The Age of Reason

Since raising the age of drinking in the mid-1980s to 21, many national debates and discussions have been taking place about lowering it again to age 18. Advocates who are for reducing the drinking age from 21 to 18 again usually use common weak arguments. Some experts even believe that not lowering the drinking age does not stop teens from drinking; it may increase the extreme drinking or would drive teens to still drink underground or behind closed doors. However, most of those arguments or…

are the reasons why… Older adult’s experience physical changes, there are age-related disorders that impact the cognitive ability to drive, and the fatality rate involving older adult drivers has increased. All the reasons stated above impact the ability of an older person to drive safely. I believe the Archenbaum’s public vs. private would support my argument of being in favor of states restricting older drivers. The first reason why I am in favor of this restriction is because as we age…

Everyone is put in a situation when you get stuck driving behind a person going 10 miles per hour under the speed limit. Every time someone pulls out in front of them, it seems as though it is always an elder. Many people have this perception that the reasons why there are all these accidents on the road is because the older people do not use their vision, cannot hear as well, and lose their reaction time. The majority of the population is in the elder generation. We cannot take away the older…

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…

Sampson & Laub (Age-Graded Developmental Theory). First we will look at what is similar in the two theories. They both are longitudinal studies, meaning that they take place with a fixed group of subjects who are monitored and data is gathered on for a specific time. The Dual Pathway Developmental Theory used data that was collected from New Zeland over the last forty-one years, and is still on going. The information collected in from both medical specialists and psychologists. The…

known as the " Age of Reason , " a cultural movement was taking place throughout Europe and America . This was a time that shifted ways of thinking in individualism , reason , and skepticism toward traditional authorities , both religious and political . Early American politicians were influenced by the rationalist philosophers that questioned the traditional authorities on kings and the church , and looked instead to individuals that could rule themselves based on their own reason . The rise of…

appropriate age to legalize the consumption of alcohol. There are numerous reasons as to why many believe the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18, although there are many arguments against it as well. As of currently, all 50 U.S. states have set the minimum drinking age to 21. However, exceptions do exist on a state-to-state basis for the consumption at home, under adult supervision, or for medical reasons (Drinking Age). This is just one of the many reasons people believe the age…

is no right or wrong answer on the age of responsibility. My opinion on the age of responsibility is that it should be 21. Not everyone's brain develops at the same time because we think differently we act differently and we are not all the same. We were given some rights but not all and people were have trouble on why we weren't given more rights. According to Alan Greenblatt’s article “What is the Age of Responsibility” there was some confusion about the age of responsibility because we get…

Juliet there were two young kids at the age of just 13 who decided to secretly get married. Now this didn't work out as they later decided to kill themselves over each other. That leads to our question, Do teenage relationships work? Our answer is No. The younger the person the stupider they can be in a relationship. Peoples like and dislikes can change as they get older. The first reason why we think that negatively affects relationships is their age. Being immature could lead to bad…

the legal drinking age has caused many disputes among countless people. There are several convincing points that aid in the two particular sides. One side argues to keep the legal drinking age at 21, while the other disputes over lowering the drinking age to 18 like it had been in the past. One of the arguments that support the legal drinking age at 21 is that if the age were lowered to 18, many teenagers that are younger than 18 could have easier access to alcohol. Another reason is that most…