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Originally Posted by amanda6035
Do you honestly think that MADD presentations about drunk drivers...photos, videos, parents coming into tell the story of their dead son or daughter, etc etc, are going to have any impact on these kids? I dont. Kids don't pay attention, and theyt sure as heck don't care. I remember going to those assemblies in high school, thinking "blah blah blah, don't drink and drive, yeah, I know...god this is boring...why am I here? I dont drink anyway, so this crap doesnt apply to me...." and I guarantee you, I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
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I don't think you're giving kids a whole lot of credit for their intelligence. If kids aren't going to get the message, because they think it could never happen to them, going this overboard isn't going to change that.
LPIDelta's example was a great one; a similar one I've heard is for the administrators to fill a gymnasium or classroom with a representative number of students (number killed in a day, an hour, etc., in incidents related to drunk driving). Each of those tactics is effective, and gets across the point to those who care enough.
All you're doing here is opening the door for the students to question the sincerity of the administration. The most extreme way of showing something isn't always the right way to do it, and putting kids through trauma to prove a point doesn't seem like a productive idea.