crl
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Post by crl on Feb 10, 2009 3:43:45 GMT -6
With Phellps on the bong and a new study that say´s "Smoking Marijuana can give you testicular cancer" it really adds to the meaning of "partying your balls off"...
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Post by airraider on Feb 10, 2009 6:16:44 GMT -6
With Phellps on the bong and a new study that say´s "Smoking Marijuana can give you testicular cancer" it really adds to the meaning of "partying your balls off"... I have caught 4 kids in 2 weeks smoking pot at school.. 3 of those kids ran off campus.. all 4 were back at school within 2 days.. At some schools alcohol will get you expelled.. but I guess at mine.. an illegal drug only gets you a 2 day vacation.
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Post by coachcb on Feb 10, 2009 9:42:46 GMT -6
Funny thing is, people would have responded a whole lot more negatively if Phelps was caught smoking cigarettes. It's amazing what is acceptable and what isn't in today's society.
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Post by ajreaper on Feb 10, 2009 10:38:14 GMT -6
LOL, how can any of us be surprised? It's all about little or no consequences, coddle and baby everyone and make damn sure every kid gets some type of feel good award be it a ribbon or a medal so they can all feel good about themselves.
Atually working for something and I mean real work, work that involves pain and sacrifice is often looked down upon and in fact people who do it are often considered suckers. Many kids would rather get their collective butt's handed to themselves every game rather then work to be competitive. They'll accept the sure whipping rather then bust their busts for the uncertainty of competing with a chance to be succesful.
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sbv
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Post by sbv on Feb 10, 2009 10:44:01 GMT -6
I wonder what those two boys did on their day off... I'm sure they REALLY learned their lesson.
The thing about Phelps and A-Rod are that they are terrible role models. I'm not saying they are bad people, but as a role model they are now corrupt. I have never done an illegal drug in my life but that doesn't mean and there may be 4 people in the world who care about that (my wife, daughter, and parents). It's counter productive to tell kids to stay away from drugs because it can mess up your life when they can point out that Phelps is the best swimmer (possibly ever) and he smoked weed, or why not take steroids, it worked for A-Rod and (who at the end of his current contract will have made over a half of a billion dollars). I'm not too uptight that people do things that they regret. If Phelps' picture would have been when he was 16 and apologized for it saying he learned from his mistake, I would be fine with that but what he did was get caught, say he is sorry for getting caught, and is now trying to get the American public to beg him to swim in London (on ESPN he said he needs a few months to think about it). I say good riddance, I don't care if he is the best swimmer, "nobody is necessary".
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Post by coachcb on Feb 10, 2009 10:47:10 GMT -6
Kids don't even get suspended for using tobacco on school grounds anymore. Worst case scenario; they get caught by the SRO, get an MIP, and fifty minutes of detention after school.
I was teaching a health lesson in a middle school classroom last year and we were discussing tobacco. I asked the classes if smoking and chewing were socially acceptable at the school, to try and start off classroom discussions. I got all kinds of great responses;
"No, only the losers smoke." "It's trashy." "Only my redneck friends chew."
I got reprimanded for this because one of the kids went home and told her mother, a smoker, that I said that she (the mother) was trashy. I got in a little more trouble because I laughed when they brought it up.
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sbv
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Post by sbv on Feb 10, 2009 11:14:28 GMT -6
That's awesome. In my mind this is how it went when that student went home:
Student: "Momma, Mr. Blahblahblah says yous trashy cause yous smoke cigs."
Mom: "What. Thats ridiclulous. I's gonna go edgeucate hims about how cigarets are harmless and classy (cough, cough) right after my stories are over".
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Feb 10, 2009 11:20:29 GMT -6
They were smoking it, not selling it. 2 different crimes. Works the same at our school. Using - 3 day suspension selling - 10 day suspension and recommended alternative school selling + weapon - expulsion Seems to me that now-a-days we sure do give these kids a lot of 2nd and 3rd chances. But let that same kid face mask on the football field and it's 15 yds on his first offense, no warning, no "it's OK I know you didn't mean too"...did the crime, punishment. I don't think that's quite fair. Mixed signals isn't it? Agreed. Def. mixed signals being sent... Our district policies: Tobacco Use- 3 days out Drugs/Alcohol- 5days out and expulsion hearing Selling Drugs- Expulsion Hearing Although marijuana usage laws vary state to state, their is an overwhelming theme being expressed that "although illegal, smoking weed is okay..." NO IT'S NOT OK. Laws are not made to be broken. If our culture has progressed to the point where weed is ok, then legalize and let'em smoke up. Otherwise they need to smack you potheads around...
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Post by poorbob on Feb 10, 2009 11:34:59 GMT -6
I live in California and if I had to guess, I would say 75% of my high school smokes pot. At least. It's insane that my only friends from that school that don't smoke are two other guys and one went to Cal Berkley, so now he does too. Pot is becoming the same social significance of having a beer after work. It's ridiculous. I feel like I was born about forty years later than I should have been.
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Post by larrymoe on Feb 10, 2009 11:38:21 GMT -6
With Phellps on the bong and a new study that say´s "Smoking Marijuana can give you testicular cancer" it really adds to the meaning of "partying your balls off"... I have caught 4 kids in 2 weeks smoking pot at school.. 3 of those kids ran off campus.. all 4 were back at school within 2 days.. At some schools alcohol will get you expelled.. but I guess at mine.. an illegal drug only gets you a 2 day vacation. Leave there. Now.
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Post by jgordon1 on Feb 10, 2009 12:03:43 GMT -6
At my old school even if you were in the presence of pot or alchohol on or off campus you got suspended from team activities. This included drama, deca, band.. everything
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Post by eaglemountie on Feb 10, 2009 12:09:31 GMT -6
Kid was caught in possession of pot on campus yesterday and high as a kite. He got 5 days out and 5 days with our drug counselor.
This is the same kid in the last month or so was caught breaking into a house while armed and robbed a family.
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