Jamie is writing a letter to the mayor, arguing that the nighttime curfew for youth under eighteen should be eliminated. which is the best evidence to support her claim? curfews are just another form of restriction that will cause more teens to rebel, breaking both parental and community rules. many young people have part-time jobs after school, and it is unreasonable to expect parents to take them to and from work. a curfew that is consistently upheld will protect vulnerable children who need to be out late. young people should be allowed to stay out with their friends as long as they are engaging in appropriate activities.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt