Absurd and Ridiculous. In Fact, Essay

An experienced, alert teenager drives just as well as -- if not better than -- anyone else. I would trust a teenage driver over a senile elderly driver with many years of experience any day! If teenagers are not allowed to drive at age 16, then when they are 18 and leaving home and have no choice but to start driving in order to survive, they will then be without any experience. A friend of mine was killed in a car crash when she was 16 -- it was the fault of a 35-year-old professional man, with an immaculate driving record. There are no easy fixes for automobile safety. We actually have to promote driving education and safety standards for vehicles and roads, not just find a scapegoat such as young drivers. When writing the essay, I focused on presenting facts that backed up my opinion about raising the driving age.

For the paper on Immigration Issues, I utilized a helpful study conducted by the Center for Governmental Services at Auburn University. This study revealed thoughts held by the public about immigrants and work in America.I myself have many friends who are immigrants, and this subject was personally relevant to me for this reason. Making the argument that immigrants are not a drain on our country, but may in fact be a boost for the country, was important to me. I found that economists and demographers, such as Bean, Telles and Lowell, have found this to be true. I have always been frustrated with people who think the economy is so simplistic that it would be logical to think that immigrants coming to America would automatically take jobs from other Americans. The economy and the marketplace is very complex, and immigrants put more demand on the market for new goods and services, which creates jobs, and also by starting businesses and so forth that will also provide jobs to natives. I have come to the conclusion that the myth about immigrants stealing jobs from "real" Americans is simply an easy way of expressing xenophobia. In writing this essay, I made sure I was citing scholarly sources that had performed real research rather than opinion-based editorials on the subject, which are.....