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Originally posted by Luki
I go to public school and it's the only one in quite a distance, I don't have too much of a choice.
If you smell like you've been smoking when you come into the building or at any time of the day, then you're suspended(oss).
There was a fight two days ago some stupid kids down at the park bout a mile and a half from the school. What happened was assult in actuality. Someone was sent to the hospital. Today(not yesterday, mind you) my school starts calling the kids involved in the fight to the office then having them escorted away by poilice. You must also understand that neither the kid who was sent to the hospital, his parents or any of the other kids were intending on pressing any kind of charges. They are now in oss for about a week
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The other side of the coin is that no one monitors the children. Are people on this board really suggesting that minors should be allowed to fight on or off campus, use drugs, and drink alcohol?
I think that attitude is preposterous. If the parents aren't home (and they usually aren't due to work, nowdays), at least some part of society is taking responsibility for the youth. If this is a nanny state, whatever, we need to start taking and dispensing responsibility in raising children or we will continue to reap the shit that occurs when we let them raise themselves.
That said, given that the girl was a legal adult, she should no longer be monitored at this level. For that reason alone, I think she shouldn't be in trouble. But I don't agree that this is bad policy or intention. It certaintly shouldn't be considered meddling and I suspect any loving parent actually appreciates when someone (anyone--a cop, a teacher, a neighbor) takes steps to protect the obvious well-being of their child (obvious being things like drug use, illegal activity, and beating the shit out of one another, not moral judgements based off things like dressing funky or looking at smut mags).