A magistrate brought students into a courtroom to see first hand consequesnces of driving drunk. The magistrate was showing the students a 43 year old woman who had lost everything. Some students thought that the initial action was going to be way over dramatic, did they change their minds in the end?
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Magistrate Daniel Hawkes brought hundreds of students from a nearby high school in Albuquerque to his office for a day of work. There was a deeper meaning behind this not just to get student out of class. His vision was to almost scare the kids before prom and graduation. Marlene Chavez was the individual being arrested for her second offense of driving drunk. The punishment was $500 fine and 4 additional days in prison. She was escorted out of the room but not before being shackled at the waist and feet. I feel this was a great use of a tool to scare kids and let them know what happens in reality. My personal experiences with this my brother has been arrested 3 times for DUI one time before he was 18 so that one was dropped once he got his adult record in reality. I think my brother needed and needs more than a show of this caliber to scare the crap out of him. He basically needs to get the crap beat out of him. Anyways I feel that this may not work on all student but hopefully that if one was affected then maybe they can get their friends do not be stupid drinking underage and driving while drunk. I think this was a great step who cares what the parents say. Parents today are all about "my baby can't see that" back in the day when i wish i was brought up kids got their hands smacked by teachers now a days a law suit would be put into action. What a bunch of sissies is all I have to say. The only problem with me thinking old school or old fashioned is its not the norm so anyone with the same views would not be taken seriously because its not the norm of the day. Tangents I love them. In all I feel Magistrate Daniel Hawkes took a stand and did a great thing.
I have to agree with this. I think it is a great idea to show these students the problems that can arise with drunk driving. However, I think that there is still more that can be done to help combat underage drinking. One additional aspect that could have been covered, follows along the lines of scaring the crap out of the students. If they were to incorporate photos of vehicles and possibly even people injured or killed because of driving under the influence, they might be able to further deter the students from drinking and driving.
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