadvanges that will help teenagers become educated. The advantages to sex education are that the teenagers are informed about the consequences of teenage pregnancy and the impact that it will have on family, friends, and themselves. The disadvantages of sex education are that teenagers might not listen or show any interest in the consequences and will still want to experience even after the knowledge they obtained. The advantages to the use of condoms are that they protect from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), there is one for both females and males, and it is a safe and hygenic way to engage in sexual intercourse. The disadvantages of the use of condoms are that they are not 100% efficient, they can rip during intercourse, and some people may think they are uncomfortable. The advantages of birth control medications are that they helped protect against pregnancy, regulate menstrual cycle for some females, and are safe and effective. The disadvantages of birth control medications are that there are side effects, they cost money, they make you gain weight, and they do not protect from STDs. The advantages of abstinence are that it prevents pregnancy and STDs and help encourage people to build relationships in different ways. The disadvantages are that it is often to abstain from sexual intercourse, there is peer pressure, and "heat of the moment" situations often occur. The advantages of talking to other teenage mothers is that teens get a first hand account on the hardships of having a baby and they can learn from experience of others. The disadvantages are that teens might not understand or learn from others experiences' and they may be encouraged to have a baby. Lastly, the advantages of abortion are that it prevents unwanted children from beign born and can give a teenager a second chance at life without the care of a baby. The disadvantages to abortion are many do not support the practice, it is costly, it is immoral, and it promotes irresponsible behavior. These solutions are the most common and can be most effective. __ __<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;"> One particular solution that I think would be the most effective would be abstinence. This is because there is no worry about getting pregnant, there is no worry about contracting any STDs, and there is no worry about caring for an unwanted child. Many teenagers chose to abstain from sex because of their values or religious beliefs, others just chose to abstain because it is the safe and right thing to do. The decision is up to you and it is a serious one that has many consequences. Being abstinent just means that you want to wait to have sex until you think the time is right for you! __ __<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;"> Teenage pregnancy is a serious consequence and many teenagers should take precautions with the decisions they make and they should make sure they know what they are getting themselves into when they take action. Every action has a consequence, whether it is good or bad. __

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Drugs are the worse thing that you can ever get yourself into. Drugs are bad for you and

including everybody around you, also bad for the environment and your community.

Most people that do drugs or is addicted to drugs, are either, in jail or selling drugs

Which is not the right way to go. These substances do not take along time to get addicted

to. Most of the time it only takes one time. Drugs are very harmful and can destroy your

insides and make your body non-normal. They can kill your brain cells, and your miner

organs, which can cause your body to shut down. They will cause you to leave marks on

your body,from all the itching and from the needles that you would use to insert a type of

drug into your body. These drugs would make, you you think crazy and act crazy, which

would make you do things that you wouldn’t normally do. It would cause you to separate

yourself from your life, and friends an family, which are the main people that would try

to help you get over your addiction. But most people are able to over come drugs that

they have been on for so long. Many people want help and many don’t! Even though you

can’t help the people that don’t want the help, doesn’t mean nothing. You should try to

make the environment a better place. If you want to help many people over come their

addiction, you can ask your community for help. Most drug addicts go to rehab, to

get help. Which only sometimes works. Most of the time,drug addicts sign their self out

of rehab. Because its just to much for them. You can also help by starting programs about

drugs. So they have people to talk to, so that they have people that care, to help them. But

the law enforcement ,can try harder, to prevent it, by arresting people and the drug

dealers. So most of the drugs would be off the streets,but mainly the thing is to not get

hooked on to drgus because it ruins lives.”

