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Originally Posted by The Faba
Fuck their 'mental anguish', at least they're still alive to bitch about it.
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Again, we don't have evidence that the program even works better than other programs. From what I recall from studies I have read, fear appeals may shock, but they don't necessarily change behavior. Why waste the time/resources and deceive kids about the deaths of their friends if it doesn't help them?
More generally, I'm interested in whether or not a school should spend a lot of time focusing on topics like this. Seems like our school systems have enough trouble teaching students, why reduce the amount of time devoted to classes? Should we include similar "fear appeal" programs for other social issues (e.g. obesity, safe sex, racism, sexism, homophobia...)?