Curfew Should Be Illegal

Multiple cities across the country have set curfews for teenagers, making it illegal for teenagers to be on the streets past a given hour. Teenagers are seen breaking the curfew laws in these cities, but many have an adequate excuse as to why they are doing so. I play travel volleyball and my practices go until ten o'clock pm and I do not arrive home until sometimes eleven o'clock pm, this would mean I would be out on the streets illegally if this curfew was set. Setting curfews for teenagers would interfere with after school activities, teen working hours and school assignments. After school activities are a large part of many teenagers' lives, such activities include both school and club sports, clubs, hobbies, etc. Curfews would limit the

Teenagers' jobs and extracurricular activities are not the only thing that would be affected, school assignments could be interfered by curfews. Teachers occasionally assign group projects to be completed outside of school. Members having conflicting schedules may only be able to accomplish the project in the evening. Curfews could interfere with the project resulting in an unfinished project. Along with unfinished projects, even studying with a peer or at the library would not be accomplished. Students require many hours of studying in order to be able to have the knowledge for a test and studying with another person can help tremendously. When I study for a test, it occasionally requires the whole afternoon before I'm prepared. The studying hours would be limited due to the curfew that would be set. Curfews, over all, would interfere with the daily lives of teens. Some would argue that curfews keep teens out of trouble at night, but if teens are already willing to break the law with the acts they are performing, what would compel them to not break curfew? Curfews negatively affect the lives of teenagers by limiting the extracurricular activities, jobs and school assignments those teenagers