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Lately, there's been a lot of debate about whether or not high schools should breathalyze students to test for alcohol before they go to the prom. It's the age-old back-and-forth: insult the dignity of teenagers by treating them like criminals, or tow the hard line and make them follow the rules. Because, as everybody knows, when you force a teenager to do something, he or she always complies. Totally. The general consensus so far seems to be that teenagers who want to drink on prom night will find a way to do so.
But then there's the case of this one high school, Jefferson City High, in Missouri, where the kids apparently requested the breathalyzers. So maybe I'm wrong. You tell me. Where do you guys line up on this debate?
Breathalyzers: May 2010 Archives
Lately, there's been a lot of debate about whether or not high schools should breathalyze students to test for alcohol before they go to the prom. It's the age-old back-and-forth: insult the dignity of teenagers by treating them like criminals, or tow the hard line and make them follow the rules. Because, as everybody knows, when you force a teenager to do something, he or she always complies. Totally. The general consensus so far seems to be that teenagers who want to drink on prom night will find a way to do so.
But then there's the case of this one high school, Jefferson City High, in Missouri, where the kids apparently requested the breathalyzers. So maybe I'm wrong. You tell me. Where do you guys line up on this debate?
