The ABCs of Dropping Out of School
Image from: http://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2110 Scenario As this summer reaches a close and the last baseball bats are swung, the final soccer tournaments are played, and homework-free weekends come to an end, we can almost hear the morning bell calling us in for another year of school. I’m sure we’ve all experienced that familiar dread of pop…
Teenage drinking and driving
Jessica is 17 years old. She doesn’t own a car, but she’s been saving up money from her part time job to eventually purchase her own car in the near future. In the meantime, Jessica drives around her mother’s car whenever she needs to. Jessica is the only one among her friends who has a…
Can young people get married?
Scenario: Mark is a seventeen-year old high school student who has just finished grade 11. He loves soccer, playing the guitar and going to parties with his friends. He is the vice-president on his school’s student council and is a member of the swim team. He has been dating his boyfriend, Nathan, since the end…
Privacy and Social Networking
-By Leora Jackson, JFCY volunteer and PLE Team Lead Janine Loves Facebook Janine is fifteen and uses Facebook to keep in touch with all of her friends. Since she has friends from school, camp, and after-school activities, Facebook is a great way to be in touch with people. When she wants to tell something to…