The Age of Reason

Imagine, being thousands of dollars in dept only for the reason that you made the decision to drop out. The average debt all graduating seniors with student loans is $30,000. And the average debt for an adult is $5,700. Students should not be required to pay back the money used to educate them, if they drop out. Public Schooling is free up until college. This is possible through federal, state, and local tax money. Everyday American citizens are giving a portion of their hard worked money, to…

is not as keen on making a fool of himself in front of a crowd like his older father is. It does not matter that the father is older age has nothing to do with this situation. There is no age that determines what is considered as an adult such as age restrictions because everyone acts and matures differently. Everyone reacts differently to situations no matter what age they are. Each person is unique in their own way and has their own way of dealing with things differently. They have…

in 1997 found that 5 percent of girls ranging from the age of 10-14 were married and that 48% percent of girls from the ages of 15-19 were married. Another survey that took place in the year 1998 one by The United Nations Populations Fund revealed that 7 percent of girls that were only 12 years old were married, 47.8 percent by the…

One of the reasons of high rates of abuse of the elderly is incompetence and inhumanity among caregivers in caregiving facilities. McNamee and Murphy (2006) employ Cullen’s case to portray a clear picture of how incompetency culminates in the abuse of the elderly in…

results in the unfair treatment of employees(Hero). Discrimination has many different fields but a big one in the united states is discrimination in the workplace. When acquiring a job, employers need to avoid discriminating their applicants by race, age, gender, and disability to assure equal opportunities An employer should follow the Title VII of Civil rights act and give equal employment opportunities. Numbers of federal and state laws strictly prohibit racial discrimination. First in 1964…

The Middle Ages had been a time period following the fall of the Roman Empire, and a dark and “barbarous” age according to many humanists in the Renaissance Era. The Middle Age began without any idea of the education, politics, and intellectual of the Greeks and Romans. Some people in the Renaissance Era believed this era to be a “awakening” from the Middle Ages, and a complete revival of the Greek and Roman lifestyle. Politically, humanists replaced religion from politics, and justified their…

The drinking age has been a common topic of discussion for years now. Both sides have very valid arguments. That being if we should keep the drinking age in the United States at 21 or if we should lower it to 18. As I see it, I have no problem with how the drinking age is now, but I feel like the United States would work better with the age being lowered to 18. There are many reason why the drinking age was raised to 21. First of all, “the goal of the change in drinking age from 18-21…

Drinking Age To many, the idea of lowering the drinking age to eighteen is appealing. If you are of age to be drafted and die in war, they argue, you should be allowed to drink alcohol. Proponents of lowering the drinking age point to the fact that in many countries, it is lower than ours or even nonexistent. They say that lowering the drinking age would decrease unsafe activity. However, they fail to acknowledge the facts that disagree with their viewpoint. Firstly, lowering the drinking age…

Inequality It has been claimed that in the future, differences between married-couple families and other families will continue to be a growing source of social inequality. One reason that this is untrue is the changing landscape of American society; namely, the gradual replacement of the older percentage of the population (those over age 55) with younger individuals. Older people tend towards having more conservative political views, as well as being more religious than younger generations…

things, such as flying a plane at the age of seven. Abby Sunderland had attempted to sail around the world solo at the age of sixteen. While she was sailing, she got caught in a storm and sent an emergency signal to rescue her. This caused a controversy among the media on whether Abby was too young to sail. Abby was fully capable of sailing the world solo mainly because of her legal rights, as well as her experience and passion. Since there was no standard age to sail alone, Abby was legally…