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=Statistics= USA || 47,000 || 36.9 || 78 years || 99% || 2.06 children per women || Australia || 41,000 || 37 || 81 years || 99% || 1.7 children per women || Brazil || 10,800 || 29.3 || 72 years || 88.6% || 2.2 children per women || Marshal Islands || 2,500 || 21.8 || 71.7 years || 93.7 || 3.4 children per women || Chad || 1,600 || 16.8 || 48 years || 25.7 || 5 children per women ||
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=High Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source: http://www.thercg.org/youth/articles/0502-a.html Secondary Source: Person Researched: LAURA K.C. HANSEN

Story/Description: She talks about life for the average teen in Australia, and about the different things that teens are into in the modern age. She mentions different sports, and activities that are most common in Australia as well as how Australians live in relation to their location.

Paragraph Analysis: I found this article extremely intriguing. I had a basic understanding of Australian life but I found out more than I bargained for through this article. Laura Hansen mentions that Australian teens are becoming more "Americanized" and that they are almost starting to lose some of the ideals of old time Australian lifestyles. I also found it interesting how it was mentioned that many Australian teens are naturally rebellious and that many Australians find it more important to have fun and live in the moment. From what I have seen for myself in America this is somewhat the same, but it is also different, I guess this is because everybody is different, but on a whole I would say that this is different than what many American Teens consider important. For myself I am not all about living in the moment but rather preparing myself in positive ways to better prepare myself for the future. Of course this is not a general summary of the "average American" considering everyone is different. On the whole I found that there is a lot in common between the lifestyles of teens in Australia and teens in America, and that on a whole we are mostly the same. (except of course that Australians have awesome accents)

=Middle-Upper Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Brazil-129/teen-culture-Brazil.htm Secondary Source: Person Researched: Mark

Story/Description: This man named mark lived in Brazil for most of his life before coming to America. He describes what the lifestyle is that most teens in Brazil is like through his own experiences. He mostly just compares the "average" teenage Brazilian to the "average" teenage American.

Paragraph Analysis: Brazilian life is much like what it is here in America. In the article the author mentions that when most people think of Brazil they think of people running around the jungle and living in huts (which I don't think so myself), but he makes a valid point that Brazil is actually a country that is more developed than most people would think so. He says that most teenagers live in Brazil listen the a lot of the same music that American teens listen too and that Brazilians love soccer. Mark mentions that Brazilians seem to have a little bit more freedom than American teens, and that they often stay out and go to parties in the middle of the night. Of course this kind of behavior seems to happen in every country but he makes a point to say that Americans have less freedom as teenagers than that of Brazilians. However, he does mention some things that make Brazil seem just a little bit different than America. He mentions that in stead of having a washer or drying machine, many Brazilian families will instead higher a maid to do housework. This sometimes happens in America but I would say that mostly only the Rich in here have maids, compared to the average middle class family. ==

=Middle-Lower Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source: http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/kwa/0liv.html Secondary Source: Person Researched: No name, but person lived in Marshall islands for six years.

Story/Description: This person basically just wrote down a whole list of questions that people usually ask her, and answered them based off the knowledge she has gained from living on an island called Kwajalein (an island part of the Marshall Islands) for six years.

Paragraph Analysis: The person who wrote this article said that the island of Kwajalein was much like a small U.S. town. Things like internet are available, but there are not internet connections like we have here in the U.S. She mentions that most of the people on the internet have access to a dial-up internet connection but not high speed like in P.A. The island that she lives on is run by the United States Military, so they have good housing conditions, but the housing condition you are given is determined by the person you work for and what kind of job you have, or the military (larger families get larger houses). The island is considered a paradise by some, but it can also be considered a terrible experience to those people who do not like being outside of living close to nature. The environment is tropical and the Marshall Islands are close to the equator, and there are many things to do their. Popular activities include scuba diving and snorkeling. The Marshall islands provide a relatively nice place to live, the people who live there do not make a lot of money, and they seem to go without a lot of things that Americans take for granted, but they seem to have many less worries than the average American. To sum things up, The Marshall Islands seem to be comparable to the U.S. probably twenty years ago.

=Lower Income Living Conditions:= Primary Source: http://www.tchad.org/research/children.html Secondary Source: Person Researched: No names, but the person indicates that they have quite a bit of knowledge on life in Chad and it seems that they have lived there for some time, maybe through missionary work and such.

Story/Description: The person who wrote the article basically talks about what the average day is like through the eyes of an older person looking upon children and teenagers in Chad.

Paragraph Analysis: Chad is a very different country than the United States. Children go to school, mostly boys, but they usually walk there. When the students arrive at school, they all mingle together in a school with maybe two rooms, they are taught math and history, and such things that ordinary American children do. The difference is that the atmosphere is completely different, and the teachers that the students are supplied with are not up to the quality of American teachers. Not in the sense that they do not try as hard, but they themselves are not brought up like American teachers. Teenagers in Chad also have many responsibilities besides schooling. Usually when they arrive home, they immediately help out their parents in various chores and activities. Usually girls help out their moms while the sons help their fathers. During the rainy season children do not have school so that they can help their parents farm and help out around the house so they can make the most out of a harvest. Not many people have cars considering that most citizens do not have enough money, in a way this made me feel lucky for what I have and in a way I feel spoiled. Most teenagers in American expect to have a car when they turn sixteen. After reading this article I feel much luckier for what I have.

=Conclusion: After comparing what Landon had about his countries and what I had about mine; it is easy to see the differences between the different classes in each country. The rich countries generally enjoy the same things while the poor countries mostly go without the things that Americans take for granted.=