What is the teen maze?

Answer 1

Idea in Tifton, Georgia for students. If you want this to be a suprise, don't read anything else and just experience it yourself.

It is this really neat thing Tift County School (Northeast Campus) does to help their students know more about life and decisions. It shows you how bad decisions can make life harder and good decisions will make your life easier.

Its not actually a maze. Just steps and processes. It is based on chance. The students go through aphebetically. The students have no "say" on what their choices are.

I currently attend Northeast Campus, and my experience was this. No two people's experiences are the same.

• My letter name (all the students with the same last letter name) was lined in the hallway. They gave us bracelets. There were 4 different bracelets: green, orange, red, and green/white striped. There were 6 or so in each "color group." Mine was orange. One of my friends was red. Another was striped. Another was green. So none of us were together :(
• It started in the chorus room. It was set up as a dance party. They have music and a dj. They have strobe lights and a dance floor. They tell you to dance. "Cupid Shuffle" was playing. Then "Stanky Leg." and a bunch of other songs
• The lights flicked on and 4 policeman came in. They started grabbing students with red bracelets. There were about 6 or so people being pulled out. One being my friend.

I later found out from her she was accused of underage drinking. She obviously wasnt really, but she drew a "yes" out of a hat which meant she was. She put on "beer goggles" and they forced her to walk in a straightline. Beer goggles are like sunglasses and stelectiscope in one. It makes you dizzy and feel drunk. She went to jail and was actually fingerprinted. She had a mugshot and everything. She had to plead her case in court. She said "innocent" twice and was forced back in to trial both times. She said "guilty" and they let her go.

• They were playing more music and the police came in, but didnt turn on lights. They were just watching me and my two other friends dance. Along with all the people in our letter names except the red braclets.
• They called all striped bracelets out for having sex. Of course my friend had to go. There are many different categories for having sex: getting STD's, getting pregnant, and i think 2 other diseases.

She got pregnant by drawing a "yes" out of a hat. They put a pregnant sack on her and gave her a hospital gown. They took her picture. Then you could have many different options. Giving baby up for adoption, abortion, baby dying in labor, or spouse took the baby. She and her baby both died in labor. She was actually looking down at a coffin with a mirror in it so it gives the effect your dead.

• Me and my last friend were dancing doing the jerk. The police came in and asked for orange bracelets. So 5 others and I went. We all went on "dates" (not with each other... imaginary dates) and drew out of a hat "yes" or "no"

Of course the "yes" meant something bad and of course, i got a "yes" This meant I had sex. So I had to go to a station that said I had sex. I had a disease (cant remember name) and went to another station which was "drugstore." I got a cure for my disease, and it worked.

• That last friend was never accused of anything at the party. She had to pull something from a hat though. She was hit by a bus and died. She also had the coffin experience.
• I went on a second date (again pulled from a hat) and chose "no" not to have sex(: Then i went to the "peer pressure" station. I gave in to having sex with my new boyfriend and got STD's. I dumped him (by chance from a hat)
• I went back to the drug store and they said there was nothing I could do. I go on a 3rd date and "yes" have sex. I give my new boyfriend STD's. He dumps me.
• I go on a 4th date and get STD's again (i don't know if that's possible.... but its by chance) We stay together until he moves.
• I go to the drugstore and I draw from a person walking around (when people were moving from station to station) saying draw one. I drew one and it said i graduated.
• I go to the graduation station and I get a diploma and a cupcake. I put on a graduation gown and hat and get my picture taken with the principal.
• Im done. I take a servey on how I liked it and if it changed any descisions I was going to make (drinking, drugs, sex)
• I taked with one of the many counselors pretty much the same thing the servey was over. I got a tee shirt(:

It is one of the most fun things you'll ever do in highschool. You keep your experiences in a book and you keep your photos. I enjoyed it very much and if they had it for all highschool students and not just freshmen, I would go EVERY year!!!