Don't do it Sylvia! Brenda Golyshevskaya

      Dear Sylvia, 

Parents are the key to success in life because they have the answers to almost about everything. If you think about the things your parents provide for you and how much they struggle to do the best they can, why would you want to get an emancipation Sylvia? If you decide to take this path you will have many things to face, such as providing for yourself, learning from your own mistakes, getting a job, and having to live with your boyfriend. As a friend, I ask you this " do you honestly want to have a big part of your life gone, just because some certain things seem unfair?"

 There should only and only one time in your life when you move out and thats not when you get an emancipation. Since you were a kid you always depended on your parents for food, clothes, toys to play with, money, rides, a roof over our our heads and may more things. Now imagine that you did get an emancipation, are you gonna call your mom to make food, no because you consider yourself as a grown woman. So now you're stressing out because you never asked your mom to teach how to cook. Emancipation should not be the time you leave your parents, still not convinced well keep listening.

 Imagine being on your own without someone besides you all the time like your mom, to tell you the right things if you get in a sticky situation, is another reason why you don't need an emancipation. To clear your perspective here's a situation, your boyfriend decides to cheats on you for someone else and his reason is because you don't provide what he wants in a relationship. Now your at your place alone with nobody to comfort you or to tell you "everything is gonna be alright, he wasn't the one for you", still being stubborn? If you decide to marry this guy, my mom always told me "the way you treat your dad, that's how you're gonna treat him. Emancipation isn't going to give you advice when you occasionally  screw up.

 Not enjoying sharing a room with your little sister, who said you're going to enjoying sharing it with your boyfriend? I know the feeling of sharing a room with a sister, I had to be in the same room with my sister until she got married. It's quiet difficult to see eye to eye at certain situations, but that's what having a sibling is all about. If you don't like sharing the room with your sister, because she's a little messy and she has a tendency to wear your stuff, that's not the worst of your problems. So you move in with your boyfriend, and you find out some stuff you didn't know, such as he has no manners, any sense of being a gentleman, has clothes that are dirty that you need to clean but he throws them on the ground, in other words he is a complete slob in person and you thought he was great. Emancipation is not going to make matters better, when you're living with a complete slob.

 So if you think I'm all up for your emancipation, you're wrong. Your reason's to having an emancipation aren't good enough. You only have one set a parents and you're going to leave them because of your lack of freedom, sharing a room with your sister and because you want to be with your boyfriend. Hoping that you will use your common sense and make the right decision, because lets face it a family will always be permanent and a boyfriend isn't.

                                                                                     Sincerely, your best friend.

Caleb Davis

    A famous scholar by the name of Henery Bolfard, head to the prestigious Alaskan University of Illinois, once said, “The day that I ditched my parents and siblings was the best day of my life.” Now as Sylvia contemplates whether or not she should finalize her emancipation, and ditch her own family, she too has the the opportunity to discover the great happiness that comes from doing so. Sylvia should indeed go through with the emancipation because she would be able to gain personal freedom, not have to share a room with her sister, and be able to spend more time with her college boyfriend.

    First Sylvia should finalize her emancipation because it would lead to massive gains in personal freedom. In other words if she were to legalize her emancipation then she could finally get to follow her impulses without being restricted by controlling parents. Many times it has been said that “A lifetime of peace of mind can almost always be found when acting upon sudden urges or feelings.” Just as this proverb explains Sylvia could achieve a lifetime of peace of mind if she were allowed to act upon her own urges or feelings, something that she cannot do if she were to stay with her parents. The process of legalizing her emancipation would be a smart decision because she would finally be able to discover the true happiness that awaits her if she could follow her sudden desires.

    Second Sylvia would at last be able to escape the stressful confines of a sibling infested bedroom, and enjoy the relaxation that comes from sharing a room with her college boyfriend. In other words if she were to legalize the emancipation she could move out of her current room and instead into one with her beloved boyfriend. In fact, a detailed survey conducted in 2011 showed that girls who were between the ages of 16 and 21 were, on average, able to get two additional hours of sleep each night over girls of the same age if they were allowed to sleep with their boyfriends rather than siblings. Since Sylvia’s age directly correlates to that of the girls in the study, it would stand to reason that if she were not sharing a room with her sister but instead sharing a room with her boyfriend, she would gain about two more hours worth of sleep every night. Sylvia should legalize her emancipation because it would grant her the freedom to sleep with her boyfriend, thus bringing her more sleep each night.

