Recently, in our local news there were reports of some teenager's getting into trouble because of the content on their blogs.
Apparently these teenagers had gone to a party, took all kinds of digital pictures and then posted them. The athletic director of their school saw the photos and the beer bottles that the kids were holding in a "cheers" salute and several more in the background and punished said kids with expulsion from all sports.
It's imperative that you know what kind of community and school district we are talking about before I finish the story. This school is a Class A district and always takes the state championship in football. It's a very rich, snobby area where even average houses are priced sinfully above market and in every driveway is parked a Lexus, but for no longer than two hours at a time so as not to violate the ordinance. This is the school in which the kids who wrote "American Pie" metriculated from. This gives an idea of the type of family I am talking about.
I believe there is a zero tolerance policy in all schools now days that if you are caught abusing alcohol, you don't play sports. Simple as that. Well, these highfalutin parents hired lawyers and are arguing that "we don't know for sure that there was beer in those bottles".
Yeah. Right! The kids dumped out the beer and re-filled the bottles with soda just to give the illusion that they were drinking. They were so drinking.
So what are these parent's teaching their kids? One, that is okay to break the rules if you don't get caught; and two, if you do get caught, lie about it.
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Of course....lie about it! As long as the little darlings don't have to accept the consequences of their own actions and heaven forbid end up with any kind of mark on their record. Spoiled brats! Stupid parents!
PS: Did you hear about the New Years Eve Party one in our nearby local town?
That is exactly what they are teaching their children; children who will grow up and run some Enron like company.
And how about the Wayland teen who posted pictures of his underage friends having sex and his other friends printed, distrubeted and then the female involved attempted suicide. While I feel it appropriate for the 17 year old to be facing three felenoies, how about the parents of ALL involved, the others distubuting and where in the hell where these "kids" heads drinking and having sex? The sexulization of youth is having its intended consequence. (where is my spull chek?)
Some people never grow up ... but they reproduce and raise kids anyway.
Interesting post.
Sad, but interesting.
Eric, unfortunately we know all the kids involved in the Wayland incident and as always, the media has not been accurate. Perhaps the same is true with the story in this original post.
The girl involved has attempted suicide 2 other times before this and she and her boyfriend were posing consentently for their pictures and telling all their friends (including my son) to visit the blog to print the blurred pictures. Once the girls mom found out, her story changed.
I'm not saying they all shouldn't be punished, but the media is playing this kid out as a child pornographer and that really isn't the case. Just stupid, stupid kids.
PS: You're right about the parents though. Where were they in all this?
That is what is so sad...if you have money, you can pretty much get away with murder.
I hear you M________.
I figured a little psychosis could add flavor to this story:)
It's amazing that so many parents are now allowing their kids to drink in their homes.
I have big issues with this generation of parents. Big. And then these parents wonder "why" their little darlings are caught cheating through college - or stealing, or doing drugs. Whatever. All you can do is try your best to NOT be that type of parent.
Unless your child is being harmed by a teacher/principal in some way, you really have to back them up when they're trying to do what is best.
Last year my son's class had a substitute for the day. At one point kids began throwing small pencil erasers around the room. My son finally got sick of being hit over and over and threw one himself at one of the offenders. Of course, he was the one who got caught. The next day, when the reg. teacher was back, she asked the kids who were involved in the 'throwing' to fess up. My son was the only one who did. As a consequence, he had to serve a (mild) detention. His teacher told me later that she knew he wasn't the only one who was guilty, but had to follow through. Though I disagreed to an extent, I supported her. She did tell me how much she respected my son for his admission and for his character in general...and I most certainly told him how proud I was that he had been honest, even when he had to stand alone.
I get SO tired of people like this, who don't let their children suffer the consequences of their actions. Of course, the parents are likely lacking in character themselves. Sad, the state of some of our families today.
hey e_______,
have you ever heard of sexual harassment?
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