Loryn Link Have you ever been in D.A.R.E. before? It is a class about doing the right thing and making responsible decisions. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resist Education. You will most likely learn about how to say no, how to agree to disagree and much more. In D.A.R.E., you will receive a booklet that you can keep after D.A.R.E. is over. It has all of the lessons and vocabulary words in it. There are many group activities to do in D.A.R.E. such as practicing how to say no to drugs or alcohol. At the end of each lesson, we get to watch a video about making responsible decisions. What have I learned from D.A.R.E., I have learned that if people are offering you a cigarette or anything else that will most likely hurt you …show more content…
Then one night your friends invite you to have a drink. The one condition is that you have to drive there and back. You decide to go, I mean why not it’s just a couple of drinks. What can it hurt? You are walking out of the bar and you get in your car. Once you’re on the road you start swerving and then you get pulled over. You get arrested and get a DUI. That’s how it happens. Your career is over. I have used the D.A.R.E. Decision Making Model before. I am in the crew for the musical and my friend that I sit with on the bus did not want me to go to practice after school. I wanted to go and I kind of have to go because otherwise I will be kicked out. She usually waits for me by my locker after school but I told her to go to the bus without me. I went to practice, and the next morning she said, “Where were you yesterday?” I told her that I missed the bus. It all worked out and I rode the bus with her the following day. D.A.R.E. is a class that will teach you all about making responsible decisions that will make your life a lot safer and easier for you and the people around you. Cigarettes are very addicting and once you start there’s no going back, alcohol can get you in lots of trouble and I plan to be wise and not drink, do drugs, or smoke