    Third if Sylvia went through with the emancipation she could spend more time with her boyfriend. This means that without the restriction of parents Sylvia would be able to be with her boyfriend as much as she wants. This is great because according to a study taken by the United Parenting Foundation of America, “Teenage daughters are 20 times less likely to make dumb choices when in the company of their boyfriends.” Based off this study it is quite clear that if Sylvia were permitted to spend an increased amount of time with her lover she would, in turn, make better decisions than if she were in the company of family. The legalization of Sylvia’s emancipation is a positive thing which would allow her more time to spend with her boyfriend, ultimately improving her judgement.

    In conclusion, Sylvia should absolutely go through with the emancipation because she would be able to gain personal freedom, have a more relaxing room, and be able to spend more time with her college boyfriend. With an increased amount of personal freedom Sylvia would become more at peace with herself. Also by being able to not share a room with her sister but instead her boyfriend she would be able to sleep longer each night. Finally more time with her boyfriend would result in better judgement. So, in order for Sylvia to live a more healthy lifestyle she must legalize her emancipation as soon as possible.

Karissa Jurgens

Karissa Jurgens

Mr.  A

English 2

HSPE practice

                                                                   Letter To Sylvia

       Have you ever cared about someone, and felt they were making the wrong decision about a life changing matter? Well that is precisely the case with me having to watch you throw your future away by choosing emancipation. Although a very tempting option, emancipation is not the answer because; it does not give you freedom it takes it away, a 16 year olds mind is not fully developed, shelter will be difficult for someone of such a young age to find, and with the low economy jobs will be nearly impossible to find for someone who has not received a high school diploma. So please take the advice from the ones who care about you and don’t get emancipated.

       Sylvia, my first reason for why I feel you are wrong about wanting to get emancipated is you say you want personal freedom but all emancipation will do is take it away. You will be so occupied with schooling and jobs that your time will be limited so you won’t get to use your freedom. Using your “freedom” to spend time with friends will be cut out of the picture because you will have so little time. So pretty much anything you wanted to do with your new found “freedom” will not be able to happen. The loss of time and freedom is just one of the many reasons I think emancipation is not right for you Sylvia.

      Another reason why I think emancipation is not a proper fit for you Sylvia is because no one at the age of 16 has a fully developed mind. Having an under developed mind may lead you to make bad decisions like your emancipation for example. Also the many stresses of daily life will cause an under developed mind to not function as it should. Because of the malfunction of your under developed mind caused by stress you would not be able to deal with the responsibility you would have. Therefore the look of a fully developed mind is why you should not seek emancipation Sylvia.

     My next reason for thinking emancipation is wrong for you Sylvia is it will be extremely hard to find somewhere to live. Home sellers will overlook your request because they will want an older more reliable buyer that they know they can trust to take care of the place and pay the bills on time. If by chance you were to find a home or apartment to buy or rent, they are extremely expensive and a young unemployed person such as yourself would’t be able to pay for it. Not only will homes be hard to find and costly, but parents of friends won’t want you living off them either. Sylvia, the inability to find housing is just one more reason why emancipation isn’t right for you.

        Sylvia, my last reason for thinking emancipation is a bad choice is the low economy makes it next to impossible to find a job. People are not going to pick someone with no experience over someone who does. Also, most work places look for someone who has a high school diploma, and since you don’t have one they will probably overlook your application. Another reason why it will be hard for you to find a job is you won’t have enough time because you will be busy with school and then homework. The low economy that has a high unemployment rate is another reason why you shouldn’t try to get emancipated Sylvia.

        So in conclusion emancipation is completely wrong for you Sylvia! You won’t gain freedom, ig anything you will lose it because you’re going to be so busy all of the time. Secondly, your brain isn’t fully developed since your only 16 which will lead you to make bad decisions based on emotion and stress. Also, the lack of ability to find shelter will hinder you from a lot, including a healthy life style. Lastly, the low economy equals no jobs, especially for people without a high school diploma. So listen to the people who care about you so you can make the right choices to better yourself and don’t seek emancipation.

Emma LeFevre :)

I do not think that Sylvia should seek emancipation from her home because, she has kind of lame reasons, she would have no place to live, she needs to learn to deal with difficult people, and she would have no money.

