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Mr. Joel


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There are many teenagers joining

the gang

In 2012, there are 600 thousandsteenagers in New York City, and5% of them were in gang, and89% of them are responsible toviolence. This may cause hugeissue to our society such as our

safety. In order to improve ourcommunity we have to make aplan to solve these problem.


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Why teenagers involve in

gang? In recent years there were many

teenagers that drop out fromschool, and joined the gang. Not

only the drop out of high schoolstudent, also there are manyother reasons why teenagers join

the gang. For exampleunemployment, their safety, andfamily issue.


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Facts about the teenager

involvment in gang

In New York City, there are 7,000students drop out of high school eachyear.

The teenagers unemployment ratelocally is 32%.

There are 37% of children had single

parent in NYC. In New York City, there as many as

22,000 gang members, and 40% ofgang members are under 18 years old.


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Facts about the teenager involvment in

gang The percentage of children of all races living in single

parent homes has been steadily increasing since 1970.It can cause the children join the gang because childrenare being left alone at home. They felt lonely.


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gang

This graph shows the numbers of gangs in the holdnation. Around the New York City area is orange, whichmean New York City has a middle range member ofgangs compare to other city.


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gang

The teenager unemployment rate in 2008 in New York isaround 10-19%, but in 2012 is 37%. It will cause theconcerns of the financial problem to teenage that canget a job, or they join in the gang to earn money.


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gang

The New York City high school graduation rate is lowercomparing to the nation. There are more dropout in NewYork City, some of these student joined the gang.


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Some Possible Solutions

The government needs to create amentorship program or otherorganization to help teens, and those

organizations can provide jobopportunities for teenagers.

Create some organizations that cancreate job opportunities for those old

people, so the grandparents can havethe economic base to take care of theirchildren.


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WORKS CITED

"Teen Unemployment | EPIonline.org." Employment Policies Institute.Web. 30 Apr. 2012. .

"Alliance for Excellent Education." Alliance for Excellent Education.Web. 30 Apr. 2012. .

"Minimum Wage Rates and Resources - Minimum-Wage.org." MinimumWage Rates, History, and Labor Law Info. Web. 30 Apr. 2012..

"Do Something." Do Something. Web. 01 May 2012.

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"Single Parent Statistics." Providing Support to Single Parents throughHigher Education. Web. 01 May 2012.

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