MY+DARE+ESSAY!


 * DARE ESSAY!**

MS.Dove Millbrook elementary magnet school MY DARE ESSAY By: Charlexia Witcher Hello ladies and gentle men, my name is Charlexia Witcher.I am a fifth grader at Millbrook elementary school. I would like to tell you a little information about dare. Dare is a program when a police officer comes to your class and talk to you about drugs. If you were wondering dare stands for DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION. That means the police mostly talks about kinds of drugs that could kill you. Here are some examples, marijuana, steroids, tobacco, alcohol, and heroin. Next I would like to tell you why dare is very important. I think dare is very important because if you don’t learn this when you grow up you will think smoking and drinking is something good to do because you don’t know what could happen when you do it. The other reason is because when people make fun of you, you are going to show them that you are not afraid to smoke or drink, so what you are going to do id get the cigarette and smoke it. You need the take this chance and do dare, it will help you in life. At first I thought dare was about boys and girls, I did not know it was going to be about drugs or anything until my teacher told me. I did think it would turn out to be very good. At first when I heard that an officer was coming to our class it was very surprising and scary. An officer coming to my class was kind of weird to know because I never had the experience for a police to come and teach my class before. I was kind of scared because one time when I was in first grade the police came and took this boy because he was selling drugs. He was only in the fifth grade, also just he got them from his dad. So when I heard that a police was coming to my school, I thought t hat he was going to question some of the fifth grade students. Having a police now is very fun. We get to watch videos and sometimes he gives us assiments to do and when we do them we get pencils that change color. His name is officer Menus. Never mention that he is very nice and sweet. He does not yell at us when we talk he just say be quiet and that is what I do. He has taught us a lot from the time he first came and now to the last time. When we fist talked about tobacco I learned that you get more colds or other sickness than most other children or parents get colds. Also you loose concentration and your focus. Also people could start to notice because you get very mean, you want to fight. You are not yourself anymore. You will start to get bad breath and you will get gum disease. Next I want to say my pledge. I PROMISE FROM THIS DAY AND ON I WILL NEVER SMOKE OR DRINK. I WILL DARE TO RISK MY LIFE A STUPID THING LIKE THAT. I WILL BE DRUG FREE AND RISIST VIOLENCE!