Breen, Tom. "Small Town Turns Curfew for Teens." Herald-Dispatch. Champion Publishing Inc, 8 Aug. 2008. Web. 29 Sept. 2011.
As a teen, many hated having a curfew or being home by a curfew, it always seemed to 'butt-in' on the teens' fun. Many thought it was all fun and games, more or less, until news got around town that something bad happened, and then they appeared to be frightened. Well this all came true for the city of Charlston in Arkansas. The town committee had to but a curfew down for anyone under the age of eighteen for the reason of a chain gun and crime violence within their town and surrounding area. Breen stated in this article that he agrees with the committee and a curfew is necessary. With that proposal, many teens complained but little did they know, their own town was trying to prevent them from any type of harm. So with that being stated, do teens really think the same? Some people may wonder who and how often the town curfew gets abused, and that fact will not clearly be stated without the supervision on police. The residents of Charlston also stated that teens under the age of eighteen do not specifically need to be wandering around past midnight, and to the residents there, the town curfew is completely understandable and reasonable.
In my opinion and the fact that I currently am under eighteen (for one more month, heheh), I do and do not agree with the teenagers of Charlston, Arkansas. I know from time to time, (okay, all the time) I abuse the midnight town curfew for Hayfield. But I only do it because I feel like I am responsible enough to know whether what I am doing at night involves anything that would harm others. I am smart enough to not cause problems within my community, and when I look at it in that perspective, I, myself, am trustworthy of not having a town curfew.
My refute to that would be stated clearly for the teenagers out there who are not responsibly one bit. Even though I can act properly and may not need one, I still believe the town should have a town curfew. There are teens who cause ruckus and from that, potentially crimes may evolve. This is a debatable topic that can go both ways and for some, they may think different than I do.
I agree that as long as your smart and don't get into trouble, its not a big deal for teens to break curfew. However, I do think that in some places, mostly in places with more crime problems, curfew should be enforced more. Good topic, but I'm not sure that it would provide enough information for a paper.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Laura that if you are responsible and can behave you shouldn't have a strict curfew. Also in more heavily populated areas and areas prone to crime and gang violence should have police enforced curfews. This would be an interesting topic to do more research on and get a broader view of the subject.
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