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One of the highlights of the DARE classes I taught was that each class got a special question box where the kids could submit
anonymous handwritten notes for me to read. I’d start each class out with the notes, reading them quietly to myself first before
choosing which ones to address out loud. Most were typical elementary school questions like “what do drugs taste like?” and
“will my uncle die from smoking?” and “do you like our teacher, I mean really LIKE her?” And there were a lot of ones that were
just statements, such as “my older sister got drunk last weekend”, “my friend smoked pot” and “I like corn.”

Over the years there were of course hundreds and hundreds of questions submitted on scraps of paper. I saved most of them
and photographed them years later; the original scraps are all long gone now. I’d like to add some photos of me in the classrooms
with the kids, but no pictures like that were ever taken. Ok here are some of the notes I got, with original misspellings included:

How many girls Have you arrested?
Do you like driving in fast pursuits?
Did you have to work on Christmas?
What do drugs contain that is so addictive?
The Aliens are coming.
It really eased the fright of next year.
Can you be a arcualagist if you take drugs.
Do you like Mrs. Sherman and mean like like.
Could you get cancer from second hang smoke.
How did cigarettes even get started who thought of making sticks that you put in your mouth and smoke comes out of the end
who thought of putting all those poisons in cigarettes.
If you borrow the car from your parents and there is alcohol in the trunk but you don’t know its in there and you’re under 18
what will happen? What should you do when you know someone that dose a drug but you don’t want to tell on them. Have
you ever got bloody from the victim? If you get a new liver transplant couldn’t you get a disease from somebody elses blood
being in your body?
Do you like Danny?
Are you gay? How old are you? What did you look like when you were 12?
Have you even get hurt doing your job?
My dad smokes, how can he stop?
I need to talk to you about what my dad did in private.
How long have you loved your wife? I like baseball.
How many women are on the police force?
Do you have any pets?
Do you like football? Did you get a haircut?
How many guns do you have?
Do you play football?
Do you like kids?
What is the meaning of life?
Thank you for having those high schoolers come in.
Have you read Harry Potter books?
Will you bring in a police dog?
Do you drink beer after work?
Amy loves you!
Will a bullet go through your badge?
Have you arrested someone for murder?
Mr Hoke I have a friend who goes behind a school and smokes everyday! What should I do?