Date: 1/28/12
Name: Juan Diaz 702
Current Events Journal
Title: Should driving age is raised to 18: Alarmed by car accidents involving teenagers, a number of states are considering raising the age for getting a license.
Author: Alex Koroknay-Palicz and Representative John D’ Amico
Source: New York Times
The topic of the article is Driver’s License
The main idea of the article is: that because there have been many car accidents that include mostly teenagers, so many states have been debating in which to rise the age allowed to have a driver’s license. Also the people in each article are giving a strong argument using strong facts to why either yes or No.
(Stated)
The author’s purpose for writing this article is to Share with the reader the opinions of people corresponding to rising age to 18 to drive.
The author’s perspective in this article is objective because the author gave the opinion of both sides of the matter.
The pattern of organization of the article is Argument and support
The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is to just give the argument given and support it with facts.
The text features included in the article are: The big subheadings that say “yes” and “no.” Also in the end it said of where the author worked for which was National Youth Rights Association. Under the title there’s a subtitle that goes in more with the main idea. The person who sided with the Yes also said that he is a democrat from Illinois.
This article is about (a summary in your own words) how in the United States of America gives permission anyone to get their driver license at the age of 16, however many people in the states have seen that many of the car accidents include a teenagers driving, hence they want to raise the driving age to 18, but other people are debating why not to. For example Alex and Representative John.
The significance (importance) of this article is that for any teenager that wants to earn their driver’s license or anyone less than age that is looking forward to that moment should know that these events could be happening because of the problems with talking or texting while driving the causes these accidents.
What I learned from this article is that 77 percent of people of all ages more likely kill someone while driving are men. Also that on Dec. 29, 05 four kids went on a night drive and got into an accident. In 1995-2004 30917 people died between 15-17 years old.
What I liked about this article the author gave the opinions of both sides of the story.
What I did not like about it is that the person who went with the No said that Women should be the only ones who drive and at the beginning it said to be fair, so how is that fair.
Who should read this article and why: any teenager that wants to earn their driver’s license or anyone less than age that is looking forward to that moment should then understand to take driving seriously or the opportunity of driving at 16 will disappear and kids will have to wait 2 more years until then.
This article reminds me of (text-to-self) me being able to do certain things until I am old enough.
(Text-to-text) The amendments that give all laws that can’t be changed.
(Text-to-world) of being able to vote until you’re 18 because people in the country give a certain amount of time before being able to vote.
New vocabulary I learned
Word Context Clues Meaning
1. Legislation “That’s why I introduced legislation to raise the driving age….” A law
2. Controversial “I realize the idea is not controversial, but I could not stand and watch one more person die” Not everyone agrees to it.
3. Burdensome “Raising age may see burdensome to parents and busy teens, but we have to remember that this is a proposal about safety, not convenience” unfair
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