Essays on Age Limit

The sentencing of youths after trials to adult prison has continued in the United States for quite some time now with an estimated 250, 000 youths being incarcerated as adults and hence landing into Adult prison annually. This has been attributed to the changes in laws across forty-nine American states in the ‘90s that increase the number of youths being given adult trials. However, CDC (Center for Disease and Control) and the US Department of Justice stated in 2008 that sending minors to a criminal justice system that is specifically designed to handle adults does not reduce or protect ...

Thesis: Internet Censorship should be allowed only to protect underage youth.

Introduction- Should Internet censorship be implemented?

Children under the age of 18 should be protected from what is on the internet. Body 1- Damaging effects of internet on youth Bullying Predators Body 2- Comparison to other products dangerous to those under 18 years of age. Alcohol Cigarettes Nightclubs Body 3- How to proceed? Software put on computers where youth are likely to use the internet. “Junior social media” option. Conclusion- Summarize findings on justification for the implementation of internet censorship for under age youth. No Underage Browsing The Internet is one of the greatest tools invented and most of ...

There is sufficient proof that links heavy drinking (HED) to somber issues amongst university pupils. This has led to a debate across the country on whether the minimum legal age drinking should be reduced from 21 to 18. Considering a number of issues, I believe that the minimum age drinking should not be lowered. First, lowering the drinking limit to 18 will pave way for teens to be drinking in bars patronized by adults aged between 21 and 34. These adults are likely to drink more heavily than the teens because they have had many years of drinking. The ...

Drinking is a major and controversial issue without our world today. Some people want drinking to become legal at a higher age of 21, while other people want it to remain at the age of 18. Furthermore, drinking is also the cause of senseless deaths such as drunken driving accidents, and even violent incidents that may have never occurred in the first place. Moreover, it is also important to note that not every state puts the drinking age at 18 years old, just like not every state puts the drinking age at 21 either. This can be a good ...

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Chapter 7 Summary: Cognition

Readers can also learn the weaknesses of Piaget’s theory through its critics who look at it as a theory that under-estimates the development of children which can be beyond the factors examined by him. The chapter reading also shows that other modern constructivist theories look at the causes to different cognitive skills. The sociocultural perspective by Vygotsky's looks at the social and cultural influences as the main causes of cognitive development in children. On the other hand, Fischer's dynamic skills framework looks at skill levels as the main course for development (Sigelman, & Rider, 2014).

Important topic: Aging and cognitive skills

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- Gaming industry is a particular entertaining market, wherein the companies that activate in this domain target customers’ engagement for achieving market share and generating loyalty. Disney is a reputable company in the entertainment field and its entrance in the video games market is just a natural brand extension. Hence, in its e-marketing strategy, the company already benefits of its strong brand awareness, which boosts the awareness of the distributed games due to their association with Disney.

The games that Disney distributes are mostly targeting children and teenagers, being separated in various categories: action, adventure, music, puzzle, sport, etc. (Disney games official website). ...

It has come to my attention that the bunch of toys produced this month does not meet the required standards. After the quality assurance team ran the usual quality tests on the new bunch of goods, we realized that the goods do not meet the required standards. Among the sub-standard goods is a large shipment of toys meant for the elementary school children that was to be transported to South America at the end of the week before the opening of the schools. The amount of lead in the whistles is slightly above the required amount for children below seven ...

In the US, the minimum drinking age policy was passed in 1984, July 17 that was aimed at passing the minimum age to purchase and possess alcoholic beverages to 21. The minimum drinking age was empowered Federal Aid Highway Act that was aimed to lower the annual federal highway allocation by 10% to any state that had a minimum drinking age below 21 years. The minimum drinking age has become a controversial topic among the policy makers and other stakeholders in the US economy. After considering the both sides of the coin, some policy makers in some states banned the legal ...

Introduction

Education is one of the most important key factors in life. Students have the right to a peaceful environment for education. Denying students the right to a peaceful education environment is just like denying them the right to a good life. Parents and teachers are therefore obliged to ensure that the learning environment for students is a peaceful one. Money issues have been known to be among the major barriers to education amongst students at the college level. According to Olivarria (2010), college students need a lot of guidance and counseling on issues related to money expenditure. Statistics conducted in the United States of ...

Smoking cessation is among the best life choice any person within any age group or gender can make (West, 2010). The health benefits for such a choice are almost immediate. All over the United States today, smoking remains to be the single leading cause of death that is preventable. According to Stanczyk et al (2014), the US alone has more than 43 million people using tobacco. This is a significant portion compared to the global 1.2 billion smokers (Stanczyk et al, 2014). As a result, smoking alone accounts for more than 0.4 million deaths in the US every single year and contributes ...

When an adult breaks the law and is sentenced not much is thought about the matter other than what did they do, why did they do it, and is the punishment fair. When juveniles are convicted and brought to trial however it becomes a very different matter. Why this is seen as so different is largely due to the fact that adults are considered mature enough to make their own decisions and therefore accept the consequences, while juveniles, though still in control of their actions, are less able to control their impulses due to lack of proper education and life ...

