Young adult novels

According to the article “Artificial Extension of Childhood” Robert Epstein believes that different situations that occurred in our culture have basically stolen independence from young people. Epstein suggests that under a certain age, society has accepted that people are incompetent, and beyond a specific age, people should possess the competencies required to perform skills or contribute to society. Epstein seems to agree that age is really is just a number, and society would benefit from…

At a party full of under-age teens who were drinking, Brett Finbloom passed out after drinking vodka. Brett’s friends did not call for help right away because they were afraid to get arrested for under aged drinking. Eventually one of them called for help and Brett was rushed to the hospital, which later on diagnosed Finbloom of having alcohol poisoning. Brett died two-and-a-half days later. Maybe if someone would’ve called sooner, he might still be alive today. Unfortunately they were too…

any age, moments of insecurity can reflect times of childhood uncertainty, the expression of identity I was portraying through my theme and blog is that in life when you are younger you wish to be older and sometimes when you're older you wish to be young again. However not in the most positive way, such as wanting to be older because by that time life it could be all figured out, also wanting to be younger to escape a situation where you feel uncertain wanting to be a child again because they…

Would you rather have a teenager or a toddler? To some people, both are wonderful to have. For others, they may not be that great due to several reasons. Both teenagers and toddlers are actually similar to each other. It might depend on if they are moody, smart, or needy. First off, both teenagers and toddlers are moody. Teenagers’ moods change quickly depending on what happens in their life. For instance, if something goes wrong, they are instantly moody. For toddlers, they are moody…

During puberty adolescents exhibit a strong sense of self-important thinking. In this stage of development, teenagers begin to focus their thoughts and actions around themselves due to the fact that their still maturing brains enhances self-consciousness. In this stage of development, adolescents are very egocentric so due to this, teenagers face many obstacles during. The two major aspects of adolescent egocentrism are the invincibility fable imaginary audience fable. Together these fables are…

Curfew for Teens For most teens, their high school years are the best years of their lives. These are the years that teens should be able to go out and enjoy, instead of being trapped in the house because of a curfew. Though the nine o’clock curfew will get teens at home at a safe time, it still has its flaws. Enforcing this curfew could cause problems, such as, effecting teens who have jobs, needing more law enforcement, and limiting time for social activity. For many teens, parents want…

Being a teen is not an easy task. Fitting in is one of the first things that people assume teenagers worry about. Those people are not wrong, but they are also forgetting another thing, too. Teenagers also worry about how their parents will act around friends, their crush, just about anybody else their age, did I mention their crush? Teens mainly worry about fitting in with the expectations of society at the time and how their parents act around their crush. In the short story, “Fish Cheeks,”…

drunken teen years ago. Is it fair for all young adults to have to deal with the mistakes of a teen who killed the family? Ten years ago after prom night a young teen crashed into our mayor, his wife and, their two children speeding 45 miles over the speed limit. Despite the tragic event, a curfew was set for all young adults to be home by nine o'clock PM every day. At first we all agreed because of the hardship we went through but, was it fair for all young innocent teens to be put…

Social media began as an innocent distraction from the real world. Although some advocates argue that it’s not controlling our generation as a whole; In “The Facebook Sonnet” by Sherman Alexei, illustrates the current admiration and obsession towards social media in several ways. High School is described as the best four years in our life, when in reality it brings lots of stress to everyone’s life. It’s the last four years when you decide to move on to a college or start working to build a…

Shamera Gentle Ramirez Mr. Casasco Current Events 4 October 16,2015 Do curfews keep teens out of trouble? For teens hearing curfew is a bummer or a buzz kill but for parents do the secretly pray upon them. A curfew is a regulation given where one has to stay indoors between specific hours. There is much debate on weather a teenage should be given a curfew and the advantages it may have but in reality they don't actually work. If teens want to get into trouble a curfew won't stop them.…