Analytical Essay Final Draft
Let’s Agree the Drinking Age of 21
Drinking age is not a strange phrase in our lives. Every time when we go to club or buy some liquor, we have to show our photo ID to prove that we have already 21 and we are legal to drink wine. I think this is a really good method to control drinking problem. Before I read these two articles which are “The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it, It Doesn’t Work” by Dr. Morris E. Chafetz and “The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives” by Toben F. Nelson and Traci L. Toomey, I only felt that when people grow up they will have self-control to hold their desire for drinking and could decide whether it is appropriate to drink at that moment. I didn’t collect any data or information to support my opinion, only some horrible news such as “teenagers died due to drunk driving” and “youn girl was raped because both sides were drunk” remind me that limiting drinking age is really important and we should support the idea of raising drinking age of 21.
Dr. Morris E. Chafetz gave us a clear message that he “reluctantly voted yes” to raise the minimum legal drinking age of 21 nationwide (Dr. Chafetz. The 21-Year- Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it; It Doesn’t Work par 2). Dr. Chafetz did not believe that science’s result could be helpful to prove that law decision could do anything for reducing death rate. He showed us that when people get drunk, fight in public places or destroy property, age has nothing to do with these bad impacts, it is all about social influence. In Dr. Chafetz’s opinion, the age 18 and 21 have no differences and “experts” (Dr. Chafetz. The 21-Year- Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it; It Doesn’t Work par 10) are not that convincing. Experts would make parents feel lost and schools, communities and the whole society should take responsible for drinkers’ problems.
Toben and Traci had a totally different opinion; they thought setting the drinking age of 21 is really helpful. At the beginning of this
Drinking age is not a strange phrase in our lives. Every time when we go to club or buy some liquor, we have to show our photo ID to prove that we have already 21 and we are legal to drink wine. I think this is a really good method to control drinking problem. Before I read these two articles which are “The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it, It Doesn’t Work” by Dr. Morris E. Chafetz and “The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives” by Toben F. Nelson and Traci L. Toomey, I only felt that when people grow up they will have self-control to hold their desire for drinking and could decide whether it is appropriate to drink at that moment. I didn’t collect any data or information to support my opinion, only some horrible news such as “teenagers died due to drunk driving” and “youn girl was raped because both sides were drunk” remind me that limiting drinking age is really important and we should support the idea of raising drinking age of 21.
Dr. Morris E. Chafetz gave us a clear message that he “reluctantly voted yes” to raise the minimum legal drinking age of 21 nationwide (Dr. Chafetz. The 21-Year- Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it; It Doesn’t Work par 2). Dr. Chafetz did not believe that science’s result could be helpful to prove that law decision could do anything for reducing death rate. He showed us that when people get drunk, fight in public places or destroy property, age has nothing to do with these bad impacts, it is all about social influence. In Dr. Chafetz’s opinion, the age 18 and 21 have no differences and “experts” (Dr. Chafetz. The 21-Year- Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it; It Doesn’t Work par 10) are not that convincing. Experts would make parents feel lost and schools, communities and the whole society should take responsible for drinkers’ problems.
Toben and Traci had a totally different opinion; they thought setting the drinking age of 21 is really helpful. At the beginning of this
Cited: Dr. Morris E. Chafetz. “ The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it; It Doesn’t Work.” Toben F. Nelson, and Traci L. Toomey. “The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives”. September 29, 2009