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Reflection Paper About Dday

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a) List the three presentations in your section (can describe using your own words)
The three presentations in my section were focused on informing us on alcohol and drugs. The first presentation that I went to was a word association exercise, where the TA would name a drug and our teams would have to make a list of words we associate with that drug. For example, one of the words was marijuana so me and my team wrote down different words that we thought of when we heard marijuana (drug, smoke, highschool, teenagers, high, etc). The next station was two truths and one lie. Here, we had to guess which fact about different drugs and on campus regulations were true and which were false. The last activity was a fill in the blank song activity. This …show more content…

What was positive about the experience/what do you think went well? Why? (must be specific when you explain!)
I thought that overall RAD day was a positive experience. It was nice to get up and interact with different people in our sections. I also liked how interactive that activities were and having candy as incentives is always a good addition. In addition, I thought that the games were very creative and well thought out. They were easy to relate to and fun to play.
c) List at least 4 things you learned during RAD day, that are important to you
I learned that marijuana can be laced with things like cocaine.
I learned that you can only have liquor or beer in your dorm (if 21) not both.
I learned that if you get caught with drugs or alcohol then you have to attend a class called basics and pay 100 dollars.
I learned that they will contact your parents if they find anything like drugs or alcohol that you are not allowed to have in your …show more content…

We were able to travel more efficiently with our teams all going to the same place and at each activity we had to split up into smaller groups so it wasn't entirely the same dynamic. I think that it helped people feel less hectic and more normal to travel around the room with our teams.
f) What else can we do to improve future RAD days? (must make at least 2 suggestions and explain why each one would have a positive impact)
In the future maybe you could work on the timing of the activities, this would have a positive effect because I noticed that the word association tasks went a lot faster than some of the other tasks. Overall, just making sure each activity is equally timed out.
Another suggestion would be maybe to not reward the students with candy, I feel like this goes against a lot of the things we have been learning in class. Maybe instead of jolly ranchers and airheads have things like trail mix or pretzels. Something that students would still enjoy without providing more temptation and processed foods.
g) What topics would you like to have addressed in this Unit (not just RAD day, but the entire Unit) that were not covered?) Why do you feel these topics are important for college

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