The Associated Press: Teachers defend shock tactics in DWI program

The Associated Press: Teachers defend shock tactics in DWI program:

"On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend. Classmates wept. Some became hysterical. A few hours and many tears later, though, the pain turned to fury when the teenagers learned that it was all a hoax — a scared-straight exercise designed by school officials to dramatize the consequences of drinking and driving."

While there might have been good intentions, I hardly think this is the way to go about teaching students the dangers of drunk driving.