In class today we were working on an OPV about raising the drinking age. An OPV is short for Others People View. It helps us to think like someone else...helps us to think from someone elses point of view. We are using it to help us think and write more interesting facts when we are writing arguments.

Our situation was "The NZ government is thinking about raising the drinking age...I chose to write the point off view of an 18 year old.

"I would not be happy if they raised the drinking age so Im going to sneak beer from my dads fridge and blame it on Mum."

and the police...

"I would love to get the drinking age raised because I'm sick of scraping kids off the road that have had a crash. I can smell beer on their breath."

and the Mums and Dads...

"My son has just had a car crash because he go drunk and so he doesn't do it again...raise the drinking age please!"

James