Tuesday, Febraury 06, 2007

Speaker talks to teenagers about choices

Tom Malloy wants to convey a different message to teens. "When I was a kid, the drug program speakers were all the guys that had been the burnouts, sharing their disgust stories and then telling kids not to do what they did," Malloy said. His significance is: "I've never tried illegal drugs and look at all the things I've done and continue to do." Malloy was among the guest speakers in a day-long seminar titled "Risky Business" that listening carefully on positive choices as well as the consequence for poor choices.

The event is one of the results of a survey last year of Waupun High School students on a selection of risky behaviors. "We discovered that a lot of students were participating in unhealthy dating relationships and underage drinking," said event coordinator and Alternative High School teacher Andrea Utrie. "What we tried to accomplish today is keeping the doors of opportunity open to students by educating them on the long-lasting impact of bad choices."