Saturday, 15 June 2013

Could Students Learn From Don't Text And Drive Classes?

By Rob Sutter


I am of the opinion that the subject of don't text and drive is one of the more appealing subjects that should appeal to young people in particular. When you consider this, shouldn't this be a subject for high school and maybe even college courses? After all, you hear a majority of related stories about young people being caught in accidents of various degrees. This one rule stands to be looked at and I think that these classes can potentially teach students all that they need to know.

If you want to be able to showcase a powerful message in these proposed don't text and drive classes, maybe you want to have public speakers. For instance, how about bringing in people who belong to organizations like Texting Awareness? They are the ones who seem to understand the dangers of this action the most, considering the business they are part of. This is just one way that these classes can prove to be effective in the grand scheme of things.

Another way to drive the point home is to show short videos of public service announcements depicting these dangers. People may not realize that these short commercials can pack such emotional punches but be certain that they can do just that and more. I believe that students, who may not have thought much about the subject, can come away from it impacted. The stories can be sad, which goes without saying, but they can be informative, allowing students to absorb the subject matter easily.

It seems like just about any class comes with a certain grading system and that's determined through a number of fashions. One such example is written tests, which are probably the most common and should come with the territory. However, what about presentations, which allow students to speak in front of crowds at a better rate? When you consider that such events can be done, I don't think that there are many students who aren't learn from actively going out and picking up facts.

As you can imagine, don't text and drive is perhaps one of the strongest subjects imaginable and it's why I expect it to be a potentially strong subject for school. I don't think that assemblies on the matter alone are going to do much, at least not in the long strong. They are one-off occasions and the attention span of many students doesn't seem to accommodate them. You want to make sure that the information sticks and that's where continuous classes should be seen.




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