What would be a good attention getter for believing the drinking age should stay at 21 for my speech?

Question

This attention getter is for my speech class

Answer 1

"changin the drinkin age to a young age is almost as dumb as legalizing pot"--You mean as in not dumb at all?

Answer 2

no! the drinking should be 18! change your speech!!!

Answer 3

How "party" is your college?  When I went to college, I went to CSU-Chico, or "Chico State".  EVERY semester at least one kid died from drinking.  (ok, one semester no body died from drinking alcohol.  But we died lose one who died during his pledge rush, from water intoxication.)  Most of those who died did so UNDER the age of 21, most were 19-20.

You want an attention getter?  (other then putting up a slide showing a bloody teenager hanging out of his windshield?)  Scan your local paper online for old stories about underaged drinking where someone died.  Get as many as you can.  Flash them on the screen slowly, one at a time.  Read off the name.  If you can get 6 names, and leave them up there for at least 5 seconds, thats 30 seconds of talking you don't have to do.

Edit: R4, you could tell the story, but people get tired of stories.  If you flash enough names up there, chances are good that someone in the class will have known at least one of those kids, or at the least remembers hearing about it.  When I took speech, there was often a bit of chatter after the presentation as the classmates talked about it.  To have someone say "I remember how sad I was when x*x died" will make a more powerful impact then "in 2004 somebody you never heard did what your parents always told you not to do."

Answer 4

changin the drinkin age to a young age is almost as dumb as legalizing pot

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You could tell a short story of someone who passed away due to underage drinking. Also, the drinking age should be lowered to prevent these kinds of things. We need to promote responsible drinking, not prohibit it. Marijuana should also be decriminalized, along with other drugs.