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Here is an exercise asked in an assembly called Breaking down the Walls, by a company called Learning for Living.

cross the line (30 minutes)
Cross the line if...
Are a good kisser
Excellent friend
If you have ever let a friend down in a really big way
You have ever lied to your parents
Have snuck Out of the house without your parents knowing
If one of your parents ever let you down in a big way
Either parent is younger than 35
Either parent is older than 55
Parents are divorced
Considered teachers pet
Received straight A’s on a report card
Received an F on a report card
Received a suspension
Have ever been expelled
Immediate family member is addicted to drugs or alcohol
Ever been drunk
Ever tried an illegal drug (not age related)
If you smoke cigarettes
Have you ever come to school under the influence
Have a close friend or relative who gay or lesbian
Have ever used the term "that is so gay"
If you currently practice abstinence
If you believe we live in a violent society
Have ever been made fun of on this campus
Have ever done anything you shouldn’t have done just to fit in
Have ever made fun of someone on this campus
If you are treated differently because of the color of your skin
Believe that women are treated better in our society
Believe that men are treated better in our society
If you believe you are an attractive person
If someone you trust has told you, you are an attractive person
If you have been in the hospital for two weeks or longer
Immediate family member has had cancer
Know anyone who has attempted suicide
Know anyone who has committed suicide
If you have seriously considered committing suicide
Have ever attempted suicide
If one of your parents has passed away
Learned something about someone you did not know before today
Learned something about yourself that you did not know or that surprised you
Crossed 100% of the time when you could

From your information, it looks like they are using "confession" as a way to make kids think they are all alike, good or bad. The kids confessed by stepping over a line and showing everyone in the assembly some of their most intimate secrets

Here's some more densely written stuff on the subject: Attitude Channeling and Brainwashing

The exercise you post asks the student to publicly discuss the sort of things you'd talk about only with intimate friends, God, or one's psychologist. The entire student population and school administration doesn't qualify for any of those positions. It's definitely preparation for thought reform.

Here's a link to the company that apparently put that little exercise together: Learning for Living

I get the impression of a company composed of cool and groovy, caring and sensitive new age kinds of motivational speakers for teens. Useless hosebags, in other words, who give the Liberal Arts a bad name. Back when I was a kid we'd get concentration camp survivors and war heroes to talk to us, who had real jobs and donated their time for free, with little preparation. Hell, a lot of parents I knew were concentration camp survivors and WWII vets.

The entire country is being therapized. It's a weird good old boy network between academia, the media, and powder puff entrepreneurs, like the guy who owns the company linked above.