This paper looks at the many social issues and pressures that teenagers (and often younger children) need to face in a contemporary
American school system.The problems examined are teen pregnancy, violence, gangsterism, drug and alcohol
addiction, suicide and delinquency. The writer looks at different coping methods the students can use and focuses on the strategies taken by staff and teachers to assist the students. The paper also looks at how these social problems effect a child's educational experience.