Isaiah Denny- period 4









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__ ** Alexus Scott ** __ __ **Abusive Relationships** __ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lots of people do not recognize abuse when it happens or don’t know how to tell whether or not a relationship is healthy. The types may range from verbal attacks and controlling behaviors, to physical and sexual assaults. It is important to remember that everyone deserves to be in a safe and healthy relationship, free from violence and fear. It may be hard to recognize the early warning signs of abuse, and often the early incidents of abuse are minimized. Usually domestic violence is not a one-time incident and many find that the abuse occurs in a repeating cycle of violence. Each act of abuse may be followed by an apology, or the abusive partner may blame others for the abuse. As the relationship continues, the abuse may get worse and occur more frequently impact of domestic violence is felt by everyone, but you can make a difference. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If you are experiencing abuse, talk to someone you trust and consider getting help to end your relationship safely. If you are abusing your partner, take responsibility for ending the abuse by getting help for yourself. If you know someone experiencing abuse, educate yourself to be an important source of information and support. Take action in your community by speaking out about the fight to end domestic violence. Emotional abuse is as damaging as physical abuse, though it is often harder to recognize, and therefore to recover from. Emotional abuse causes long term self esteem issues and profound emotional repercussions for the partners of abusers. Abuse typically alternates with declarations of love and statements that they will change, providing a "hook" to keep the partner in the relationship. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Abusive relationships do not change without sustained therapy. Specifically targeted toward the abusive relationship patterns. These relationships cannot be changed from one side, it takes mutual honesty, openness and willingness from both parties to work through these issues. Group therapy is a highly recommended for abusers, as it helps them to break through the denial that is generally a part of the abusive patterns. People in denial generally recognize their own dysfunctional behavior in others more easily than in themselves. This applies to the partners of abusers as well - group helps them to break through the denial by seeing the relationship patterns from a wider view. __

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<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">** Teenage Pregnancy **

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left;">Teenage pregnancy is a major problem that is constantly growing in the United States. Young teenage girls do not realize or understand the impact and responsibility of having a child at such a young age. Teenage parents don't know their options and do not know the dangers of unprotected sex. Being pregnant at an early age is not healthy or normal and has a huge impact on the teenager, their families, and their whole lives. Teenage pregnancy is an issue that must be addressed and resolved because it will become more and more prevalent if society does not educate and support young adolescents.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left;">Teenage pregnancy is a result of involvement in unplanned or unprotcted sexual intercourse. Teen pregnancy has major risk factors that include poor school performance, ecomonic disadvantages, single parent families, lack of positive family interaction, use of drugs or alcohol, violence or sexual abuse, and peer pressure from others. Some of the symptoms of teenage pregnancy are abdominal pains, breast enlargment or tenderness, fatigue, missed periods, nausea/vomiting, and frequent urination. Additionally, teenage girls are at a much higher risk of having serious medical complications throughout and during the pregnancy. Approximately, one-third of young women in the United States become pregnant in their teenage years. More than 80 percent of teenage pregnancies are unintended and unintentional. The highest teen birth rate occurs in Hispanic and African American women. Out of all teenage pregnancies that occur, only 57% end up in birth of the children. Every year, approximately, one million teenage girls become pregnant during their teenage years in the United States. The consequences of teenage pregnancy are that 80% of teen mothers must rely on welfare at some point in their lives because of low incomes, most teenage mothers are likely to drop out of high school because they cannot manage all of the responsibilities they have, about one-third of teenage mothers obtain a high school diploma, and many of these teenage pregnancies are associated with increased rates of alcohol and substance abuse.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left;">Knowing the solutions to teenage pregnancy is the key to success in educating and reducing the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in present and future generations. Some of the solutions to teenage pregnancy are sex education, use of condoms, use of birth control pills, abstinence, support groups where teens talk to other teen parents and learn about their experiences, and abortion. Each solution has advantages and disadvanges that will help teenagers become educated. The advantages to sex education are that the teenagers are informed about the consequences of teenage pregnancy and the impact that it will have on family, friends, and themselves. The disadvantages of sex education are that teenagers might not listen or show any interest in the consequences and will still want to experience even after the knowledge they obtained. The advantages to the use of condoms are that they protect from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), there is one for both females and males, and it is a safe and hygenic way to engage in sexual intercourse. The disadvantages of the use of condoms are that they are not 100% efficient, they can rip during intercourse, and some people may think they are uncomfortable. The advantages of birth control medications are that they helped protect against pregnancy, regulate menstrual cycle for some females, and are safe and effective. The disadvantages of birth control medications are that there are side effects, they cost money, they make you gain weight, and they do not protect from STDs. The advantages of abstinence are that it prevents pregnancy and STDs and help encourage people to build relationships in different ways. The disadvantages are that it is often to abstain from sexual intercourse, there is peer pressure, and "heat of the moment" situations often occur. The advantages of talking to other teenage mothers is that teens get a first hand account on the hardships of having a baby and they can learn from experience of others. The disadvantages are that teens might not understand or learn from others experiences' and they may be encouraged to have a baby. Lastly, the advantages of abortion are that it prevents unwanted children from beign born and can give a teenager a second chance at life without the care of a baby. The disadvantages to abortion are many do not support the practice, it is costly, it is immoral, and it promotes irresponsible behavior. These solutions are the most common and can be most effective.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left;">One particular solution that I think would be the most effective would be abstinence. This is because there is no worry about getting pregnant, there is no worry about contracting any STDs, and there is no worry about caring for an unwanted child. Many teenagers chose to abstain from sex because of their values or religious beliefs, others just chose to abstain because it is the safe and right thing to do. The decision is up to you and it is a serious one that has many consequences. Being abstinent just means that you want to wait to have sex until you think the time is right for you!

