<p>If only it went faster… I think I’ll be one of those people who look at high school as the “dark part” of their lives ahaha.</p>
<p>Just to stir the pot a bit, does anyone’s school have any drug/alcohol consumption issues?</p>
<p>My motto: It’s better to burn out than to do nothing. Ugh, I wish it went slower so I could work harder and maybe get more awards. Seriously, if I finish freshman year with nothing accomplished then I don’t know what I’ll do. </p>
<p>LOL, my school has an underground drug issue. There’s a group of seniors who do weed together and party and drink. They don’t seem like the kind to do drugs though :P</p>
<p>I’m sure there’s a few who drink/do drugs, but I don’t know any personally and have never heard of them doing so.</p>
<p>I know some smokers (they light up in the bathroom, lol) and drinkers, but I don’t think there’s a lot of hard drug usage.</p>
<p>I’d say at a safe estimate that 70% of my school does drugs/alcohol. It’s sad that our school gave up on trying to stop the drug problems.</p>
<p>I’m actually really sad right now, b/c my friend was telling me that a lot of the people we were both friends with in elementary/middle school have been having a lot of psychological problems, most of which involve alcohol and/or . This one guy who has super abusive parents is pretty much already lost to marijuana, and a lot of people are/were also cutting their wrists. I don’t know… I feel as if I’ve been too sheltered from the outside world my whole life, b/c even with Facebook and all, I was never aware of all this happening until recently… :/</p>
<p>^I’m sorry to hear that 
It’s really sad that these things happen, but I do hope they get better :/</p>
<p>And to be honest, I don’t think it’s your fault for not knowing or anything, people don’t want to discuss this information in public (or even to some of their close friends), so maybe it’s better that you know it now than much later.</p>
<p>^Thanks 
Yes, that’s true, but I still feel bad about having been totally out of the loop in times like these… hopefully things will get better.</p>
<p>@elf I’ve been following you and mathguys’s conversation for like two days but I haven’t said anything because I can never come up with anything relevant to what you guys are talking about lolol</p>
<p>^Hahahaha sounds like something I would do :D</p>
<p>^^ Same here. I feel really really sheltered here lol. Like I hear of all the teenage pregnancies and drugs and gangs issues from kids in the neighborhood and also teachers transferred from other schools to teach here, but I’ve never experienced/seen any of these first hand. People in my school usually are very well-off/have very supportive families, we’ve got lots of resources and everything but we don’t really know the world - many of these issues are barely existent to us. We know that they exist, but we don’t always feel for them or think of them as great problems because they’re not big things in our lives, more just a newspaper article. Which is sad, because my school is known to produce many of our nation’s top political leaders - who are slowly becoming less and less connected with society. And I guess I’m also one of those really sheltered people, I barely know what to say when all of these conversations come up. We understand the pains of things like cancer - a few years back a schoolmate passed on from it, and I’ve had family members with cancer, so we know what a major problem it is. And to think that cancer and other diseases is one of the largest problems in the world to us is already a privilege in a way, because that means that we have so few other problems in our lives.</p>
<p>Ok, guys, I’m thinking about not doing my school’s newspaper next year. It was the plan to, but since I want to be an engineer I feel like it would be better for me to take more engineering courses or something that applies to me. What do you say?</p>
<p>Plus, I had an assignment due, it got on it right away but none of my interview subjects responded to me, so I am rushing last minute. I can’t deal with this.</p>
<p>Honestly, do what you want, whether it be doing the school newspaper or taking engineering courses. It seems like you’re kinda set on not doing newspaper next year, especially since you told us that you have to rush an assignment since the interview subjects didn’t respond. In that case, if that’s a huge problem for you and you really don’t wanna deal with that kinda stuff, then don’t do it. Simple as that.</p>
<p>Same here burningice, but the chill thing about my school is when incidents like people being preggo or taking drugs occur,no one makes a big deal about it, it like ok, get on with our lives</p>
<p>Some of the parents do drugs with their kids here… seems like opposite school environments ahaha</p>
<p>What I’ve noticed is that about a good half of the kids in the “high honors” bracket aren’t high honor students. In my school, it seems like it’s impossible to get caught cheating. For example, I had this 4 person project and 2 of the kids “didn’t have power” and this kid and I ended up working on the project on the computer for a good 7 hours. We got a 100 on the project too but so did the kids who did no work. Anyone else have encounter these problems? :/</p>
<p>Yes, this actually did happen to me and you guys are gonna hate on me for this, but I went tithe teacher. See, this girl told me she couldn’t find any figurative language (her part of the project) and asked if I could. She didn’t care either way because she would be absent on presentation day (the next day). So I went to the teacher and asked for an individual grade after explaining what had happened. I may sound like a snitch but I’ll be damned if I let anybody ride on the coattails of my work.</p>
<p>There’s this one girl that always smells like smoke when she comes to class. Surprisingly, my teacher loves her and always goes easy on her.</p>
<p>^Yes! I feel like people take advantage of me because they know that I want everything to go smoothly and go my way so they don’t even bother contributing. But I love it when I catch someone on Skype, FB, Pinterest, etc.;they are absolutely clueless about the project. xD</p>
<p>My school is filled with kids who are abusing hard drugs and alcohol (If LSD and other stuff like that is hard drugs). However, I don’t see it all to often. Sure, i’ll see a few of my friends light up, but I don’t feel like i have to (I don’t by the way).</p>
<p>^ Kind of this
I’ve smoke before and to be honest I don’t see the big deal. Its really hard to regulate drug and alcohol use because teens are, actually their own people, an they make their oen decisions. The best you cam do is tell them the risks but i dont really see that as being very effective.
It can be harmful to students but if your smart and you do it moderately, you should be fine.
And by the way I take school extremely seriously, and I’ve been getting straight a’s since elementary.</p>
<p>There’s a good amount of people that do drugs at my school, but I dont think most of them are lost to it. And though I haven’t witnessed much firsthand, I guess my background makes me aware of it with relatives, and stuff. I don’t feel sheltered, and I am cool with people who may turn to drugs/alcohol, but I guess I’ve seen how can change someone, and it just makes me more aware of who I am and where I draw the line. <em>shrug</em></p>