5 Sources and Topic Proposal
For my final paper, I am going to write about teenage girls drinking and the different reasons behind why they drink. I am going to interview five or six of my friends so that I can get their stories behind drinking. I am going to ask questions such as “Why do you drink,” and “How do you feel when you drink?” Then I am going to compare their answers with different statistics and studies on teenage drinking. I am going to tell whether my friends’ encounters are similar or different and how so. I am also going to relate their stories to the story of Koren Zailckas.
1. Interview with friends:
Melissa King
Christen Economos
Jordan Lyons
Kelly McAleese
2. Zailckas, Koren. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood. New York, New York: Pengiun Group, 2006
3. Ryan, Sandy F. “Wasted Lives: the Truth About Teen Girls and Drinking.” Find Articles. Oct.-Nov. 2004. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBX/is_2_11/ai_n6228313>.
4. Armstrong, Elizabeth. “The New Face of Underage Drinking: Teenage Girls.” The Christian Science Monitor. 08 July 2004. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0708/p01s01-ussc.html>.
5. “Teen Drinking Statistics.” Family Guide. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://family.samhsa.gov/talk/alcohol.aspx>.
