You want pictures of the GOOD behavior. >You want pictures of the GOOD behavior.
Elaine, If it were that simple. Stories impact to a degree and most
timesthey will be forgotten with time. Pictures as they say are
worth a 1000words. Pictures of eyes I could see kids today adorning
them with jewelry or graffiti. Pictures of a nice environment speaks
of an ideal tostrive for, and subconciously would imprint, but would
not give incentives to not do something stupid (and yes I mean
stupid). If not shown what a disaster looks like, there is no real
message imprinted in memory. I’ve seen a kid in a Chemistry lab
reach for reagent grade acids over the top of a lit bunsen burner.
Thesame lab, the young TA bringing out Nitiric acid and having
students get a whiff of it, and laughing when they collapsed on the
floor coughing. The later I reported to the department head. Next
day the pictures of lungs burned by fumes fro9m acids were shown to
us. Telling students in a metals class about a bandsaw breaking and
causing severe injury, was not as good as seeing the arm that
wasnearly severed. Hair is another thing. How long is it? I was
fortunate enough to be able once to repel off the great arch in Zion
National Park. A good friend of mine had very long hair. She tied it
back. Ya know pony tails can go where you don’t want them to go.
Dangling nearly 200 feet in the air on a skinny piece of rope while
your good friend has her hair caught up in the rigging is not an
experience I ever want to repeat. I was experienced but not enough. I
had to go over to her line and literally tieon her extra rope early
so we could get her untangled. In the end, I used a pocket knife to
give her a hair cut. It took nearly an hour to get things under
control. All this while dangling what is 20 stories inthe air. It is
a visual I will never forget. The sheer terror of it all is well
imprinted in my tiny pea brain. Not all students will ignore safety,
but there are those who will be the subject of the next disaster
photo. Photos that will communicate better than any spoken word.
Perfect is a nice ideal, but reality is remembered.
Sorry for the rant (again) If it saves one person from doing
something stupid like ignoring safety, It will make me feel better.