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…. But there is also alot more to this novel than simple bigotry. "Looking for Alibrandi" also attacks very important issues at the foundation of the Australian culure. These range from teenage pregnancy to the social hierachy at a private school. All these issues…

…DECLINE OF THE FAMILY Within the past ten years, the focus of American families has become unpleasantly clear. Divorce, teenage pregnancy, violence, suicide, and addiction are all plaguing our families today. Conservatives, Liberals…

…a result of taking prayer out of school. Since the expulsion of prayer in public school in 1962, studies show that teenage pregnancy went up two hundred percent, teen suicide increased three hundred percent, abortion increased one thousand percent and violent…

…of school prayer say that without it there is moral decline, blaming the absence of school prayer for everything from low SAT scores to teenage pregnancy. But it just won't work. In fact, legislated school prayer would make things worse. For a school to require…

…Do you consider something with a beating heart a living creature? A babies heart forms and starts beating in the fifth week of pregnancy, therefore, that would make abortion murder. The baby that is growing inside of you is depending on you, so when…

…; a good example of this is single mothers and teenage pregnancies. Although it is every woman's right to have a baby, the thought of who is going to pay for that child when it comes into the world is already decided by the state offering welfare for that child…

…about sexual stereotypes. Another message young girls experience was birth control. Now that there was a way to avoid pregnancy should girls not be afraid to go all the way. Douglas explained that girls were faced with choices like this all the time. None…

…love triangles, broken homes, pregnant strippers, teenage prostitutes, adult film stars, devil worshippers and the ever popular talk show regulars, the members of the Ku Klux Klan. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation…

…. In 1981, 23.3% of all Black youth 20 and 21 years of age were high school dropouts (Gibbs, Huang 91, 409). Of Black females, 40.4% gave pregnancy as their reason for dropping out of school. In the 70's, 50% of all Black high school graduates went on to college…

…sees the world. However, just because that is the most common view of teenage life does not mean that a documentary-like narrative should be devoid of a view of what living looks like with the rose colored glasses taken off. Take for instance…