One Day Narrative

The article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Option based upon Research” is about twenty years of research based underage drinking done by Ruth Engs. It talks about the way things were in the past compared to how things are now. The research done for this article shows that binge drinking is mostly found in the age below 21 due to the lack of being taught responsible drinking habits. In this article there are many statistics dealing with drinking at a college level over a long span of

In order to safely lower drinking age, the federal government should instill more training courses over alcohol safety into the criteria in our nation's high schools. Along with the idea of providing more alcohol based education in the public school system, if students were to complete certain courses they should be eligible to apply for a drinker’s ID. In order to obtain a drinker's ID, 18 year old adults still in high school would be required to take courses such the chemistry of alcohol, the physical impacts to one's body as a result of alcohol abuse, and the consequences because of driving under the influence and possible addiction (“The Debate On Lowering The Drinking Age”). The chief of police in the college town of Boulder, Colorado, states that “The abuse of alcohol and the overconsumption of alcohol and DUI driving. Those are the areas we've gotta focus our efforts. Not on chasing kids around trying to give 'em a ticket for having a cup of beer in their hand" (“The Debate On Lowering The Drinking Age”). Even though the age restriction would be lifted, a drinker's ID may be revoked if tampered with. For example, if a young adult with a drinker’s ID drove while under the influence or bought alcohol for a minor then his ID would become invalid and ineligible to be reclaimed. Efforts by the United States government to put effective, drinker’s ID programs into action would stimulate teenagers to stop revolting against law enforcement and comply

So the night I fell in love with "the one," I was not under the influence of anything except love itself. We talked briefly at the party, met up at the bar, and danced three perfect dances. He was

A study on teen drinking by the Joseph Raintree Foundation described underage drinking as, “a social activity usually undertaken by small groups of close friends, well away from the oversight of parents or other significant adults.” This kind of unsupervised drinking takes place because Americans place such a heavy emphasis on young people not drinking, catalyzed by zero-tolerance policies schools place on alcohol and a high MLDA. American youth are frequently told that with age, comes more freedom of choice and more responsibility, yet having a MLDA of 21 betrays that notion, almost encouraging young adults to reach for the so-called

I couldn't believe as i entered the room that her body was just laying on the floor with four knives in the back of her neck. To get back to this point let me telling how and why we are currently in this situation. Its was a causal day in the life of Alex who attend Triad math and science academy. One day he left his creative writing class and went to the restroom. While in the restroom he got side tracked and began talking to Jasper who also had the same class. Once they knew it already 10 minutes passed while they were talking.

Now, underage drinking is no laughing matter, but the results can be. We all decided to go to Disney World the day after I arrived, but first, my friends pulled out a large bottle of tequila and coaxed me to drink half the bottle. It was an odd feeling after I chugged it. I wasn’t able to spell my own face. After that, we drove along to Disney World.

In today’s American society, the consumption of alcohol is commonly practiced. It is quite uncommon for one to attend a social event where the presence of alcohol is obsolete. However, society has deemed it fit to tell our youth that they are not allowed to participate in the traditional social pastime of drinking until they reach the age of 21. Hence, when they encounter methods around this predicament-and most of them do-young adults often participate in the reckless consumption of alcohol in large quantities.

It’s Monday night at about 11:30, but I’m doing something different tonight that I haven’t done on a Monday night in a while; I’m staying sober. Yes, I am underage (19 years and 6 months to be exact) and it won’t be until my Junior year of college before I can take my first legal drink in the United States. But I am not the only one who drinks while under the legal age limit; there is an estimated 63% of underage college students that get drunk on a minimum basis of one night a week (Foster, 1996).

“Great decision.” He said, as his creepy smile, crawled back on his face. “Wait, before I go, what's your name?” I asked

On Thursday January 29th, 2015 in Glenmont Job Corps I met this young man name Sahr Joe. I was At the Recreation center inside the dance room with a few girls I just met. We were fooling around. Sahr Joe was with a couple of his guy friends playing 2k14 on the ps4. I stopped to use my input brother’s, Justin, phone.

Whilst entering a bar that your friend recommended, a shady looking guy brushes your shoulder and gives you a strange look, you immediately develop a sense of discomfort and question your friend’s taste in bars. What do you do? You decide to walk in anyway and ask for a drink, a stranger then sits next to you and starts to engage in conversation. You are immediately attracted to this person and develop a sense that they are cultured and educated. Do you respond? What do you say? As the night closes this person asks for your number and suggests meeting again soon. You trust their intentions but you just met them, do you give them your number?

I was twenty-one—barely—which is all humans would have cared about when allowing entrance to a drinking establishment. But the guy at

Directly after entering the store, a strange man complemented our work shirts. This set off a strange feeling knowing that we were wearing these yellow, plain T-shirts. We continued walking and went towards the makeup section, the section where I spend all my money. When turning down the first aisle, I managed to make weird eye contact with this man that had on a Denny’s uniform and had several tattoos. I never thought anything about it until I seen him again shortly after leaving the makeup section. I informed Kayleigh about the man and that he was still behind us. Trying to ignore it, we went to the grocery side because who doesn’t love buying snacks to stash at work. We went straight to the chip aisle first to grab some Cheetos. As we began to leave this aisle, Kayleigh pointed out that he was walking past which made me want to leave right then. By this point I was starting to feel as if I was petrified. Why would this man be following us around the store and not be saying anything?

Hi, I’m Leah. I don’t even know what I got myself into at this point. It’s July 19, 2000, when I turn 19. It has been a very fun day and all of my friends and I went on a walk in the park right before my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. It was Anna who started the idea but Mary, Nicole, Sarah, and Laci decided to help. They invited a bunch of people including four guys. Their names were Brandon, Jake, Tanner, and Carter. Nicole and Carter were already dating and so were Anna and Tanner. But Brandon and Jake were both single. Also, there was this one really weird girl named Jessica. I don’t exactly know why she was there.

A week before this crazy night there was a party on main st in orange nj , everyone was talking about it. Full excitement going through my body while I’m getting dressed and waiting for my friends, which felt like time was constantly going in slow- mo. I was very inpatient couldn't wait even a second to get in the party enjoy myself , I haven't had fun in a long time. Finally a car engine and loud music parked in front of my house having a feeling that's them , a big smile came across my face when