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left;">Teenage pregnancy is a serious consequence and many teenagers should take precautions with the decisions they make and they should make sure they know what they are getting themselves into when they take action. Every action has a consequence, whether it is good or bad.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> Diamond Terry

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> __Bullying__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Bullying is a problem that can’t be solved. If there’s a solution for bullying it could be years before every issue is solved. Bullying has become a problem all over nationwide. It’s not only a problem in high-school but with but elementary students. Bullying has become a problem that we have lost control over. It wasn’t such a big deal at first but now it’s become the biggest problems of the year. From school bullying to cyber bullying. Students don’t even want to come to school because other children continue to pick with them in school. Suicide rates blooms sky high. Why do 10 year olds even have facebook and MySpace? If I was a parent of a younger child, I wouldn’t allow my children on face book. That’s why we have cell phones. If they don’t have a cell phone at that age then well so be it. I would want to have an open relationship with my children and not keep in any anger. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"> What are schools doing to try to stop this bullying? Schools are trying to step up and do their jobs. But not all school step up. Talk to your kids tell them you understand them, <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"> Because in their minds your not listening to them, it will help if someone who went through the same thing their going through was there age. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"> In high school your basically on your own and their not much bulling going. If you put yourself out there like that then that’s on you because you should be your self always. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"> People don’t realize that life is short to be fooling around. It’s not game so it’s just best to get your education and go with the flow. It’s not good for your health to be worrying about what people are going to say all the time <span style="display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"> Teachers don’t realize that the kids in elementary school are little and not stress out-let, so they tend to come to school and pick up on what is there to laugh about. And it’s not a good source at all. If parent came together and figured out at solution so students of all age could enjoy school. Bullying is a problem people say will never be solved, but if we come up with something that will solve this solve then made once there would peace in the school systems.

__<span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Animal Abuse __ <span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Animal Abuse is seen more often now-a-days everywhere. The abuse of animals is now making many animals endangered. It is also making top headlines on the news. Animal abuse effects many people personally and makes them feel bad because they love animals and when they see stories of animals being abused for no reason it upsets them. Most of the time when animals are being abused, it involves severe burns, broken bones and even a large portion of flesh missing. <span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I think that the government should be more strict on animal abuse because if not more people will feel they can get away with it. Some ways the government can reduce the amount of animal abuse is first, putting suspects in jail and making sure they do community service. Secondly, they can rescue abandoned animals and put them in a shelter because they are the main target of offenders. Lastly, government can raise money to give animal shelters to help cure the abused animals. <span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Another form of animal abuse is killing animals for food. It has been going on since forever and would be a very hard task to get people to not kill animals for food. We all love the foods we eat but we should think twice about it. We could encourage others to become vegetarians and to live healthier lifestyles. <span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Lastly, another form of animal abuse is using animals in labs to test different medicines on them to help find cures for diseases. This is also another problem that will never be solved because almost everybody has someone in there life that is suffering from a disease. And in reality, we would encourage them to use those animals because it could possibly save our loved ones. <span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I feel like animal owners should be demanded to take there animal to the vet at least every 3 to 4 months to be examined and make sure there are no signs of animal abuse. Animals may not be humans but they are apart of this world and we should do our best to protect them and keep them safe. We should also try as much as we can to get the community involved. Our number one goal for this issue is to make sure out animals are in good hands. <span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Kendra Martin