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 Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:40 pm
At my school our senior class ((not my class)) has had about 6 deaths due to drunk driving, in response to this my school falculty decided to have "Alive At 25" i dont know if you know what this is but it's when the grim reaper.....well a guy dressed up in a grim reaper costume walks around the school and claims people to death and describes how they died from neglagent driving, then at the end of the day we have a mock car crash where the drama dep. acts out the car crahs with a car, amublance, police, helicopters, the whole nine yards.
but some people thought this was a silly way to address a serious issue, alot of the senior class knew the people who died and it was like the school faculty didnt adrees it the right way
so what is your opinion? do u think they handeled it right? and what is your stand on teen drinking and the lives it's claiming?
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 8:17 am
Well, I've never been in that situation, but I can understand why the faculty and staff thought it was a good idea. They want to frighten everyone into behaving, because just talking about drunk driving doesn't seem to be working.
Because highschool students tend to be immature; everyone probably thought it was funny except for those who were singled out by the "Grim Reaper"
People can find humour in almost anything and 95% of what we laugh at are other people's misfortunes (remember cartoons & slapstick comedy?). Not to mention that most people prefer to laugh to keep from crying or they take their anger out on others.
I think your faculty and staff had a good idea and maybe it was just executed poorly or the students weren't ready to watch something like that, and now they are being criticized for it.
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:42 pm
True, it's just that we had the same thing last year and obviously to no avail, and i guess some of the senior class thought it was disrespectful to remeber some of thier senior class in that way
oh and did i mention this was at least in the same or a little bit after these people died, it's not like the senior class had a whole lot of time to "get over it"
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:50 pm
Well, I can't say if they handled it well or not. That's really a matter of opinion, and at least it's better than them just telling the students not to drink and drive.
However, my opinion on drunk driving is that anyone who does it should be punished, regardless of age. If teenagers do it, they should be kicked out of school. If seniors do it, they shouldn't be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony, if not allowing them to graduate is too harsh.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:27 pm
[I have to say that I kind of disagree with your severe punishments for drunk driving, Jade. I mean, this is a touchy-feely era; everyone is concerned about what sort of mental damage certain punishments may have on children. (That's why many teachers are passing certain students ahead instead of holding them back.) So I don't think kicking teens out of school is a good disciplinary method--not to mention: they HAVE to be in school.
I'm not too sure what to do to encourage kids, or ANYONE for that matter, not to drive drunk... There are so many bad things out there that you can't protect all kids from experiencing all of them. I'd hate for someone I care about to receieve even a scratch because of a drunk driver, let alone be killed, but there really seems to be nothing you can threaten kids with that will make them choose the safe route rather than the dangerous one. neutral
As Ronin shows in his story, the truth doesn't seem to work...let alone ficticious portrayals of the truth.
Hmmm...
For some reason this brings to mind the climax of the movie I, Robot, when the "heroes" find out that the villian is merely trying to protect humans from themselves. I think that's the only way we'll ever really be able to stop underage drinking/drunk driving, LOL. xd ]
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:36 pm
honestly, the only way teens are going to stop drinking is
A)drinking isn't considered being rebelious (which means the 21 year old rule to drink must get thrown out the window and drinking isn't made anything special by the media)
B)they witness their close friend dying from drinking, not just somebouy they knew from school.
C)video tape them when drunk and then show them when sober so they can see how dumb they act.
or a funny method to watch....
D)have somebody knock the mess out of them. Even this might not work, but it'd be funny to watch twisted
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:35 am
Well I say if they want to drink let them, they'll probably just end up a pathetic drunk later in their life. Just more people to get rid of once I enter office.
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:40 am
Lupin The Great Well I say if they want to drink let them, they'll probably just end up a pathetic drunk later in their life. Just more people to get rid of once I enter office. Yes...if they don't run a red light and slam head on into your driver's side door in the middle of the night going 80 mph and instantly kill you before then. cool Yes. Let them drink and end up as pathetic drunks indeed. neutral
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:08 pm
Well there is not much you can do to stop teen drinking. They tell us to not drink and yet many do. And tightening rules will not help much because there will be more plans on how to get that. I know many who get the alcohol from adults who provide it for them.It is the choice of the teen wether to drink or not because they have told us all about the dangers of it and what it can lead to and how it puts many in danger, yet some chose not to listen which is not good. I think it is just that they have no control at the time of drinking. They are probably thinking that they need to hurry up and drink because they never will be able to do it again ( which is sometimes right if they die). Then when under the influence they are not in their right mind and probably think that they can drive.
