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[quote=Anonymous]No.  Teens in groups make significantly worse choices than teens on their own do.  Study after study supports this.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/afps-tba041713.php

[i]In a study published in 2009, Steinberg and colleagues found that early adolescents, around 14 years old, took twice as many risks in a driving simulation game when they were tested with peers than when they were tested alone. Older adolescents' driving was about 50% riskier in the company of peers.

In a more recent study, Steinberg and colleagues found that adolescents, but not adults, took more risks when they were observed by their peers. They also showed greater activation of brain structures, such as the ventral striatum and orbitofrontal cortex, that are involved in evaluating rewards.

Taken together, findings from this line of research reveal that being around peers can heighten teens' risky decision making by changing the way their brains process rewards.[/i]

To me, the fact of the "tradition" (of some decades now?) is irrelevant.  Not compelling at all, not a reason to participate in this. There are other, less risky and better ways for a graduating teen to celebrate.[/quote]

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