expository essay -I Know Why The Caged Bird Singsby Maya Angelo

Rebellious groups such as gangs and other groups are mostly filled with teenagers rather than older people. The reasons for this in my opinion is that teens are more likely to act or experiment with drugs and alcohol. Most teens feel that they need to prove something or "fit in", also teen years are proven to be the hardest years in life says Elizabeth Somer of health and fitness. Teens also bring in more money drug wise then adults because the leader of social groups can pressure teens into trying things such as drugs.
The gang life in the United States is filled with more teenagers than adults this allows the drugs that the gang is selling to get around schools faster and much easier. Other professional experts in this subject agree because if they didn’t hen all of the "HIB" and drug awareness in schools wouldn't exist. Teens also are in not only the gang they are in but in other social groups and can persuade their other friends to experiment and hopefully love the feelings of drugs.
Teens feel like they need to prove something kind of like being accepting and to do so they can and will do whatever it takes to feel that likingness by their peers. Teens can worship a gang or what the gang follows. This gives teens something to believe in like a religion in a sense. Famous people know the effects and the rebellious fire inside a teen. Some literatures like, Romeo and Juliet, or even modern day rock or punk music has that rebellious touch or sound to it.
Teen life has been proven to be the hardest years in a person's life. proving this fact you can see that school work, bullying, peer pressure, and expectations from parents, relatives, or even friends makes a tens life a nightmare and the fact that us teens can deal with all of it is a blessing and a half. I personally think that a teen’s rebellious behavior whether it be pranks or drugs is just a way to dull or numb the pressure for a little bit, to cut loose from that struggle teens go through everyday.
Most teens are expected to experiment with drugs at one point in their life time and stop, but there is a small percentage that they don't stop which is bad but to every good side there is a bad and us as a society has to deal with those consequences. In conclusion to this argument teens are more likely to be rebellious at one point in their teen carrier. You know what I’m talking about those little things whether it be a fight or heck even drugs it happens to the best of us.

Patrick Custer
October 3, 2011
English 1
Mr. Williams/ Ms. Ronketty
Personal Learning Contract
I: I will learn proper english willingly.
a. I will listen to instructions
b. I will try to put what I learn inclass into the way I speak around my friends and family

II: I will pay attention
a. I will not talk when the teacher is talking
b. I will do what I need to do to pass
III: I will do my homewrok
a. I will write down what I need to finish if I haven’t completed it in class
b. I will be prepared to show you my homework when you ask for it
IV: I will listen to teachers demands
a. I will do as much as I can to follow instructions
b. I will help the teachers if they need my assistance
V:I will be polite to my classmates
a. I willi will discuss things related to the topic we are learning
b. I will respect their belongings
VI: the teachers will use constructive critism
a. they will explain things I don’t understand
VII: the teachers will give rewards out at the end of the week for the best students work
a. academic rewards : binders,folders,pencil,homework passes
b. fun rewards class game, student selected video
VIII: the teachers will use english in pop culture refrences to help gather ideas
IX: the teachers will be polite
a. they will not shout
b. they will not belittle
c. they will not hurt students feelings
X: they will be the best teachers in english!


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GoodReads Book Review #1 - THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE LIVING DEAD by Max Brooks

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living dead by Max Brooks This fantastic book was published in 2003, is a horror/ zombie book, and it's roughly 270 pages. this particular book took about three to four weeks to read for me. there aren't any characters except zombies because it's a survival guide. With that being said the setting is always changing because it's a secario based book.

The point of this book is to help you survive an attack by zombies there isn't a good guy or a protagonist. So iff you only like those kind of books then i don't recomend you read this book

there are however a ton of possible senarios for example if your in a group or alone. There isn't really a point to the book it's a fun read. I personaly thought that this book was amazing the author explained everything hewanted to say beautifully. If i met Max Brooks (author) i would tell him how great of a novel he wrote.

I Really enjoyed how in depth he went with explaining what the best weapons were and why. I also loved the pctures they added visual to the story. The thing I didnt enjoy about the book was the fact that it ended... i realy liked reading this book

This book has everything from where to make a new home, to the best weapons to use in battle. The next book i'm reading is called world war Z. This is also by Max Brooks hes a great author and im positive that his other book is great to!



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