The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys

Frost

DEBATE: Why do youngsters commit crimes?

Choose the ideas below or think of your own. Give examples from your own life or somebody you know, or from the books you have read.

· social environment

· widespread poverty

· disadvantaged families

· lack of parental control

· delays in achieving adult status

· hedonistic tendencies

· psychological problems

· genetic problems

· drugs and alcohol

· failure to rise above their social and economic status

· breakdown of traditional patters of family living

· something else?

Alaska funny laws It is illegal for a moose to walk on the sidewalk downtown. Moose may not be viewed from an airplane. Waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. It is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting. No one may tie their pet dog to the roof of a car. It is illegal to string a wire across any road. It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose. Employers of bars may not let their bartenders serve while they are drunk themselves. Owners of flamingos may not let their pet into barber shops. (Or any other animal.) One may not roam the city with a bow and arrows.

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