Drinking Age Should be Lowered {persuasive essay}

http://www.teenink.com/opinion/drugs_alcohol_smoking/article/48104/Drinking-Age-Should-Be-Lowered


The title of my article is "Drinking Age Should Be Lowered." I found it on the link given from the Blackville Writing site. www.teenink.com. It was written by Harold G from Wyoming, Mississippi. The main paragraph as well as the title of the piece of writing contains the thesis. The main idea in this article is that the drinking age should be lowered.

The first paragraph did catch my attention because it started out by listing off the reason's why people use alcohol. It Also explains that if the drinking age was lowered the percentage of underage drinking would also be lowered. The article has six paragraphs, all six of them relating to the main idea of lowering the drinking age.This writer involves some information in the article, for example it mentions the percentage of high school seniors that have used alcohol, "87% of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of seventeen to eighteen have used alcohol before."

The author of this article doesn't present the other side of the argument. He mentions that in other country's it is lower but he doesn't completely present the other side. I agree to a certain extent, he is from the United States where drinking age is 21 and he wants is to be lowered to 18 or 19. I however live in Canada where the drinking age already is 19, so in a way I agree that is should be lowered and all drinking ages no matter where you live should be the same. The writer could have presented the other side of the story to strengthen its points and also use more statistics.

The conclusion of this article is decently strong, it provides another reason on why it should be lowered but also offers that if they lower it and it doesn't work out to put the drinking age back up to 21 because changed are made all the time. I did not find any grammar or spelling errors and I enjoyed reading this article, I thought it was a well done persuasive piece.

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We chose this video "How to Be a Gangster" because it is similar to the How To video we are planning to do. I like this video because it gave us some examples on what to put in our video and how to do it. Also what I liked about the video was that it was extrememly funny and intersting to watch. Some things that I would do differently would be that I would use less vulgar words and also better quality with more creative camera angles. Things the videos have in common is that they all have a voice over, introduction and visual instructions.

LIfe As A Mosquito~

Life as a Mosquito is actually the best way to live its super fun and interesting, however it also has it down side. Just think about it, they never run short of food because there is plenty of people and animals in the world to suck blood from, also you get to fly around with your friend mosquitos and have a good time. However you also have the down side which consists of getting eaten by animals, getting hit by fly swatters and running into the windows of moving vehicles. Male mosquitoes typically feed on nectar and plant juices while female mosquitoes have to feed on blood in order to be able to lay eggs. Did you know that Mosquitoes lay eggs in the water? That’s why mosquitoes always come out after it rains. Overall life as a mosquito is pretty decent, as long as you stay away from car windows and maybe drank nectar more than blood. That way you don not have to risk getting killed by a person.

How to Prove to Your Parents That You Are Responsible~

There comes a time in every teenagers life when hanging out watching a movie with mom and dad is no longer "cool", and they would way rather go out with friends and have a good time. However to do so you have to prove to your parents that you are a responsible teenager fully capable of going out by yourself. The following are ten easy steps that you can follow to prove to your parents that you are responsible.

Step 1- Talk to your parents about what you want, explain to them that you are older now and want to start going out on the weekends with your friends.

Step 2- Try doing chores around the house show them that you are not afraid to work for what you want

Step 3- Try doing extra credit work at school or better yet study hard and get good grades. If your doing well in school, your parents will let you take time off from studying on the weekends to have fun.

Step 4- Try avoiding childish like "um" or "duh" because it makes you sound immature. However don't try impressing them by using super sophisticated words either, they may think you are being a show off and that's not very responsible.

Step 5- Avoid things they don't like, stay away from the bad crowds at school, don't watch the television show she hates, finds trashy and doesn't approve of.

Step 6- Go out of your way to compliment them or do an extra chore. This will get them on your good side, especially if you plan on going out that night this is a way of getting them in a extremely good mood so you have a better chance of them saying yes.

Step 7-Prove you can take care of yourself. If your parents come home from work, exhausted, don't pester them to make dinner for you. Make it for them!

Step 8- Be sure to do your daily chores and don't be lazy.

Step 9- Be punctual. If your curfew is at 11, be home by 10:30, that way your parents will be so pleased they might even set your curfew back a few hours giving you more time for fun. If your school starts at 8, wake up at 6:30 instead of at 7:30, that way you won't be cranky and rushed and have to beg your parents for a ride.

Step 10- Let them know all of your plans in advance, don't tell them at the last minute and make them feel sorry for you. Be mature about it, if there's a big party you want to go to, ask a week in advance that way they have time to think about it. Also this is a plus because during that week you could due all of the steps I mentioned above and get on their good side.

Now that you have read all ten steps on how to prove to your parents that you are responsible I hope you succeed greatly and have a great teenage life.