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Story in Brief

Today, young people face a reality that includes sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, and emotional confusion from the mixed messages they receive from their peers and the media. Candler County's local agencies united with Candler County 4-H to educate youth that every decision they make has consequences, and some of those consequences are not good. A Teen Maze is a life-size game that engages and educates teens while they're having fun. Participants examine the consequences of life's choices in a hands-on, realistic, educational, creative and fun way. During the maze, 100 students walked through 12 stations that illustrate various scenarios in which students face peer pressure. Explained the school counselor, “The whole thing is to get them to think. If you know better, you will do better.”

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