captainamerica reports on a school in Oceanside, California where patrol officers visited 20 classrooms to release devastating news: several classmates passed away in an alcohol-related car crash. As expected, the students became terribly upset and hysterical about the information -- until they learned it was a hoax.
With graduation parties nearing closer and closer, school officials decided it was time to use a dramatization in order to effectively scare the students into realizing the consequences of drinking and driving. An assembly was held later that day in order to clarify why the students were told false information. Though some students understood the message, many opposed this tactic, and held signs that said, "Death is real. Don't play with our emotions."
Superintendent Larry Perondi claimed to have only received a few phone calls from perturbed parents. He also claimed that the program would be revised but did not explain how, although he was glad that the students seemed to get the message.
"We did this in earnest," he said. "This was not done to be a prankster."
Do you think this was a safe or cruel method of increasing alcohol awareness in these young teenagers lives? If you are a parent, how would you feel if your child was subjected to this?
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