Personal Narrative: A Trip To The Ditch

An extreme number of research and data have pointed out that teens are not equipped with safe driving skills. These numbers have lead to countless arguments between teens and adults. All though teens are more interested in their phone then a car they still have a desire to get onto the road. The car offers an immense amount of self conscious and maturity to a teen. This is one of the main points as to why teens are so eager to get out on the road as soon as possible. If and when they do get on the road they look right past the consequences that may occur with driving at such a young age. Without a doubt teenage drivers are very inexperienced when it comes to their first trips on the road because the only prior training they can get is practice

In today’s world, the idea of a sixteen-year-old driving has become a way of life. If some decide to think about it, most teenagers these ages should not be on the road driving. The majority of the drivers still have no job or still lives with their parents, and most are also still in school. For the most part, they have no way to get to school, and to get from school. In order for them to get to school, they would have to ask their parents. There have been plenty of times when I wanted to drive somewhere because my parents were not home. I know that therefore so many teenagers younger than sixteen anxious to get on the road to drive. They may think they are responsible, but they should not be on the road

I’ve always been an outsider, it’s been hard for me to build friendships and relationships. Not too long ago, there I sat in the corner of the room in the way back, trying to hide from the world, and be myself. I didn’t really want to get involved with anything or anyone. I was afraid to open up, talk to others, maybe because I was afraid to get rejected. Until, I met the best people I could ever meet, my best friends Marisa Mendoza, Jessica Contreras and Deseray Reyes, the ones who up to this day have sticked by my side, at my best, and worst moments. They have all been a big part of my life, I can enjoy every minute I spend with them. For me, they aren’t only my friends they are like my sisters.

The Festival return to Greenfield, MA after being in Turner Fall, MA for a couple of years. I had never been in the Art Block, but found one of their stages The Wheelhouse one to be inmate setting like you what you might find in a coffeehouse. I heard Julia Cira sing on that stage and she had a beautiful voice. One that I like much better than Rosie Porter. It's just a good one to have for ballads. Its a strong one. She plays an electric guitar as well as sings. She was accommodate by a man on drum set and another young woman on an electric guitar. That woman played it well. I listen to her sing a couple of songs and she sang beautifully each time. According to her, They were doing full on rock songs and they sound like very nice quality

When it comes to teaching teens how to drive, parents are understandably concerned. MADD Canada reports that car crashes, often due to inexperience and immaturity, are the leading cause of death for teens. In addition to this, parents can feel frustrated if their teen resists taking direction and ignores common sense safety precautions. Below explains four ways to help you teach your teen to drive while maintaining your sanity.

When discussing the topic of teen driving, the lack of responsibility remains the biggest concern. Teenagers do not have enough responsibility or control to be trusted with a vehicle. For example, irresponsible behavior is demonstrated by teenagers when they recklessly drive by speeding, or they choose to forego putting a seat belt on.

Firstly, accidents happen to everyone. People believe that the reason younger teens are more likely to experience a car accident or wreck is that they have the least experience. That is not always the case. If the age is moved to 18, for example, 18 year-olds are still just as inexperienced as the 16 year-olds. Teens who have little practical experience of driving in the real world will be just as dangerous at any age. Until they have received practice, these drivers are potentially threatening. Driving is a skill that has to be learned. One must develop this skill through experience.

Teens have accidents due to simple mistakes. These can vary from failing to scan the road to misjudging driving conditions. However, some things have to be experienced and learned when driving alone. Dr. Scott Masten, a researcher with the California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, said “the whole thing about learning to drive is you need to expose yourself to crash risk to get experience.” Part of this issue is from driving dependently. Having an adult driver point out examples of unsafe driving and explain to them how they are dealing with these distractions.

Teenage drivers have caused many car accidents in the past years. "Between 1995 and 2004, there were 30,917 fatalities in accidents that involved 15-to-17-year-old drivers"(New York Times). There should be a bigger need to educate your teens about how huge the responsibility of having a car is. In order to fully understand the danger

Teens simply aren’t developed enough to reliably handle the mental necessities of operating a vehicle, just as they aren’t developed enough to make adult decisions entirely on their own. Studies from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that, “there is evidence from MRI research that the prefrontal cortex (the area of the brain responsible for planning, impulse control, and executive decision-making) does not mature fully until the early to mid-20s”. Due to this, teens are also less likely to understand the dangers of risky behavior while driving a car.

“Hey you want to drive”, my step-dad yelled over the loud engine of blue grizzly 4x4 quad I yelled “yes!!”, so as I got one the quad I put on my helmet and fased the strap on the same color helmet.

Because of the lack of driving experience, most teenage drivers are not equipped to recognize and react to dangerous situations.

Home is the beginning of one’s book. It is where your story begins, forms its characters, shows its purpose, and reveals its ora. This is how mine is written. Home is on the buzzing highway down a bumpy gravel road. It’s Brandon, Mississippi. It is the only home I’ve ever known. Home is the smell of homemade biscuits and tomato gravy on Saturday mornings. It is “Bless Your Heart” and “Yes Mam” and “No Sir”. The little bedroom in the back of a grey double-wide where Carrie Underwood songs played and where I learned to curl my hair and put on mascara. My cousins and I running around with mason jars, chasing the lightning bugs. Bar-B-q on the back porch and never meeting a stranger. It is the morals learned and the identity

I am going to be talking about the time I missed an important deadline and spent my day writing an essay about a career instead of actually going out getting to experience a day in the field. I should have gotten my forms signed so that I would have been allowed to go to CSD.

I was heading home one night when all of a sudden I was sliding into the ditch before I could make the corrections to stay on the road. I ended up getting high-centered and unable to get out. I had to call my parents and have them come help me get unstuck. Sliding into the ditch helped me better understand that while driving I am not in control of everything.