Age of Responsibilities: We should not change the legal age because people at 18 can already assume their responsibilities. Some people say that the legal age for adult rights and responsibilities such as driving, drinking and voting should be changed. The articles “What is the age of responsibility” by Alan Greenblat, “No, we shouldn’t lower the voting to age 16” by David Davenport, “You're an adult, but your brain might not be, experts say” by Jacqueline Howard and “ how old is old enough?” Catherine Rampell has different opinions on this. Some say that 18 is too young, too old, or that it's perfect. But in my opinion, the legal age should be 18 because it's an age that the person can already assume responsibility for their actions. People
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Most people agree with Davenport because it is reasonable to change the voting age to 18 because people at that age are more mature and they are allowed to go to war, its reasonable to let them vote, 16-years old are not allowed to go to war because they are not very mature to take that responsibility, so why would we let them vote? People also discuss the driving age because you can get a driver's license at 16 and people think that it is too young to be out on the …show more content…
Drinking should be changed to 18 because if you are already considered an adult at that age why wouldn't you be able to drink? People do not like that you can't drink until you're 21 because they are already considered an adult at 18, so why wouldn't they be allowed to drink alcohol if you are already an adult? But there are people who think that this age for drinking is perfect because at that age you are already mature to consider what you do and for example, not drink when you have to drive because that could cause a terrible accident. For instance, I think that the drinking age should be 18 because you are already considered and treated as an adult at that age. In conclusion, the legal ages for voting, driving and drinking have a lot to talk about because there is a lot of hypocrisy in each one like why would you be forced to go to war at 16 but not be allowed to vote at that age, or like why would you not be able to rent a car at 21 if you're already an adult, and/or why wouldn't you be able to drink at 18 if you're already considered and treated as an
Most people agree with Davenport because it is reasonable to change the voting age to 18 because people at that age are more mature and they are allowed to go to war, its reasonable to let them vote, 16-years old are not allowed to go to war because they are not very mature to take that responsibility, so why would we let them vote? People also discuss the driving age because you can get a driver's license at 16 and people think that it is too young to be out on the …show more content…
Drinking should be changed to 18 because if you are already considered an adult at that age why wouldn't you be able to drink? People do not like that you can't drink until you're 21 because they are already considered an adult at 18, so why wouldn't they be allowed to drink alcohol if you are already an adult? But there are people who think that this age for drinking is perfect because at that age you are already mature to consider what you do and for example, not drink when you have to drive because that could cause a terrible accident. For instance, I think that the drinking age should be 18 because you are already considered and treated as an adult at that age. In conclusion, the legal ages for voting, driving and drinking have a lot to talk about because there is a lot of hypocrisy in each one like why would you be forced to go to war at 16 but not be allowed to vote at that age, or like why would you not be able to rent a car at 21 if you're already an adult, and/or why wouldn't you be able to drink at 18 if you're already considered and treated as an