Many were not motivated or properly taught by teachers, and in fact began to fail out or drop out of school. Most do not go onto College and most cannot afford College because of their low income families. In order to receive financial aid you must be a good student, and without the right education these students do not have good grades. It is a vicious cycle in our society that needs to be corrected. Education is one of the most important factors in a person’s life, and it needs to be the most important thing in our
Some girls may think the only way to keep their boyfriend is to have sex with them and the thought of having their baby just to keep them or trap them into staying with them is also a reality which often times back fires on the girl. Girls now days are not so apt to remain a virgin till they are married. Times have changed with each generation coming of age. Young kids do not always think about what their priorities are and what they can do to help themselves keep on track with them. They often time just make decisions that will benefit them for the moment.
Decreased social mobility is hard on the lower class because without being able to move forward, they are stuck in a cycle of poverty. Quality public education is their best ticket out of the lower class and rebuilding a middle class. The government has to realize that education is such an important tool and the US has been a leader in this since the 1930s, but they didn't stay leaders because their commitment is waning. Higher education is increasingly more necessary, and the costs and competition for spots in these schools are becoming more difficult for people stuck in a sub-par high school or who simply can't afford
And with the economic conditions threatening jobs security across the country, parents and prospective students alike are questioned whether they can afford colleges or not. People complain that schools are charging more and giving less. Colleges and universities have been struggling to survive serious funding cutbacks by raising tuition. Governing, December 1998, Vol. 12 Issue 3,
Welfare Reforms The dream of most women is to have the traditional family, which includes a husband and their children. There are more single mothers in this day and age that face more challenges on the way to achieving the American Dream. They find it hard to provide financially even working a full-time job because the pay is normally minimum wage and most still rely on public assistance to make ends meet. Some single mothers lack education and work experience, which prevents them from obtaining a decent paying job. Budget cuts to welfare programs are making it that much harder for the single mother to provide the necessities for their children because these supplemental programs are necessary to the day to day workings of a family.
One-third of young US girls, about 820,000, become pregnant before they turn 20 (80% are unmarried) and 4 million American teens contract an STD each year. (Teen Sex- Do Abstinence Only Programs Discourage Teen Sex? Web) With these statistics, it is apparent that teens are not making wise decisions regarding their own health and well-being. Nothing is more serious and personal than your health, and teens don’t seem to be able to grasp the gravity of the situation. Teens are bombarded with sex education, and yet have the highest STD rates in the country.
The high college cost is not only troubles students but for parents too, when the student is about to graduate from high school the parent starts to worry about their financial expenses. If there are more than two kids in the family will later cause them financial troubles. Although there are many
As teenagers, they find it difficult to trust, participate in and achieve happiness in interpersonal relationships, and resolve the complex feelings left over from their childhoods. As adults, they may have trouble recognizing and appreciating the needs and feelings of their own children and emotionally abuse them as
Generation Debt The struggle to become financially independent and successful is a goal that has become increasingly more difficult for individuals aged 18-35. With the excessive price tag that comes with pursuing a college degree and the lack of good job opportunities, young people commonly find themselves in greater and greater debt. Rather than enjoying a life they believe they deserve, they find themselves unable to afford even basic necessities such as health insurance or a decent living arrangement. They become stuck, trapped in a situation that doesn’t offer the opportunity of settling down. Unfortunately, much of the older generation believes that this lack of opportunity is due to laziness.
They are more prone to catch sexually transmitted disease and have a high chance of not succeeding in adulthood. Massachusetts has established some pregnancy prevention programs to minimize the pregnancy rates. Many young teens get pregnant early on in life and it interferes with their schooling, finding care for