Do Most Students at Sidwell Smoke Pot?

[Anonymous]

I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

[Anonymous]

Although I don't think Michelle Obama is a druggie type at all. She comes across as very straight laced.

Malia must get this from her father only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that drug use is generally more prevalent at the elite schools because of easy access and resources. What I don't understand is how a parent not know that their kid smokes pot. I mean the crap wreaks and lingers...

I really don't get the argument that private school kids are more likely to do drugs because they have more $$$. At publics pot usage is more prevalent among the poor than the high achieving upper middle class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess as a parent of a toddler who is trying to decide whether to send DD to private or public, I find this notion of marijuana being so prevalent at top privates to be quite disturbing. Obviously plenty of public school students smoke pot as well. But in my experience it was definitely not the norm among the very top students, and I'm apprehensive about spending $480,000 to put her in a peer group that is more likely to smoke pot than what she would be with if she were a presumably top student in a public school.

Sounds like somewhat needs a joint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Oh yeah. The Obamas are clearly shitty parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Your theory is wrong and you're an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess as a parent of a toddler who is trying to decide whether to send DD to private or public, I find this notion of marijuana being so prevalent at top privates to be quite disturbing. Obviously plenty of public school students smoke pot as well. But in my experience it was definitely not the norm among the very top students, and I'm apprehensive about spending $480,000 to put her in a peer group that is more likely to smoke pot than what she would be with if she were a presumably top student in a public school.

Sounds like somewhat needs a joint.

Says the parent of a Sidwell student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Oh yeah. The Obamas are clearly shitty parents.

Their daughter was just shown hiking up her skirt, twerking, and doing illegal drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Oh yeah. The Obamas are clearly shitty parents.

Their daughter was just shown hiking up her skirt, twerking, and doing illegal drugs.

So? She lets loose with her friends like a normal teen and you conclude that she has bad parents?

You're a moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Your theory is as limited as your experience. Major eye roll!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that drug use is generally more prevalent at the elite schools because of easy access and resources. What I don't understand is how a parent not know that their kid smokes pot. I mean the crap wreaks and lingers...

I really don't get the argument that private school kids are more likely to do drugs because they have more $$$. At publics pot usage is more prevalent among the poor than the high achieving upper middle class.

I'm sure, in addition to economic issues, there are social issues that factor into why it is more prevalent in elite school settings. Pot is probably low on the list of the drugs being used in elite schools. I think when you compare the use of drugs (cocaine, ecstasy, meth, prescriptions, etc.) overall the numbers are higher in elite schools because those kids tend to have the resources to get them -- whether it be the money to buy them or coping some from their parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Oh yeah. The Obamas are clearly shitty parents.

Their daughter was just shown hiking up her skirt, twerking, and doing illegal drugs.

Mary Jane is not illegal in DC. Twerking is what all the young girls are doing. It's the latest dance. Wait until your toddler grows up and then come back with your self-righteousness. Ugh, hiking up the skirt for one brief moment in time, NBD. As I said in an earlier thread, I've seen less walking on the streets and definitely on the beaches and pools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is sad and bad parenting that Malia is smoking weed.

I never smoked pot or drank in high school. Nothing. None of the top students at my good public high school did this stuff either.

My theory is - parents who used drugs are very permissive with their kids and drugs.

Oh yeah. The Obamas are clearly shitty parents.

Their daughter was just shown hiking up her skirt, twerking, and doing illegal drugs.

Have you ever been to high school or college? OK, maybe YOU didn't do it but TONSSSSSS of my friends with amazing parents did. LOL. Kids will make decisions for themselves no matter what they have been taught especially in the teenage years. The best you can do and hope as a parent is that your kid chooses to do the right thing and when they falter that they learn from it and not repeat the same mistake.

[Anonymous]

I would wager that most people on DCUM would love to have a daughter like Malia Obama. She's an excellent student, fluent in Spanish, and has been accepted to Harvard. Can't she cut loose a bit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would wager that most people on DCUM would love to have a daughter like Malia Obama. She's an excellent student, fluent in Spanish, and has been accepted to Harvard. Can't she cut loose a bit?

I pray that my girls turn out as amazing as she has -including, getting their twerk on at a party! Of course, my preference is they say no to all drugs but smoking a joint here or there in a social setting has not imploded many of successful people's lives. I appreciate that she is smart, athletic and knows how to let down her hair and party! Hell have you ever been to a party with a bunch of lawyers or doctors or engineers? I have and let me tell you we party! We party hard, and the next day we go to our professional jobs and we kick ass and take names! The best ones do!