Outline
I. Introduction
A. Reason for underage drinking
B. Thesis statement: Many people today believe that there are few serious consequences of drinking alcohol, but evidence suggest that there are long-term and short-term effects of drinking, especially for the underaged.
Binge drinking
A. Logic behind binge drinking
B. Meaning
C. Effects on the teens
III. Drunk driving
Legal consequences due to driving drunk
Danger outcome on the street due to drunk driving
Disturbing underage drinking statistics
IV. Health problem
Cause of suicide
Enduring various diseases
B. Effects on the body and performance
V. Conclusion
Importance of adults involvement
Education essential to stop teen drinking
Effects of Media Violence on Children
Today in many people’s living rooms there sits an outlet of violence that often goes unnoticed. For instance, children who are raised with watching gory scenes end up growing up with stronger violent tendencies. For example, according to Today Show on April 8, 2008, six girls ganged up on a classmate, slamming her head into a wall and taking turns pummeling and videotaping her. Furthermore, youngsters build violent fantasies like going on a rampage with guns and killing students at college, slaughtering their families, or even slaying rape victims thinking that they can carry out a perfect homicide without getting caught due to watching shows like Mastermind, CSI, and Extreme Forensics. In addition, one morning my daughter was watching Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck on T.V., and she would laugh extremely whenever she saw Elmer Fudd shooting Daffy Duck while his head went twirling around. The next day, she shot her pet dog to see if its head would twirl around. In short, simply by turning the television set, children are routinely exposed to beatings, murders, sexual assaults, and much more. Without doubt, television violence affects and influences children’s...