Duncanville kids scheduled to experience some “shattered dreams”

by Chad Jones

RAAAAAAAAARGH!

Today, possibly right now, Duncanville High School juniors and seniors are being subjected to a somewhat gruesome display of torn flesh and the waking dead.

You're going downtown, missy. Bet you'll think twice before you try to accidentally kill yourself, now won't you?

No, I'm not talking about emo kids; I'm talking about the after school campaign known as "Shattered Dreams." The program, which has been around for a long, long time, uses dramatization of an alcohol-related crash, complete with police and fire fighters, to raise awareness of the serious effects of drinking and driving.

During day one of DHS's program, the crash scene drama will be played out in the gym before the entire student body. Then, a wrap-up assembly will be held on the second day (today) featuring those who played roles in the previous day's drama, including the "crash" victims, the drunk driver, their parents, and participating law enforcement and medical personnel.

I still remember the Shattered Dreams skit performed at my high school. We exited the gym and went outside to find a completely totaled Ford truck the Mesquite Fire Department had planted in the parking lot. Meanwhile, on the P.A. system, the supposedly-dead girl driver was reading aloud from a letter she was writing to her mother (while sitting on a cloud in Heaven) about how dumb her death was.