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In Ted Gregory's article "should 16-year-olds drive? Report says raising age would save lives" he talks about how raising the age to get you drivers license would be more safe and convent. In one part of the article Ted Gregory talks on how raising the age to receive you drivers license would be more safe. President of The highway safety Association, Adrian Lund, states "were still losing a lot of teens om the road each year, Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers a year." This shows that there would be way less accidents  if the age of getting your drivers license was increased. There are also people who think it would be a great idea for teenagers to be able to drive and get their license at the age of sixteen. "Idealistically i think it'd be great to raise the minimum age, but practically? No, there's no mass transit to get to work, to get to jobs," Says Ken Biggs, a chairman at the drivers education department at Schoenberg High school. I think the age should stay the same to get a drivers license, but only to the kids who deserve it and does good in school. By giving out licenses this way teens cant get out of control, and they basically have to earn it. Why are teenagers always given something but criticized about it weather they do good or bad at it. The government should do some type of test to prove all teenagers aren't irresponsible.       

In the article "Yay! Boo! So? Reactions to Obama win vary" by Peter Mucha, a writer for Philadelphia daily news talks peoples positive and negative thoughts and feelings about President Barack Obama being reelected. In the article a flight attendant named Barbara Drucker states "I'm thrilled to death, saving the Auto industry and killing Osama bin Laden were key factors that helped the president win four more years." This shows that there are citizens of the U.S that believes Obama should of been reelected. There are also people who believe that giving Obama another four years was a terrible idea. "I'm not happy i haven't had a job in over a year" say 51 year old Chuck Rihl from Haddon Heights. I think Obama is a good president and it was good that he has another chance at being president now so he can show the people who believed that he can and he wasn't just elected because he is African American. This reminds me of a general worldwide stereotype that sticks to the lips allot of people, but at the end of the day IT NEVER APPLIES TO ALL.       

In the article "Will climate change get some respect now?" by  the writer Nicholas D. Kristof talks on how Democrat Barack Obama and republican Mitt Romney should talk more on weather,climate change and why it is important for us to discuss weather more often, and how the government can care less about the climate changes". In the article it states "Romney's past suggestion on FEMA be privatized particularly ridiculous (that's almost as bizarre as Michael Brown, the FEMA director during hurricane Sandy, scolding Obama for responding to sandy "so quickly")". This shows that our republican and weather control are uncaring towards the weather changes. The article also say "climate changes adds moisture to the atmosphere which may mean that storms come with more rain and more flooding " which tells us that there will be worse storms heading our way and there's no talk or caring on it. I think the government is unreliable because they aren't doing their jobs and helping out the ones who are ignorant to what they know. This article reminds me of two teenage girls fighting to be school president and telling us promises they cant keep or just worrying so much about attention that what we want isn't really important anymore.

Texting affects on childern over exaggerated

In Katie Hafner article "Texting may be talking a toll" she talks about how texting increased and became more unhealthy over the years. Katie also goes over how texting effects teenagers lives.

The article has a couple of quotes from doctors, teachers, and parents (people who study or experienced teenager ways of texting). One of the quotes were from Dr. Martin Joffe, a pediatrician in Greenbrae, Calif., who says "Then you hear that these kids are responding to texts late at night. That’s going to cause sleep issues in an age group that’s already plagued with sleep issues." This shows that the increase in teenagers texting is becoming unhealthy. The article also goes on to talk about how texting affects adolescence lives. Micheal  Hausauer states "Texting can be an enormous tool,” he said. “It offers companionship and the promise of connectedness. At the same time, texting can make a youngster feel frightened and overly exposed.” This shows that texting is also a positive thing in teens lives.