Three guest speakers from the Air Force came to the 5th grade class to speak on enforcing underage drinking law.
Students learned to work together to decrease the purchase and consumption of alcohol by underage individuals. Students also learned facts such as:
- Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse by young people alcohol is the primary contributor to the leading causes of deaths.
- The State with the highest percentage of traffic deaths involving at least one legally intoxicated drives is Hawaii at 52%.
- Alcohol abuse is associated with academic failure and illicit drug use.
- Alcohol can cause alterations with the structure and function of the brain.
Please write a reflection on what you've learned and thought about the presentation. Remember to write an introduction, body, and a conclusion.
10 comments:
Dear fifth grade teachers,
What I learned about underage drinking law is that it is very dangerous. I nevery knew that all this can cause bad things. I thought that underage drinking just gets you drunk and cause your body bad. I learned that when your in middle school people can walk up to you and try to get you to drink "Mountain Dew" witch means beer to hide that your drinking it. I was a test subject for it. They told us even if they offer a drink to you they said that you should just say no and walk away even if you don't know what it is. I learned that underage drinking is a serious matter. 49% out of the US are underage drinkers. That means if its out of 60 people a little over 50 are underage drinkers. This is a serious matter I learned that when i'm 21 I will handal drinking appropetlly and responsibaly.
From stundent #1 :b
Dear fifth grade teachers,
Yesterday, we had the airforce come and talk about underaged drinking. All of us learned so much, and I am sure that I will never underage drink!
To start, we learned that alcohal can effest our bodies in mant different ways, like effecting our brain, as well as our bodie, like our heart. Next, I also learned that alcohal may affect our school grades because alcohal can affect our brains in many ways.
To conclude, alcohal can cause addiction, and can hurt our growing bodies. once again, "I will never underage drink!!!"
Dear Fith Grade Teachers,
I think it is very fortunate for the whole fith grade to be educated on a very important matter. It was very educational and I am sure everyone learned something new. All of the information will definatley help all of us to be aware. I appretiate the fact that we actually got military personel to educate us on the problem on underage drinking. So it was a good lesson to have.
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Student #38
Dear fifth grade teachers,
This is what I learned about underage drinking. I learned that it really harms our bodies. I also learned that it really damages your brain the most. Also, if you drink when your'e not twenty one you can get drunk with just one bottle or can.
Next, I also learned from the speakers is that there is a drink called "Mountain Dew" I had no idea that people mix alcohol with soda. There are also many other drinks too and theres a lot.
Additionally, I didn't know that so many underage drink. I was shocked when I heard that third graders take their first drink. Underage drinking is also going around in other grades too and many people do and that is so horrible.
Lastly, I learned a whole lot about underage drinking. I will never ever underage drink or when I get older.
From student #44
Dear Fifth Grade Teachers,
This is what I learned from the airforce people yesterday.To begin I learned that you should never drink beer if you are 21 or younger.Not only will alchool will make you drunk but it will also ruin some of your body parts that are important to you and you also could die.I also learned that there are different ways to say alchool.There is "booze","Mountain Dew","beer","cocktail" and much much more.Even though you are 21 and older,you shouldn't drink because it is unhealthy.Plus,you should be drinking healthy stuff like milk or water.If someone were to ask you if you wanted some beer,even if you don't know what it is don't drink it and say "NO".It is that simple.If you choose to drink healthy and not alchool,you will be a role model and people will learn that you don't need alchool to make you cool,it just makes you look like a fool.To conclude,this is what I learned from the airforce people.Thanks to them I know that alchool is so not cool and it is dangerous.
Peace and Love,
Student #26
Dear fifth grade teachers,
what I learned is that you should never drink and drive because you could cause damage to yourself as well as for everyone around you. I didn't know how bad underage drinking can be. I dind't even know that 12 year old drink. When I heard that I was shocked. When i turn 21 even though I am offically able to drink I will not because I do not want to hurt myself as well as others. When they told us that "Mountain dew" was a name they called beer I thiught "mountain Dew" was just soda. Also when she played the two songs I knew they both had something to do with beer or wine because beyonce said something about a six pack which is beer.
To conclude, For as long as I live I WILL NOT BE AN UNDERAGE DRINKER!! We were very fortunate to have these peple come in and talk to us about this matter.
Dear 5th grade teachers,
I thought that the presentation about the underage drinking was cool. I learned a lot from the speech. I learned that man people can get hurt when you dink and drive. I also learned that drinking takes a toll on our bodies. Now i know that to never under age drink!!!
Student #7
Dear fifth grade teachers, What I learned abot under age drinking is that it is unhealthy and very dangerous. I will not drink underaged ever from what I learned from this. I will never accept any drink from anyone because I am afraid that it might be beer. I will try to keep my frindsfrom drinking beer. I learned all the nicknames for beer. I am thankful they came and tolds us bad thinge about beer. Student #21
Dear 5th grade teachers,
Hello! When the people that came to us to talk about underaged drinking, I learned a lot. One thing that I learned was what a person's heart and stomach looks like if they drink. When I saw those horrible pictuers, I thought I was going to barf. I also didn't know that the name "Mountain Dew" was a street name for liquior. They also said that 49% of the united stated are underaged drinkers, meaning out of 60 or our class, about 30 of us are underaged drinkers. When I become the age where I can drink, I will make sure I drink responsibly.
From, student #9
Dear 5th grade teachers,
I thought the underage drinking was bad but the man and women were very helpful for teaching us that it is so important to take care of ourselves and to watch out for trouble.
-Student#6 :)
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