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 * >** Being a teenager in todays society ,having no voice is a major issue. We still have to do things we dont want to do and we cant say anything about it and sometimes if we do we might get introuble. No voice has effected my life in many ways and here are a few ways that it did.

No voice really effect my life when i was about twelve years old. My parents had decided to get a divorce, which i had no say over either, but the real thing that bothered me and had no choice in was the fact that i had to move from LA to Newport Beach. I had lived in LA all my life and i didn't want to move, that was the last thing i wanted but its not like i had a choice i had to keep my mouth shut and deal with the situation. It was all up to my mother and she wanted to move, and since i was too young to make my statement i had to do what my mother said. No voice effected this situation by not having a choice and not standing for what i wanted.

> Having no voice can also mean having no authority, basically you do what you are told. When you're on a team you haveto do what is best for the team even if you dont want to do it.

I was on the swim team for about three years. I never really liked being on swim team but my dad was very proud that i was and i didnt want to upset him. I used to swim because i enjoyed it but my dad basically made me go on the team. No voice effected me in this situation because i could express to my dad how i felt about being on the team and i couldn't tell him that i wanted to quit. I was doing it for him and not for myself. By having no voice i was stuck on the team.

Working is not how I saw myself spending most of my time through out the school year or the summer. my Grandparents own three retail stores on Balboa Island and as much as i love shopping there i never thought I would actually have to work there. At the beginning of my Junior year my grandparents started getting sick and weren't able to work as much and even though i really did not want to work there my mom made me start working on the weekends then the weekends turned out to be about five days a week. I had no choice but to work I couldn't just quit since it was family and I couldn't just leave early to go be with friends because i had to stay till close. By having no voice in this situation I miss out on what i really want to do and i have to do what im told whether i like it or not. I still work a lot and have still not told my family how i feel about working so much.