the affect society have on our youth

Since my opponent has not responded to my point about national high school drop-outs declining, I humbly request my arguments pertaining to that issue are extended. "LATLY IN PHILDELPHIA,THE DEALTH RATE HAS GROWN...AM SURE MANY KNOW OF THE MANY VOILENCE THAT OCCURED IN PHILDELPHIA" Very misleading argument, Instead of taking the United States as a whole, you chose to pick one of the most violent places out of all the United States. Do you honestly expect that to be used to show our affect on youth as a whole is going down the drain? I can do the same thing you did, watch: IN HAWII, THE DEATH RATE HAS SHOWN A DEASTIC DECLINE FROM 1900 TO 2000 DROPPING FROM 15% TO ~6%. See, does that mean that the death rate has declined as a whole? Of course not! One must take the entire United States into consideration before passing judgment. It is quite clear that the death rates regarding the United States as a WHOLE have declined. Over a 104 year span from 1900 to 2004 the death rate in the United States has dropped from 17.2 to 8.2 (U.S. Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population, 1900–2004) Source: http://www.infoplease.com... In addition, crime rate in the United States has declined as well Source: http://media.gallup.com... Clearly, the whole of our society is in the right direction. "AND AM SURE YOU HEARD OF SILLY STUPID GAMES KNOWN AS THE CHOCKING GAME.AND THE MANY TEENS THAT GET HIGH" Again, you must take societies youth as a whole in order to pass judgment. The vast majority of society's youth are not playing the fainting game. This also falls under the issue of parenting, (see argument in next paragraph) Youths are getting high; however this falls under the category of parenting. If I was a father and knew dangerous behavior was being practiced in the general area, it would be my responsibility as a parent not only to warn my children immensely about any dangers, but also to take any steps necessary to prevent it from happening. There is evidence to show that bad parenting is directly correlated with teen drug use. Source: http://chd.sagepub.com... "NOW TELL ME AGAIN THAT HAS TO DO FULLY OF PARENTING SKILLS" I assert the majority of causality for drug use is correlated with bad parenting as supported from my source listed above. "SOCIETY HAS PLACE THE FARE IN OUR YOUTH THAT IF YOU DONT DO WHAT YOUR FRIENDS DO, THEN YOUR NOT COOL" This aspect of society is fine so long as the thing's ones friends are doing aren't dangerous or anything in that vicinity. However if they are, such as drug use, then the source I have listed above shows evidence that those things are correlated with poor parenting. "KNOW I DONT KNOW NOT ONE KID THAT HAS NOT DONE SOMETHNG JUST CASUSE THEIR FRIENDS DID IT...AND EVEN WITH THEIR PARENTS GIVING THEM SKILL TO SAY NO TO PURE PRESSURE." Personal experiences count for just about nothing when applying them to the general statistical facts of society as a whole. "SOCIETY HAS OUR KIDS IN A GAP" By gap, if you refer to education, then sure. By gap, if you refer to getting job opportunities, then sure. With everything, there comes a good and bad. It's true there are negative impacts society has instilled on children, however the pros outweigh the cons. Without Society, our youth would simply be a group of uneducated, unorganized, unlearned fools. You speak about our youth getting jobs, and how society doesn't teach them how to work. Without Society kids won't even know the simple fundamental laws of math, much less how to hold a job from 9 to 5.