Group Work

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Kids in these times piss me off, they are lazy, idiotic, stuburn, irresponsible, rude, self-centered, pieces of trash!

Group work is in most schools all over the world. A lot of people believe it's the "best thing ever made since the calculator". But in my opinion, it's the worst dang thing EVER invented!

Some teachers believe they're "preparing their students for the outside world" but, in the real world we don't get other peoples help with anything unless you're married, and that's the last thing you want to get into! So teachers you are NOT helping us! You are making us dependent NOT independent!

Once when I was obviously NOT using my head, I got into a group to do a project with my best friend. Well, I got stuck typing the WHOLE glossary of the math textbook by myself WITHOUT any help! Then about two weeks after we started the project, me and my best friend got into a fight and we couldn't change partners so I was stuck with an obnoxious, stupid, idiot who refused to do crap! Then, when I, YES ME, MYSELF, AND I, finished the project we both got the same grade when she didn't do anything at all!

Now, I can see why teachers "LOVE" group work, you know so they don't have to grade a project for each student, which is cool and all, but like honestly group work is not fair. And I know, I know people always tell me life isn't fair well, like for reals we deserve to get the grade we get but when one person doesn't do their part, then why should they get the grade at all!?

Underage Drinking Is Idiotic

By MZM-Photo

Recently in my English class my teacher brought up an article about lowering the drinking age from 21 to18. A lot of people are on both sides, but I am against it.

There are a lot of reasons why I'm totally irritated about this subject. About 99% of my English class agrees with me, that the drinking age should NOT be lowered.

In the article, it shows both sides of the argument and I will admit both sides do have great pieces to argue off of, but personally, only one side has more to it then the other.

Anyhow, my opinion is that the drinking age should actually be raised! Yes, I know, you're probably thinking why the hell should it be raised?! But think about it, how many people between the ages 18 and 21, do you know that are responsible and make GOOD decisions??

Exactly my point! NO ONE at that age can make good judgments!

Not only that, but at 18 you can start driving so why give teenagers BOTH the right to drive AND not only that but DRINK??!! It's basically telling them it's totally fine to drink and drive and more likely to kill people!

Actaully, when when the drinking age is at 21, it's been fine so why change it when not only does it save over "800 lives a year" from drunk drivers, but it also helps make sure the people that are drinking are somewhat more mature enough to drink.

Some people believe it should be lowered because at the age of 18, you are considered and adult and adults, should have the right to drink; but  honestly in my own opinion, 18 is still a child because you're either graduating from high school or just graduated!

 Also, most people now like to be "cool" and they think just because their music talks about drinking and using drugs they should as well! But that is plain STUPID!

For example, I was raised to be a leader NOT a follower, or in other words JUST BE MYSELF and not care what ANYONE thinks!

Group Work? Good ? Or Bad?

    Group work to me is plain out bad, it has its positives but its mostly bad. When people work in assigned groups they dont want to do any work because they werent assigned to a group with their friends. Then again when you arent assigned with a friend you start to actually do work instead of talk and mess around. However, people these days are just plain lazy and rebellious. If they are in groups its mainly just to socialize, so if they work alone they might actually get something done.
 
  A while back when I did group work, I was all excited because we got to chose the people in our group. Of course I wanted to be with my friend so we partnered up. Let me tell you, that was the WORST idea ever! All she wanted to do was talk and talk and talk, no work what so ever. I asked to cooperate with me but she laughed as if I was joking or something. I ended up doing all the work by myself! Guess what though? She got credit for all the work just because she is a good student! I was really mad, but I learned my lesson.

  Yes, working in a group can benifit you, if you need help or something but, you need to have the right people in your group. If its just flat out lazy people than whats the point of a group? Nothing, you might as well just work alone

Group work is the worst!

                               
There is nothing I hate more than having to work with someone on a project. I do not like having to rely on someone to finish their work and to get the project done. In the past I have had bad experience with group work. I decided to work on a project with my friend in 6th grade and he didn't even do it. I was really mad because he didn't do his work and I got a bad grade since he chose not to do it.

Why should teachers make students work with someone on a project? It's pure misery. Some people are not the most reliable while others are fun and great to be with because they get the work done. Mostly it depends on the people you are working with but over all it is a bad experience. In 8th grade I had positive experience with a history group project. Everyone got the work done and did their part of the job. It is times like these where I love working with other people.

But when you have a partner who is bad at school work and doesn't care if it gets done or not sucks big time. So when you get to choose partners for group work make sure you choose wisely and pick people who care if their work gets done.

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Group Work is Not Amazing

I mean for me personally I don’t like group work, especially when you don’t get to pick your partners. Group is just a waste of time. We all work at different speeds and when we need to work together it just usually doesn't work out.  Usually one of the partners just doesn't give the work their all. It always happens in mostly every group situation. 

The opposite of someone not doing the right amount of work is someone who takes over the whole project. That is my pet peeve! I hate it when someone thinks they are better than everyone else, and thinks they can do it all.When someone takes over project they usually don't care in their partner's opinions. It's no fair when someone has a good idea and it's not even used. Everyone should have an equal share.

Now the other horrible parts of group work is when someone doesn't do enough work. This had happened to me all through elementary school. Everyone drew the pictures and I was usually left with the writing. Usullaly when you pick your partners you should choose the right people that will want to pitch in. When you choose your best friends that can be a problem sometimes. When you're working with your friends you can get distracted. So, I recommend to choose friends that are going to work not talk.

