Essay for D.A.R.E.

Posted on May 20, 2010

This week we have a assignment in Language Arts and in D.A.R.E we have to write an essay about D.A.R.E and what we’ve learned.

This year in Dare I have learned a lot. A couple of things I’ve learned and I already knew is that drugs can hurt you. They are bad and I knew they could but I didn’t know they could this much so stay away from them as much as you can. Don’t DARE to touch them or get near them at anyway try to avoid the situation.

I learned that it’s not smart to drink and drive because we wore D.U.I. goggles and it makes your eyes blurry and you can’t see and you definitely can not walk a straight line unless you’re a pro at it. Plus you could really hurt someone so listen to the cops and everyone else and take their advice don’t drink and drive and just don’t plain out drink. Drinking could put you in a life or death situation and someone else and after you do your breath doesn’t smell real fond either. So don’t do it.

Another thing is smoking, it doesn’t matter what you smoke, it damages brain cells. Smoking cigarettes damages them and smoking marijuana completely wipes them out. Plus marijuana is illegal in all states except for medicine and that’s only in a couple. Smoking cigarettes is illegal for people under 18 too. Smoking also effects your body like with the jar of tar and it’s full of black tar and once you see it you wouldn’t want it in you. Smoking can cause lung cancer which some of you know that it could kill you also it causes breathing problems and for kids it stops their growth and no one wants to have an undeveloped body their whole life. Smoking cigarettes also has this substance called nicotine and it is really addictive so once you start you can’t stop. Again take it from your family, friends and peers don’t do it.

I have learned to use the D.A.R.E decision making model which is Define Assess Respond and Evaluate when I use this I make better choices. Like an example is when I get asked to do stuff I don’t say yes right away, I stop and think about it. The other day I was at home by my-self and there was a knife and I was going to play with it. Instead of that I kind of thought about the D.A.R.E decision model and try to make the best choice and I didn’t play with it.

Some of my goals for life is that I want to never ever do drugs so I will try to avoid the situation and try not to do anything bad that can hurt my body or my-self.

A commitment I have made to Deputy Thomas, myself, my friends and my family to stay away from drugs as much as I can and I just want to thank Deputy Thomas and Mr. McGuire for letting us have D.A.R.E. It was one of our best things in Language arts. Thanks.