[Pravious]

So what if somebody rolled up tobacco in some rolling papers? Is that a "look-alike drug"?

Most of my life I've had the desire to teach, and I've thought about going to back to school to get certification - but the more I think about the insane environment I'd be putting myself in, the less I think this is a good idea.

Public schools seem like the final stages of a patient on life support - at a certain point, you have to turn off the machines and say "forget about it. It's over."

[wintertime]

Public schools seem like the final stages of a patient on life support - at a certain point, you have to turn off the machines and say "forget about it. It's over." (Pravious)

Pravious,

So...why are parents still sending their precious children to nut houses like this? Oh..yeah, their children go to Blue Ribbon schools ( right! sarcasm).

It's time that we start looking parents right in the eye and ask, "Why on earth would you do this to your kid?!"

[sweet_diane]

"So what if somebody rolled up tobacco in some rolling papers? Is that a "look-alike drug"? "

Definately. And probably more than a few kids have done just that and gone on to be productive citizen, if they weren't caught and charged with a felony.

You know, it used to be that we were allowed to make dumb mistakes during childhood and learn from them without destroying our hopes for the future. What is this kid going to learn? Well, for one thing he's going to learn to read and abide by all the 'rules' because we have zero tolerance society, regardless of age.

That perfect society is on the horizon!