The legal drinking age in the Unites States of America is one of the highest in the world and stands at 21 years of age. It is defined as the minimum age at which, an individual is allowed to consume alcohol at public places without fear of legal prosecution. This law does not extend to the household, where individuals are generally allowed to consume a few spirits before this age as per celebrations or holiday traditions. The United States did not always have the highest drinking age. Dating back to World War II, the minimum age limit was 18. ...

Social networking and the risk that it may entail on young people

Facebook at present is being considered the largest and the most accepted social networking site which enables billions to share photographs, and comment and chat with friends, family members and numerous others. We find it to be a useful tool that incalculably helps us stay connected with our friends and family no matter how far apart we may be living. But in case of younger people, the risks associated with social networking are unbounded. Facebook has fixed the minimum age of its users at 13 years, even then, about 52 percent of the 8 to 16-year-olds admitted that they had ...

In our modern country today, many Americans due to their freedom tend do whatever they want. Even their younger populations usually engage in acts that are deemed for grown man people only. Examples of these activities are smoking cigarettes, sexual activities, and buying alcoholic drinks. However, the United States imposed the right selling age of these alcoholic drinks and cigarettes. That is why in convenient stores, the sellers in the stores usually ask the people buying alcoholic drinks their identification cards that would indicate their age to verify if they are already in the right age. This is ...

How we view ourselves as male or female

Human beings have always viewed themselves as male or female through an individual’s genitalia and their reproductive organs. This is one way that has been used to describe humans for a long period. When the sex of a person is mentioned, the physical features are the main items that are checked to ensure the sexuality of the individual in the case. People therefore; think of their sexuality by linking it to their physical appearance and to their reproductive organs. This is taught from an early age and children can distinguish between males and females at such a young age. An example ...

Attitudes and Policies Inhibiting Hiring of Older Workers

Older workers often encounter age discrimination from employers, especially through the use of age limits when placing job advertisements. Even in cases where there is no explicit age limit stated, older workers receive a less favorable treatment when it comes to recruitment, training and promotion. The reason for this is the attitude that aged workers have particular characteristics that are undesirable. For example, they are considered to be slow in carrying out tasks, are of poor health, are resistant to change, have an inflexible attitude and are of low trainability. Usually, such beliefs and attitudes held by colleagues, customers and ...

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease and the number of cases is increasing worldwide among the public. Each year worldwide, over More than 12 million people are diagnosed with TB and over 4000,000 people die due to the disease. The large population and poor standards of living can have a major impact on TB epidemics. Can there be a new alternative to traditional use of drugs for treatment of tuberculosis? Most of the drugs approved by the FDA have no lasting effect on patients with tuberculosis, since the strains of bacteria have acquired resistance leading to a state of Multi-drug resistance. An ...

Or Should They Be Able To Play Straight Out Of High School?

According to NBA Media Ventures, LLC, “The National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League” all makeup the global sports and business, known as the NBA. The NBA has become the world’s favorite sporting entertainment and one of the most worthwhile professional team sporting association in the world. The NBA and WNBA have been able to use its combination of competition, sportsmanship, and entertainment to have a unique global impact on social change, self-achievement, and diversity in various aspects of society such as work, sports and school. On the other end of the ...

Introduction

The issue under discussion is the raising the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) twenty-one years from the common majority age of eighteen years. The proponents are supporting the raised drinking while there are those who oppose the move and what the issue to be revised. The significance of raising the drinking age is to reduce the number of deaths in American roads that occur as a result of carelessness from the youths who are believed to have not attained the right age to handle their alcohol life. The proponents believe that when a loud to start drinking at age twenty-one ...

EBay

Ebay is an online auction service that enables users to sell their stock or goods and buyers place bids on a broad variety of items. The duration of the auction can last from a few hours to a day to even weeks. During this period of auction, bids from different people are gathered. After the bidding duration, the bidder that has the highest bid from the others is then awarded the item or product. This service started in the United States, but it has expanded its auction service to more than thirty countries globally. The items being bid range from small things ...

The fact that most people begin drinking before the age of 21 is no secret. Underage drinking is a major problem in the society today. Despite the laws on age limits, underage drinking in school, university and homes is common. There are debates and controversy over the lowering of age limits for drinking. An article in the Los Angeles Times on 8/19/10 covered the signing of a petition lowering the drinking age; over 100 college president signed a petition advocating for lowering of the limit from 21 to 18 years. It raises a discussion on whether this is a good or bad decision. An ...

Introduction

A type of beverage consumed to get an instant mental and physical stimulation is referred to as energy drink. Some of the most popular drinks known to give wings to their consumers include Red Bull, Adrenaline Rush, Erektus, Venom and ISO Sprint. In the US, people in quest of quick gratification take to addiction of some form of energy boosters through coffee, tea and highly caffeinated energy drinks. Energy drinks are very popular among young and adults both; especially adolescents and young adults drink the energy beverages at a shocking rate. The easy availability of energy drinks in the market ...

