50 Years Ago Research Paper

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when you walk into a busy city, you'll see people driving to work, people talking on their phones, using their computers and listening to music. people walk pass each other with nothing more than a glance. back in 1952 people saying hello , communicating with each other, children playing and laughing. as you can see society has changed over the years and is still changing as the days goes by. The very morals that america was built on, have been lost. The media and fashion sense send a message that leads to poor behaviors. society is NOT changing for the better.

The average family who respects their elders and others is a great value that our society barely has now today. when it was time to eat dinner family sits to the table together as a family, now that barely happens. children are either on the phone eating in their room or they just eat at different times from everyone. kids played with their imagination with something as simple as a cardboard box, and instead of kids playing fun creative games, their stuck inside playing ''candy crush'' or any other electronic games. now kids are using electronics for entertainment.Today's society is consumed with technology,and divorce rates have went up humongously.
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from experience in this society were living in now teens are becoming more involved in drugs and alcohol before even graduating. girls have no respect for themselves, music revolves around drugs,drinking,partying, and etc. kids are being bullied everyday, committing suicides, and most police officers are

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