Courtesy of BHS students, parents and the school board director.
The Dare Not To Swear! T-shirt design contest culminated Tuesday, with BHS senior Justin Burns’ design taking top prize.
Contestants joined Madonna Hanna’s advanced fashion marketing class for cake, a celebration and the unveiling of Burns’ design.
“I hope people like the design,” Burns said. “I had a few other ideas, but they didn’t work out.”
Burns used a made-up character, “Potty Mouth,” to illustrate the downsides of swearing.
“We had a lot of great ideas,” Hanna said. “I think Justin is a great artist.”
Members of Hanna’s class wore the T-shirt around campus Wednesday, hoping to advertise Burns’ design and the anti-swearing message.
Burns received $200 from his neighbor’s church, helping to fund the T-shirt contest.
Now here is some friendly “Dare Not To Swear!” advice:
• “Bite your tongue! Show a little bit of consideration!
• Stop swearing … we must learn to cope not cuss our way through life’s problems and setbacks.
An old proverb says, “A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.”
• Most people are unaware that others are passing judgment on them when they use foul language. Swearing doesn’t earn you any respect and it doesn’t show anyone your true intelligence or your maturity.
• Let’s remember these three things are always contagious: attitude, language and tone. How
Vicki Collins, Bremerton School Board Director
• Swearing is bad for your mind and body, and everyone else’s.
Callie Wilson- BHS student
• Think smart. Change your vocabulary!!
Amani Williams- BHS student
• Swearing can make you look and sound disgusting! Don’t you want to look and sound good?
Gabriella Coleman- BHS
student
• Swearing is not poppin’ it makes you look ferocious. So tame those bad words.
Kayla Calhoon-Renzo-BHS student
• Swearing doesn’t make you look cute. Don’t do it.
Arriane Lacoste-BHS student
• You shouldn’t swear because it creates bad habits at school and home.
Haley Lillybridge- BHS student
• Swearing makes you look silly and immature.
Keely Fein-BHS student
• Swearing is unattractive, and it’s not polite.
Brandy Ramirez- BHS student
• You shouldn’t swear because it makes you sound uneducated and immature.
Megan Appleton- BHS student
• Dare Not To Swear;
Don’t dare not to care;
It makes you unattractive;
No, it makes you distractive!
Samantha Bacon- BHS student
• Swearing is very unprofessional.
Alex Quiriarte- cabinet maker
• Clean language is a sign of maturity.
Daryl Daugs- union organizer
• It’s not civilized, period.
Cory Hazen- BHS senior
• Swearing fouls the school’s atmosphere and influences us negatively.
Rebecca Gardner- BHS
student
• It can change people’s attitudes or impressions of you.
Veronica Hurm- student
• It’s rude and inappropriate.
Amanda Gibb- BHS student
• It’s rude, and some people don’t like to hear swear words. It’s also disrespectful.
Richelle Danskin- BHS student
• Find better words. Swearing is so old and it hurts other people’s feelings
Jessica- BHS student
• It gives people bad thoughts about you, and it sounds bad.
Carlos Escobar- BHS student
• It shows a lack of intelligence.
Jeremy- BHS student
• Dare Not To Swear makes you look more mature and proves to other people you have self-control.
Alyssa Mahon- BHS student
• Swearing will start problems.
Richard- BHS student