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:15 pm
Passion_Dragon Lupin The Great Well I say if they want to drink let them, they'll probably just end up a pathetic drunk later in their life. Just more people to get rid of once I enter office. Yes...if they don't run a red light and slam head on into your driver's side door in the middle of the night going 80 mph and instantly kill you before then. cool Yes. Let them drink and end up as pathetic drunks indeed. neutral Ok what should we do then to stop teen drinking since I detect a hint of sarcasm.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:43 pm
i think it is bad to drink and drive and i think ur school did the right thing by showing what not to do....
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:16 am
Yea. it
does seem silly to me.
but i guess
if there not all sitting
there laughing it up,
it isnt a bad thing.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:31 am
Lupin The Great Passion_Dragon Lupin The Great Well I say if they want to drink let them, they'll probably just end up a pathetic drunk later in their life. Just more people to get rid of once I enter office. Yes...if they don't run a red light and slam head on into your driver's side door in the middle of the night going 80 mph and instantly kill you before then. cool Yes. Let them drink and end up as pathetic drunks indeed. neutral Ok what should we do then to stop teen drinking since I detect a hint of sarcasm. A "hint"? LOL Anyway, I don't have the magic answer to stop teens from drinking, or at least from driving when their blood-alcohol level is above the legal limit for getting behind the wheel of a car. Teen drinking isn't the problem, I don't think--if the legal drinking age was 17 or 18, I think that teens would be more apt to take all those warnings about alcohol poisoning, alcohol abuse, tainted drinks and poor judgement to heart, simply because drinking would no longer be the big bad boogie you had to be 21 to handle. Kids wouldn't have to sneak to drink, so perhaps we would all be better off. I dunno. Drunk driving is a problem no matter the age of the offender. You're not only putting your own life on the line, but you're also endangering the lives of others. Having a police force large enough to survey the city with extra scutiny on the weekend and holidays; random Breathalyzer tests or checkpoints... There are so many things already being done--from the simple "Keys, please" promotion, which seems to have replaced the "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" slogan; to the advanced systems being placed in cars which will not allow the vehicle to be started unless the driver can pass a Breathalyzer-type test attached to the car's ignition. It's really up to us to be smart enough and considerate enough to think of the consequences.
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:23 pm
teen drinking is very bad, yo but i gotta fake i.d though. :my fave qoute
cheese_whine
teen drinkin aint that bad u jus gotta noe when its time 2 stop, ay im 14 n i drink n i aint got no damn problems with it, my mama fa sho dont care. i betcha if u name an alcohlolic drinki can tell ya if i drunk it or didnt ay i name some for ya that i did drank:
beer (of course)
pink vodka (now everybody in da club gettin tipsy lol)
vodka n grey goose (whats da diference same s**t 2 me)
henessy
royal crown(ill b shock if a blk person who dranks aint neva took that s**t)
my newest collection of dranks i drunk : that texas oil aka purple syrup aka codine. (its awright its just 2 overratted)
patrone n patron (i cant tell da difference between these 2 either)
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:32 pm
tameika teen drinking is very bad, yo but i gotta fake i.d though. :my fave qoute cheese_whine teen drinkin aint that bad u jus gotta noe when its time 2 stop, ay im 14 n i drink n i aint got no damn problems with it, my mama fa sho dont care. i betcha if u name an alcohlolic drinki can tell ya if i drunk it or didnt ay i name some for ya that i did drank: beer (of course) pink vodka (now everybody in da club gettin tipsy lol) vodka n grey goose (whats da diference same s**t 2 me) henessy royal crown(ill b shock if a blk person who dranks aint neva took that s**t) my newest collection of dranks i drunk : that texas oil aka purple syrup aka codine. (its awright its just 2 overratted) patrone n patron (i cant tell da difference between these 2 either)
Uh... do you want a medal for drinking? stare
Anyways... I'm 17.. I've never been drunk, let alone tipsy. Don't get me wrong - I go to parties, but have fun without actin' a damn fool. Many of my friends drink.. but alot of them stopped, so now I'm not the only sober one. I'm sorry - but if you really care about your friends, you won't let them drive drunk. But to be perfectly honest, drunks are so hard-headed. I don't know.. at my school we have only had 1 death in like the past 6 years from drunk driving... I don't know.. I suppose you just have to care enough. Stop being lazy and take your friend home. Find out a way to get their car home later.
As for the school Alive 25... whatever. Wow... That is so... inconsiderate I think. Why simulate something that everyone I'm sure already has a vivid picture of. It's so... condecending I think. Deaths do affect people... they don't need to spend thousands of dollars giving you an even further visual of what could have happened to the ones that died. That bothers me.. I'd hate to have a friend die, and then have to watch a demonstration on it... urgh.
Eh... I mean it's all choices. If you choose to drink and drive, just know that you are chosing to risk your life.. and lives of others. Teens have that stupid mentality that, "Oh it won't happen to me..." I don't know why, but they need to get rid of it...
Chea' I can't convey all of my thoughts right now. stare
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