Week 8: Letters
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Louisiana Department of Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Hanh Tran. I am a junior at Xavier University of Louisiana. I am currently pursuing a degree in Chemistry and am planning to further my education in graduate school. One of the requirements for any degree at Xavier University is that we the students must enroll in at least one theology course. In my particular course, the students are asked to address a problem in which we believe the world is facing today. Not only are we asked to address the problem, but we are also encouraged to take an active role in developing ideas and participating in projects to help control, or even eliminate, the situation at hand. I have chosen to address the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. According to the figures that can be found on www.teenpregnancy.org, the percentage of pregnant teenage girls is reducing slowly which shows that more and more girls are considering the consequences of their actions prior to their actions. Although this holds truth, the age in which girls are becoming pregnant is reducing to a much younger age – an age where many adults probably have not even considered educating and discussing the topic of sex and the steps in order to prevent pregnancy. There are a number of organizations that exist for the sole purpose of preventing teenage pregnancy. My goal is to help these organizations spread the awareness of this on-going problem. Teenage pregnancy is not a problem that will ever be eliminated, but it can be reduced to the lowest percentage possible if we all work together to inform today’s adolescents about the consequences in which their actions hold. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Hanh Tran
Office of the Governor
Attn: Constituent Services
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004
Dear Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco,
My name is Hanh Tran. I am a junior at Xavier University of Louisiana. I am currently pursuing a degree in Chemistry and am planning to further my education in graduate school. One of the requirements for any degree at Xavier University is that we the students must enroll in at least one theology course. In my particular course, the students are asked to address a problem in which we believe the world is facing today. Not only are we asked to address the problem, but we are also encouraged to take an active role in developing ideas and participating in projects to help control, or even eliminate, the situation at hand. I have chosen to address the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. According to the figures that can be found on www.teenpregnancy.org, the percentage of pregnant teenage girls is reducing slowly which shows that more and more girls are considering the consequences of their actions prior to their actions. Although this holds truth, the age in which girls are becoming pregnant is reducing to a much younger age – an age where many adults probably have not even considered educating and discussing the topic of sex and the steps in order to prevent pregnancy. There are a number of organizations that exist for the sole purpose of preventing teenage pregnancy. My goal is to help these organizations spread the awareness of this on-going problem. Teenage pregnancy is not a problem that will ever be eliminated, but it can be reduced to the lowest percentage possible if we all work together to inform today’s adolescents about the consequences in which their actions hold. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Hanh Tran
Senator Mary Landrieu
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
New Orleans, LA 70130
Dear Senator Mary Landrieu,
My name is Hanh Tran. I am a junior at Xavier University of Louisiana. I am currently pursuing a degree in Chemistry and am planning to further my education in graduate school. One of the requirements for any degree at Xavier University is that we the students must enroll in at least one theology course. In my particular course, the students are asked to address a problem in which we believe the world is facing today. Not only are we asked to address the problem, but we are also encouraged to take an active role in developing ideas and participating in projects to help control, or even eliminate, the situation at hand. I have chosen to address the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. According to the figures that can be found on www.teenpregnancy.org, the percentage of pregnant teenage girls is reducing slowly which shows that more and more girls are considering the consequences of their actions prior to their actions. Although this holds truth, the age in which girls are becoming pregnant is reducing to a much younger age – an age where many adults probably have not even considered educating and discussing the topic of sex and the steps in order to prevent pregnancy. There are a number of organizations that exist for the sole purpose of preventing teenage pregnancy. My goal is to help these organizations spread the awareness of this on-going problem. Teenage pregnancy is not a problem that will ever be eliminated, but it can be reduced to the lowest percentage possible if we all work together to inform today’s adolescents about the consequences in which their actions hold. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Hanh Tran
Mayor C. Ray Nagin
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, LA 70112
Dear Mayor C. Ray Nagin,
My name is Hanh Tran. I am a junior at Xavier University of Louisiana. I am currently pursuing a degree in Chemistry and am planning to further my education in graduate school. One of the requirements for any degree at Xavier University is that we the students must enroll in at least one theology course. In my particular course, the students are asked to address a problem in which we believe the world is facing today. Not only are we asked to address the problem, but we are also encouraged to take an active role in developing ideas and participating in projects to help control, or even eliminate, the situation at hand. I have chosen to address the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. According to the figures that can be found on www.teenpregnancy.org, the percentage of pregnant teenage girls is reducing slowly which shows that more and more girls are considering the consequences of their actions prior to their actions. Although this holds truth, the age in which girls are becoming pregnant is reducing to a much younger age – an age where many adults probably have not even considered educating and discussing the topic of sex and the steps in order to prevent pregnancy. There are a number of organizations that exist for the sole purpose of preventing teenage pregnancy. My goal is to help these organizations spread the awareness of this on-going problem. Teenage pregnancy is not a problem that will ever be eliminated, but it can be reduced to the lowest percentage possible if we all work together to inform today’s adolescents about the consequences in which their actions hold. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Hanh Tran
I have chosen to write to these four prestigious people because I believe that they will have a greater appreciation towards my letter than those from other states. Teenage pregnancy is a problem that every state faces. Each state has to fight this problem individually. I believe that we have to be able to help ourselves before we can help others. I have especially chosen to write to the Louisiana Department of Education because being informed about the consequences of sex and Sexually Transmitted Diseases is just as important as learning how to read and write. All of the knowledge in the world pertaining to American History will not ease the mental and physical challenges in which a pregnant teenager will encounter.
Bible scholars use African American criticism to have a better understanding of the Bible. Many of the places discussed in the Bible are African nations such as Egypt, Libya, Sheba, and Nubia. African nations were depicted as wealthy nations. The Bible shows that race is not an issue. It was not until around the time period of the slave trade where society placed its own cultural baggage upon history. Some even went as far as using the Bible to promote as their reason for racism.