Percentage of American teenagers who report that their schoolwork makes them anxious: 82; Who report that their love life does: 57.
Percentage of teenagers who lose their virginity in their own or their partner’s home: 54; In a parked car: 12.
Percentage of teenagers’ favorite songs that they say are about sex, violence, satanism, or drugs: 7; [...]
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Quick Information
Posted in Short, Statistics, tagged fun, serious, stastics, teenagers on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Quick Statistic
Posted in Short, Statistics, tagged interesting, teenage marriage on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kids in sociology class came to our class Friday and asked us a series of random questions, one asking what students thought of teenage marriage. Out of 32 students, 83% were for it; the rest either against or didn’t vote.
Teenagers Using Drugs to Cope With School
Posted in Agism, Drugs, Education, Statistics, tagged coping, school, stress, teenagers on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers ‘turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress’” from The Telegraph, written by Kate Devlin.
An interesting stub in The Telegraph today, concerning teenagers using drugs. There are two places in it that I find interesting. The first is the statistics:
The study quizzed 172 15- and 16-year-olds preparing to sit their GCSEs about [...]
More Nonsense About Teenagers and Drugs
Posted in Drinking Age, Drugs, Statistics, tagged alcohol, Driving, ecstasy, Legislation, stupidity, teenagers, weird on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers to be banned from drinking before driving, advisors propose” from The Telegraph, written by Tom Whitehead.
I’m starting to get the feeling of monotony after covering the topic of the drinking age only two days ago, but I guess I can do it again. Some gems from the above article:
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is [...]
An Excellent View from The Times
Posted in Statistics, Surveys, tagged bias, children, hate, hypocracy, intolerance, society, stigmas, youth on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Most adults think children ‘are feral and a danger to society’” from The Times, written by Martin Narey.
It’s not surprising that the public still harbors a bias against children, despite the fact that the public — by its own principles — should be otherwise!