The states and Congress have always been at logger heads on how to divide or share responsibility in governing the country. The states have for a long time protested some acts of the Congress, which in their assumption undermine their independence and autonomy. This was witnessed during the Civil War and has spread to other political issues. There are areas such as national defense, which lie in the federal domain. However, the Constitution is unclear in what levels the national and other levels are in charge. The Supreme Court is therefore forced to referee in the disputes by deciding whether ...

Gun control may be intended to restrict the use and possession of firearms by private citizens and limits the unassailable right to self-protection. The right to have a gun and protect oneself may be considered as basic right by most gun owners. However, statistics have evidently revealed gun control has been a key issue and needs to be restricted so as to maintain order and save numerous lives all over the world, particularly in the U. S. Restricting guns may be effective in reducing violence in society, enhancing children’s safety in school and reduction of firearms trafficking. Guns may ...

Danish philosophy to prevent robbery entails the avoidance of a personnel and customer risks. The measure is to ensure minimal loss of finances and the apprehending of those who commit crimes. Institutions of finances are much far better in the implementation of the security measures on the target Ares of commercial dealings. Installation of safety time-locks on the financial deposits are some of the measures taken to ensure security. Similarly, there is the drop safes usage in the retails and stations of gas. The use of cameras also help to identify those who are involved with the vices of robbery ...

In many states such as Florida, laws have been put in place to address or stipulate ages commendable to allow people to buy food or beverages of alcoholic nature. These laws cover a spectrum of behaviors defining when, where and under what circumstances alcoholic food and beverage should be consumed. The drinking age limit in the state of Florida is 21. A person who violates this law is liable for committing a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as commended in the constitution. The irony though is that in Florida one can buy a house, own a firearm, enlist in the army, get ...

In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21 years as prescribed by the laws. However, the individual states are allowed to set their own legal drinking age. Some of the states have lowered the drinking age to 18 years. However, most of the states have maintained that the legal drinking age should remain to be 21 years. Looking at the neighboring countries and the developed countries like United States, the legal drinking age is 18. This is for countries like United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany and china. Research has shown that 78 percent of the people in ...

Juvenile delinquency essentially refers to the crimes committed by persons who have not attained the age of the majority. The age of the majority in most legal jurisdictions is eighteen years. In legal parlance, criminal liability refers to the liability that accrues as a consequence of one’s action or omission. The liability as such occasions the incurrence of the blame for a particular result. In criminology, a person of sound mind and having attained the age of the majority will bear the criminal liability for any crime committed through the direct commission or omission of his actions. The law, however, applies ...

Introduction

ADHD is an acronym for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It can also be abbreviated as ADD, which is a short for Attention Deficit Disorder. ADHD is a psychological problem of paying attention, which affects both children and adults. The condition limits one’s ability to pay attention to complex tasks in life that require organization, planning and a lengthy and detailed focus. Understanding ADHD is challenging since childhood is often marked with a varying degree of losing attention. However, once one learns that his or her child has this condition, then it is possible to solve the problem by developing the child’s ...

Introduction

The drinking age debate has become a pervasive debate that elicits mixed reactions from different quotas. Proponents of a lower drinking age limit, mostly teenagers and college students, argue that the minimum legal age for drinking should be 18 while proponents of a higher drinking age limit, mostly parents and other authorities, favor 21 years as the most appropriate age for a drinking debut. While the legal drinking age for all states in the U.S. is 21, a state by state exception exists which allows individual under 21 years to consume alcohol on necessary occasions, like religious occasions, medical necessity and others, but only ...

The Prohibition era of the United States, where the consumption and sale of all alcohol was firmly prohibited by the American government and punishable by law, was one of the most volatile eras in its history. Bootleggers and speakeasies made the criminal underworld thrive in America until, due to this activity and the unpopular nature of the law, Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Since then, the minimum drinking age was put into practice to make sure that no one below a certain age was allowed to drink, a declaration that has changed dramatically over time. However, there have been questions as ...

Contemporary issues in marketing

Part 1: critical review of a journal article: Alcohol advertising and youth by David Jernigan Credentials of the author Dr Jernigan is a renowned scholar who has made significant contribution in alcohol policy and the field of public health in general. He has also made several contributions in media advocacy specifically advocating for strategic and proper use of media to influence public health policy. Dr. Jernigan has served under several capacities in many organizations. He has been an adviser to the World Bank and the world health organization with regards to health, development and the role of alcohol. Currently ...

Introduction

a) Attention getter As you are sitting here today listening to my speech, one person has been put on the waiting list for a donor transplant in the U.S. Every 11 minutes a new name appears in the long queue of expectants of a second chance for life. Approximately seventy five of them will receive their transplant today, while for the other 20 it will already be too late... b) Defining the mood and reaching to the audience It is hard to imagine the feelings of a person, who spends every minute, every second of his or her life waiting for the ...