National School Lunch Act

terribly loud at the same time (“A Smart Idea”). This is one of the contributing reasons to a decrease in faithful adult customers (“A Smart Idea”). These faithful customers work in businesses around Munchy’s and when they go there they want a quiet lunch (“A Smart Idea”). It is not possible to create a quiet environment with teenagers there. As one teenager shows up more and more follow, like weeds to a garden (“A Smart Idea”). Teenagers use the restaurant as a hangout spot more than a place to…

As a parent how would you feel if your kid was able to drink before he/she graduated high school? b. Transitional Sentence (Summary of the rule/background info)- A very controversial that has arisen recently is if the drinking age of most states should be lowered to 18. c. Thesis- Although many believe that the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18, the drinking age should not be lowered because of the development of one’s brain, binge drinking, and less responsibility for teen’s actions…

At what age should an individual in the United States be able to experience the pleasure of drinking their first alcoholic beverage? Should the age remain as it is or should the United States follow the majority of the world, where 61% of 196 countries have a legal drinking age of 18-19? The continuous controversy in the United States on whether or not the mandatory legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 years of age has been ongoing for decades. The legal age to consume alcohol in the…

Before college even begins, the stories of insane college parties are in the back of every high schoolers’ minds. Our culture around drinking and partying is not getting any better, no matter the age limit. Anyone who has an intense desire to drink will find a way to access alcohol, no matter their age. A combination of certain emotions and an addictive personality will result in alcoholism. Most people begin to binge drink when they are unhappy with themselves, or something they may have chosen…

government can change these transitions in the life course by changing laws such as voting law and social security. At eighteen in the United States, you can join the military, move out, marry and legally vote. A person that has just finished high school now gains full legal rights and is liable for their own actions even though not much development change has happened from age 17 to 18. Some people do not agree with this age for adulthood and feel as though when a person turns 21 and is able to…

appointments, and so much more. But in all 50 states you cannot be caught with a single drop of alcohol in your system while you are under the age of 21 without serious punishment. Why is this and what is the logic behind it? The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 set in place to enact a minimum drinking age to 21.…

In the United States, millions of people, ranging from teenagers, adults, and elderlies, practice the infamous habit of drinking alcohol. Since all the fifty states passed a law raising the legal minimum drinking age to twenty-one, many of the U.S. demographics have invested tremendous effort into lowering it down to the age of eighteen. Decades has passed and still the debate about drinking age continuous to be one of the most controversial subject in the twenty first century. Numerous worried…

passing of the 26th amendment that lowered voting ages from 21 years of age to 18 years. Soon thereafter states began to lower there MLDA, or minimum legal drinking age. After this the Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 became active. Hanson goes on to explains, “The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession…

Several individuals in the United States today had the discussion of what the legal age drinking should be. Individuals, political groups, and organizations express that the legal drinking age should remain at twenty-one years old, but others argue the legal age should be lowered to eighteen years old. This is understandable considering that at the age of eighteen you can vote, serve in the military, get married, and sign legal documents or contracts. Therefore, they are able as young adults…

Reasons why everybody has to be 21 to vote By: Karley Chapman Did you know that according to GazetteXtra, eight Janesville 17-year-olds voted illegally in the spring elections this year. They were among 258 who did the same thing statewide. That’s 266 17-year-olds who voted illegally! But are they making good choices? The answer is no. Everyone has to be 21 to vote. My first reason why everyone should be 21 to vote because if 18-year-olds can’t drink, why in the world why they should they be…