In The Article 'What The Brain Says About Maturity'
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1 - Evaluate- In the article “What the Brain Says about Maturity”, the author gives you the main reason to support his claim by backing up his statement with proof and scientific discoveries. The author involves statements in his claim to back up his answer, he involves statements like how sixteen-years-olds are different medical wise but they are still immature criminal wise meaning they can get off the hook easier. “This is why 16-year-olds are just as competent as adults when it comes to granting informed medical consent, but still immature in ways that diminish their criminal responsibility, as the Supreme Court has noted in several recent cases.”(236) The author backs up his statement with the last sentence I said by using …show more content…
The author starts his article off with that statement so that he puts a “you idiot” thought in your head to get your brain going about how he/she should have taken a better class before his driving test and then you think about how he/she passed it. The details the author provided are related to the subject because they say what happens with the regular classes and not the extra classes that the author thinks are needed. The author uses this to back up his story, “Bright and early on the day I turned 17 you would have found me at the front of the line at the local New Jersey D.M.V. office, applying for a permit to drive. In due course, I got my full license and it wasn't long before I got my first ticket for speeding. And soon after that I got another for failing to observe a stop sign. After which failure, I’d turned without signaling and then traveled 40 mph in a 25 mph zone, a points cluster-bomb that resulted in the suspension of my license until I enrolled in a driver-training course. Which, I might add, like the driving instruction I’d received in school, was virtually useless.”(239) Adding an extra step to the driving school wouldn't hurt anybody because it may increase the success rate of new drivers. The author can also back up his statement
Pg. 244
1 - Evaluate- In the article “What the Brain Says about Maturity”, the author gives you the main reason to support his claim by backing up his statement with proof and scientific discoveries. The author involves statements in his claim to back up his answer, he involves statements like how sixteen-years-olds are different medical wise but they are still immature criminal wise meaning they can get off the hook easier. “This is why 16-year-olds are just as competent as adults when it comes to granting informed medical consent, but still immature in ways that diminish their criminal responsibility, as the Supreme Court has noted in several recent cases.”(236) The author backs up his statement with the last sentence I said by using …show more content…
The author starts his article off with that statement so that he puts a “you idiot” thought in your head to get your brain going about how he/she should have taken a better class before his driving test and then you think about how he/she passed it. The details the author provided are related to the subject because they say what happens with the regular classes and not the extra classes that the author thinks are needed. The author uses this to back up his story, “Bright and early on the day I turned 17 you would have found me at the front of the line at the local New Jersey D.M.V. office, applying for a permit to drive. In due course, I got my full license and it wasn't long before I got my first ticket for speeding. And soon after that I got another for failing to observe a stop sign. After which failure, I’d turned without signaling and then traveled 40 mph in a 25 mph zone, a points cluster-bomb that resulted in the suspension of my license until I enrolled in a driver-training course. Which, I might add, like the driving instruction I’d received in school, was virtually useless.”(239) Adding an extra step to the driving school wouldn't hurt anybody because it may increase the success rate of new drivers. The author can also back up his statement