First she has lame reasons. having to share a room with your sister is not that bad. I think that Sylvia should set boundaries in her room that her sister is not allowed to pass. Also, having to share a room is no reason to seek emancipation from her home. She should learn to share a room because in college she will most likely have to share a room, along with other times in her life. Next, just because your boyfriend is in college does not mean that you have to move out. You can still see him and talk to him and text him and stuff It's not like your totally cut off from him. And if he is in college he could be 24 and she is 16 that's kind of weird!

Second, Where would she live? If she is planning on living with her boyfriend she might have to think again. If he lives on the college campus then they probably won't let her. Also, what is she suppose to do while he is in his classes? If she does not live with him who else would she live with? She might be able to live with one of her friends but that would have to be with one whose parents agree with what she did, otherwise they would probably just tell her to go home and deal! And I guarantee you that most parents will probably not agree with what she did. and the reasons that she did it.

Third, she really should learn to deal with difficult people, because in the course of her life there will be lots of people that she does not like or does not agree with, that she will have to associate with. What is she going to do if she Does not like something that the manager of her job does? quite? once when someone I know was working at JC Penny's the new manager told them that they had to go through the entire store and re-price everything so if something was $17.99 they had to re-price It to $18.00 And all of the stickers had to be perfectly straight. then they had to change all the red clearance tags to blue clearance tags and make sure they were straight. She did not agree with the manager but she freak out, no she did what he said even though she didn't like it. So If Sylvia never learns to deal with annoying people how will she ever be able to go through life without quitting jobs, moving out of apartments, and freaking out at people? She has to learn this skill

Last, how would she get money? Even If she had a job how would Sylvia be able to pay for all the things that she needs such as, clothing, shoes, food, bills, shampoo, conditioner, and all the other things we as humans need? A 16 year olds job will not be able to pay for all of these things. Also, 16 year olds usually are not able to tell the things that they need from the things that they want. For example, she may want the pair of $200.00 boots that are super cute and $50.00 off but does she need them...no she does not.

As you can see Sylvia should not seek emancipation from her home, because she has lame reasons she would have no place to live, she needs to learn to deal with difficult people, and as far as money is concerned...she would have no money. These four things are just some of the reasons that Sylvia should stay and live at home.

Paige Bergstrom

When you were a teenager, did you ever feel the need to be independent? To be on your own and see what it’s really like to be an adult? Being legally emancipated, people can have this experience and benefit greatly. I think my friend Sylvia should emancipate herself from her home because she will have more privacy, freedom, and she’ll be better prepared for when she leaves high school.

One reason Sylvia should become emancipated is for the gaining of her well-deserved privacy. For her whole life, she has been forced to share a tiny bedroom with her younger sister Hannah. Once while Sylvia was stying the night at my house, Hannah raided her personal belongings and read her private journal. Nothing Sylvia does seems to gain her any privacy, which isn’t just annoying, but rude also. Hannah also always claims Sylvia’s clothes for her own and wears them whenever she pleases. This obvious lack of respect has resulted in almost no privacy at all. In order for Sylvia to regain her privacy, she needs to be emancipated.

Another reason Sylvia should emancipate herself is so she can obtain her freedom. Her parents are very strict and keep a close eye on their daughter. And as good as this is, it also means close to zero freedom. Last weekend, Sylvia’s boyfriend wanted to take her out on a nice date. Unfortunately, her parents thought otherwise. She instead had to stay at home for no apparent reason. If Sylvia were emancipated, she wouldn’t have had to put that weekend to waste and she wouldn’t have her parents dully make decisions such as this one for her. Sylvia should emancipate herself to gain her personal freedom.

Lastly, Sylvia being emancipated would help her become more prepared for when she’s out of high school. Numerous responsibilities would be added which she wouldn’t otherwise have. For example, she would have to pay for everything herself. Food, shelter, transportation, etc. Her parents wouldn’t be to provide for her so she would have to provide for herself, similar to the real world and how her life will be like in a couple years anyway. Sylvia should emancipate herself so she can better prepare herself for the future.

In conclusion, I think Sylvia should emancipate herself from her home so she can fain privacy, freedom, and preparation for her life after high school. Having close to no privacy right now, Sylvia definitely deserves some. On top of this, she’s also lacking any personal freedom whatsoever which would surely increase her fun and social life. With added responsibilities, Sylvia would have a better look into the real world and how it really is to be an adult. Being emancipated would certainly be a good experience for her to benefit and learn from.