Second Blog Post

The most interesting source I have come across so far is an article from the Los Angeles Times.  The name of the article is “Is Lowering the Drinking Age a Good Idea?” The author is Jessica Pauline Ogilvie. She talks about both the pros and cons of drinking underage. I found this interesting because one of her points for having the drinking age lowered was to issue drinking learner permits to 18 year olds. This way 18 year olds would be able to drink but under tight restrictions. If they did not get in trouble then some of the restrictions would be dropped.  This is supposed to teach teenagers responsible drinking. This was an interesting idea to me because I had never heard of it, but I do not know how effective it would be. Being in college and surrounded by underage drinkers I feel as though this would only feed their habits. The permit would simply give them ways to legally purchase alcohol and even with restrictions their behavior will more than likely not change or get worse. I have not really revised my inquiry question. I have found a lot of information on my topic, but I am having trouble coming up with a more specific question. Maybe a possible question could be how has keeping the drinking age at 21 benefited others? Narrowing my topic will help me be more specific and provide more detailed information when it comes time to write the paper. I need to come up with a narrowed down question that encompasses most of the information from my research. Starting with a broader topic and trying to narrow it has always been one of my biggest challenges when it comes to research papers.