Model student punished for helping drunk friend get home safely

The Daily Caller ^ | 10-15-2013 | Robby Soave

[Orangedog]

But she’s learning the right lessons because of this. Specifically, that no good deed goes unpunished and police and school employees are not your friends.

[mmichaels1970]

Oh c’mon, did you ever go to high school??

Yep...and I would have failed in the same situation every single time. My kids use that on me all the time. I see a lot of parents who let the kids win that argument and look the other way when their children fall into the same risky behavior.

I've also seen the "well as long as they're drinking in my home, they are at least all safe" argument too. Might be fine for your kid, but the parents of the four others that just happen to be sleeping over at your house every Friday night might think otherwise.

You really think ratting out your friends would be a better solution than trying to help them??

Yes. If you are a "model student" you should recognize a life-threatening situation and act.

So I suppose that if you found out a few of your buddies were having a little poker game, you’d call the cops on them?

If there is no risk of four kids going over a bridge at 90mph, or 16 year old brains being soaked in Southern Comfort, probably not.

Making the same mistakes as a kid does not absolve me from my responsibility of being a parent. From trying to teach my kids the right thing to do regardless of whether or not I would have done the same.

My mistakes allow me to better understand my kids' mistakes. They allow me to be compassionate towards their situation. But I accepted and learned from the consequences of my actions and they should too.

I've said previously that her reaction seemed to be completely natural. She even behaved more responsibly than probably anybody else in that situation. But to me, the right thing to do when observing a dangerous situation is to make the phone call that will ensure everyone's safety.

Any kid that reports a situation where MY kid is at risk regardless of their reputation would earn my respect and be acting heroically and honorably in my book.

[Guttlekraw]

The people who would call the police because someone might be or is going to have a party are the same people who will turn you in for having a gun or stored food or unacceptable political views

Good point. One of the corrosive effects of bad nanny-state laws is that they undermine the moral authority of legitimate laws.

[CrazyIvan]

If this young woman or someone like her had been at the right place at the right time my son might still be alive. In my eyes she is a hero and I intend to somehow contact her and tell her that.

[Bigg Red]

I am just saying, I suppose, that the girl and her mother need to quit whining. Yes, she helped her friend, and, as I said before, her intentions were noble. But she also violated the school’s policy.

[Bigg Red]

You are making a big assumption that does not seem to be supported by the facts as reported so far.

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You are probably correct.

[bigdaddy45]

You sound like a school administrator. The policy was stupid. Now kids will go out of their way to NOT help each other.