Overall group projects are not my thing. They never will be either. I'm much better with working at my house by my self. I just get the work done quicker and it's down my way. The only good thing that comes out of group work is that you get to share ideas and that's it for me.

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There has been a lot of deciding on whether or not to lower the drinking age. Some people believe that the drinking age should stay the same. They think it’s a bad idea to lower the age if people know that more lives are being saved by having the drinking age at 21. Many other people think it should be lowered to 18 because there are many underage drinkers and if it is lowered they can prevent that. I think that there are better reasons that the drinking age should remain at 21 than there are for lowering it.

The first reason I believe the drinking age should be kept at 21 is because it will save more lives. If you allow younger people to drink they will probably do dumb things and just by getting in their car after one drink they put themselves and others in danger, even though they may thing that they have everything under control. There are already so many drunk drivers out there by lowering the drinking age it will only be putting more people in danger. Drunk drivers can not only harm or kill themselves but they can also harm others.  In this article I read it stated that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that leaving the drinking age at 21 will save about 800 lives.  It’s simple would you rather have more or less people die? I personally would like more people to alive than dead by an alcohol related situation. I don’t knowing that innocent people would be killed because people are allowed the chance to make a stupid decision.

The second reason I think the driving age should stay at 21 is because there is nothing wrong with it now, it’s not broken. I think it is stupid for people to put their time and money into this when there is nothing wrong with it.  I don’t understand what is wrong with people, it is fine the way it is but yea we should totally go waste are time and money so more people can die.  It’s like someone saying I’m going to go get my appendix removed; there is nothing wrong with it I just want to waste my money and the surgeons’ time. It’s already been proven that more people died from an alcohol related situation when the drinking age was at 18 and there is less death by having the drinking age at 21.

I think that it would be better to leave the drinking age as it is. Some people think it should be lowered because if people take a class they will learn how to control themselves. People would be forced to take that class if they wanted to legally be allowed to drink, that doesn’t mean that they are going to listen and actually learn anything. Even if they do pay attention there is a good chance that once they start drinking they won’t be able to control themselves. They say they’re going to drink one beer then they get another and another, and eventually move on to stronger types of alcohol. They won’t know what they are doing and probably won’t remember what they did.  Not many people can control themselves when they drink because they are drinking to have fun so they get wasted and sometimes do stupid things. So I don’t think that the driving age should be lowered to 18 I would like more people to be safe.

 Jasmine Walker1 

DO NOT lower the drinking age!!

In houses and classrooms all over the world people debate if the drinking age should be lowered. One side of this argument states it should stay at 21 while others say it should be lowered to 18. This side that wants it to be lowered say "What we're doing now to prevent underage drinking isn't working; it's time to try something else." If the United States have a problem with underage drinking why would you lower the age? If the law would be enforced more the we wouldn't have a problem with underage drinking. Why lower the age of drinking when "there's no reason to fix what isn't broken." Researchers say "underage drinking has been steadily going down since the drinking age was raised to 21." Why would people lower it if the percentage of underage drinking is going down? According to statistics  "raising the drinking age to 21saves about  800 lives a year." Why lower the age when so many lives are being saved each year? "When younger people start to drink , if they combine it with  driving  it results in a lot of fatalities. 11% of teens are more likely to drink before age 14 than they are before the permitted age. More lives will be saved if the drinking age stays the same. Teens who drink tend to get in more fights and car crashes than the teen who doesn't drink. I think that lowering the age to 18 is a bad idea. By keeping the age at 21 will save more lives.

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Should the Drinking Age be Lowered To 18?

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Is lowering the drinking age a good idea? Many believe the drinking age should stay 21 and should not be lowered to 18. Some say, why ``fix`` what isn`t broken? These people believe that lowering the drinking age would cause more bad than good. Others on the other hand, want to lower the drinking age to 18 but only with a drinking permit. They believe that if you learn about all the harm binge drinking can do to you, young people will not consume as much alcohol. I believe the drinking age should stay at 21.

The first reason I believe the drinking age should be kept to 21 is because it saves lives. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that raising the drinking age to 21 saves about 800 lives per year. Most public health groups-including the Centers for Desease Control and Prevention and American Medical Assn.-favor keeping the drinking age to 21. Back in he 1970`s, a number of states lowered the drinking age from 21 to 18, and we saw an increase in alcohol consumption by youth. When it was raised again in 1984 back to 21, we saw lower consumption of alcohol and we`ve kept those low rates.

Underage drinking is also a big issue. When you start drinking you have look 21. A 16-year-old and 14-year-old don`t look 21 but they can easily pass for the age of 18. Studies also show that kids under 14 are more likely to get addicted to alcohol and get into fights and crashes than kids who don1t drink.When you see younger people starting to drink, if they combine that with driving it results in a lot of fatalities. There is also an issue that states that since the drinking age is lower in Europe, there is a lesser problem. But if you look at the surveys that have been done, most European countries have a mudh higher rate of binge drinking for 15 and 16 year olds that we fo in the U.S.

People who want to lower the drinking age to 18 say, what we have been doing to prevent underage drinking so far hasn`t worked. The DARE [Drug Abuse Resistance Education] program, for instance, which is used in about 70% of the schools in the country, is basically a scare tactic. If it was just a ``scare tactic`` then why would the government waste money on these types of programs. The government would have passed the law to lower the drinking age to 18, ages ago. In other words these programs about drug abuse and all that do work. The out come migh be slow but atleast you are getting somthing out of it. Like my mom always says, ``The car might be moving slowly but atleast its moving forward.``