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Teachers defend shock tactics in DWI program
Associated Press ^ | 6/12/2008 | ALLISON HOFFMAN

Posted on 06/13/2008 5:14:21 AM PDT by libertarian27

Teachers defend shock tactics in DWI program

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend.

Classmates wept. Some became hysterical.

A few hours and many tears later, though, the pain turned to fury when the teenagers learned that it was all a hoax — a scared-straight exercise designed by school officials to dramatize the consequences of drinking and driving.

As seniors prepare for graduation parties Friday, school officials in the largely prosperous San Diego suburb are defending themselves against allegations they went too far.

At school assemblies, some students held up posters that read: "Death is real. Don't play with our emotions."

Michelle de Gracia, 16, was in physics class when an officer announced that her missing classmate David, a popular basketball player, had died instantly after being rear-ended by a drunken driver. She said she felt nauseated but was too stunned to cry.

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To: libertarian27
"They were traumatized, but we wanted them to be traumatized," said guidance counselor Lori Tauber, who helped organize the shocking exercise and got dozens of students to participate. "That's how they get the message."

No consideration whatsoever given to the other effects the stunt might have, or to the other messages it might send.

21 posted on 06/13/2008 6:25:33 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Mad Dawg

Rule of Dan Rather: Lying to convey the truth leads to a lack of work.


22 posted on 06/13/2008 6:48:42 AM PDT by DManA
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To: nikos1121

I love the CONVINCER. Simple physics. Hard to argue against.


23 posted on 06/13/2008 6:49:13 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: RogerD

“Even after quite a bit of reflection, I am amazed at the stupidity of the people who used this stunt on children.”

Well, we are talking about MADD or their ilk. Truth and honesty are just inconvenient stumbling blocks to their neo-prohibitionist agenda.


24 posted on 06/13/2008 6:56:34 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: libertarian27

Teachers squandering credibility? Just another day at the office.


25 posted on 06/13/2008 8:37:59 AM PDT by relictele (Web addicts anonymous meets here 24/7)
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To: Gabz; traviskicks; xcamel

Ping.

This one runs the gambit.
Pick your liberal poison, it’s all here.


26 posted on 06/13/2008 9:02:03 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
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To: libertarian27

“So kids what did you learn at school today ?”

” Well dad we learned that Police and our teachers are liars “


27 posted on 06/13/2008 9:11:43 AM PDT by grjr21
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To: libertarian27

I’m left rather speechless on thsi one.


28 posted on 06/13/2008 9:41:54 AM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: libertarian27; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; ..
..highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news.

Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here.
29 posted on 06/13/2008 1:03:51 PM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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To: libertarian27
That's right, scare kids to never believe authority figures again.

Hopefully they learned their lesson. Distrust of authority is a valuable life lesson, probably the only useful thing they learned this year in their socialized educational program. :)
30 posted on 06/13/2008 1:08:58 PM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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To: libertarian27

Is the tort of intentional infliction of extreme emotional distress still recognized ?


31 posted on 06/13/2008 1:21:05 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: tom h; All
Oceanside is not a "largely prosperous" suburb.

You beat me to it. It's a ridiculous way to describe Oceanside.

32 posted on 06/13/2008 6:22:10 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama is too extreme, too naive and too inexperienced for America.)
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To: newzjunkey

Oceanside sits right outside the Main Gate to Camp Pendleton.


33 posted on 06/13/2008 7:06:27 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: tom h

I believe Denise Richards is an alumna.


34 posted on 06/14/2008 12:00:16 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: DManA
Rule of Dan Rather: Lying to convey the truth leads to a lack of work.

Fake but accurate. It's practically the liberal motto now.

35 posted on 06/15/2008 5:24:38 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Teach your child to be an American. Take him out of public school.)
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To: nikos1121
I’d like to know what MADD thinks about this prank.

MADD is behind this prank. Just like all the propaganda and scare tactics associated with this witch hunt.

36 posted on 06/17/2008 8:00:44 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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