Editorial
When I first came to America from Denmark there were a lot of things that were very different. I would not go as far as to call it a culture shock but still, some aspects about the American culture confused me. The most obvious one, and the one that I have decided to write about in this editorial, are the various legal ages that you have here in America. There is one age for drinking, one for driving, one for joining the military, etc. Now, in this editorial I am going to be focusing on the fact that you can be as young as 16 to get a drivers license in this country. Why is it that the US government allows young kids, because that is what you are at the age of 16, the enormous responsibility of managing a vehicle and being personally liable for not only their own lives but other people as well? This is the same government that finds it necessary to tell these kids that they can not consume alcoholic beverages until they are 21. What requires the most responsibility and......
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