Where Can I Find an ANTI D.A.R.E T-Shirt?
Question by Jake: Where can I find an ANTI D.A.R.E t-shirt?
I have been looking for one for awhile and cannot find one that is really good…I want one that just bags on the ridiculous dare program…due to the fact that it has failed horribly. THANKS!
Best answer:
Answer by superman
“DARE, which is taught by friendly policemen in 75 percent of the nation’s school districts, has been plagued by image problems from the beginning, when it first latched on to Nancy Reagan’s relentlessly sunny and perversely simplistic “Just say No” campaign. The program’s goals include teaching kids creative ways to say “no” to drugs, while simultaneously bolstering their self-esteem (which DARE founders insist is related to lower rates of drug use). It’s apparently not a bad way of educating five-year-olds about the dangers of drinking cleaning fluid. But it’s a bust at keeping teenagers from smoking pot.
According to an article published in the August 1999 issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, DARE not only did not affect teenagers’ rate of experimentation with drugs, but may also have actually lowered their self-esteem. The study, called “Project DARE: No Effects at 10-Year Follow-Up,” bluntly deconstructs every claim the program makes. More than 1,000 10 year-olds enrolled in DARE classes were given a survey about drug use and self-esteem, and then, a decade later, the same group filled out the same questionnaire.
The findings were grim: 20-year-olds who’d had DARE classes were no less likely to have smoked marijuana or cigarettes, drunk alcohol, used “illicit” drugs like cocaine or heroin, or caved in to peer pressure than kids who’d never been exposed to DARE. But that wasn’t all. “Surprisingly,” the article states, “DARE status in the sixth grade was negatively related to self-esteem at age 20, indicating that individuals who were exposed to DARE in the sixth grade had lower levels of self-esteem 10 years later.” Another study, performed at the University of Illinois, suggests some high school seniors who’d been in DARE classes were more likely to use drugs than their non-DARE peers.
The weakness in the old DARE program, as several studies suggest, was the simplicity of its message — and its panic-level assertions that “drug abuse is everywhere.” Kids, program directors learned, don’t respond well to hyperbole, and both the “Just Say No” message and the hysteria implied in the anti-drug rhetoric were pushing students away. It’s also possible, some researchers speculate, that by making drugs seem more prevalent, or “normal” than they actually are, the DARE program might actually push kids who are anxious to fit in towards drugs.”
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