1. Gang Violence In Schools Essay NGARUIYA4 Mary Ngaruiya John Zamparelli English comp Problem solution essay Final Draft. GANG VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS There are approximately 27,900 gangs, with 774,000 members, impacting towns, cities, and communities across the United States. According to a recent bulletin released by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 23 percent of students aged 12 through 18 years reported presence of street gangs in their schools. Almost half (46%) of students in public schools reported street gang presence. In addition, 21 percent of students in suburban schools and 15 percent in rural schools reported presence of street gangs. According to a survey conducted by the National Parents' Resource Institute for Drug...show more content... The elementary curriculum is a precursor to the middle school one and it involves teaching about violence prevention, decision making and people to go by the children that needs help, teaches about good communication skills, anger management and great citizen's attributes. The middle school program teaches about gangs, drugs, violence student's roles in school and community, effective communication skills, empathy towards individuals affected by gangs, refusal to join gang's tactics, anger control and an explanation of how to stay committed to their school and the community. The summer program provides for recreational activities such as sports, hiking and camping and also provides for educational activities. The family program teaches about great family relationships, effective communication, law abiding and effective discipline skills, and ways to reduce bullying (G.R.E.A.T). Participants in this program have shown significant increase in favorable social behaviors and high reduction in gang related activities. Other programs such as Ventura County's Recovery Program offering counseling in mental and drug related cases have yielded significant decrease in gang related involvements and violations by the students attending that program. Multi Partner Attendance Center in Sacramento California that deals with gang related issues also recorded significant reduction in burglary and destruction related crimes by it attendees ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...

3. Problem/Solution Essay This Has To Stop! Each year in America, at least 400,000 Americans lose their lives to cigarettes. This is at least one out of every five Americans. This epidemic is growing on a daily basis. Smoking can damage your body tremendously. Smoking can damage your lungs, brain, and heart. Smoking is a problem not only for human beings, but for America as a whole. Smoking pollutes the air. Cigarettes are made from 4,000 different chemical compounds and 400 toxic substances. Smoking is also bad for America because of "second–hand smoke". We roam around in a universe polluted by smoke. This is why smoking cigarettes is a problem. Smokers need to realize that they are not only damaging themselves, but the others around them as...show more content... The benefits of quitting smoking are great. When you quit you will realize that your general health improves. How can we help people stop smoking? Many solutions could be put into effect. The price for cigarettes should be more expensive and nicotine patches, medicines, chewing gum, and electronic cigarettes should be less expensive. Many countries are controlling smoking by banning smoking in bars, restaurants, hotels, and many other places. America should take banning smoking more serious. Anti–smoking laws can also be used to regulate cigarette advertising by tobacco companies. In South Africa for instance, cigarette advertising is banned Most people who smoke hardly have any idea of the end result of their smoking habit. Information of the smoking must be made widely available especially to teen smokers. More smoking solutions would also include massive stop smoking campaigns via TV, radio, internet, billboards, SMS and over medium can also be effective in communicating the stop smoking message. Other methods especially to do with teens would be for parents and guardians, schools, and other authorities to spend more time with the young people to understand their behavioral patterns. This would help to quickly identify changes induced by tobacco smoking. I truly feel that these solutions could change the amount of smokers in America. Last but least, smoking needs to stop. We as Americans need to reverse this growing epidemic into a ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...