Vaping in class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DK who switched to private this year said that it is all the rage in the old public FCPS HS where kids do it behind the teacher's back during class. You can exhale/blow it out in a way that doesn't show vapor. They tried to clamp down on it but it's seemingly impossible so now they have signs in the bathrooms giving some facts and reminding kids if they share there's a risk of mono (evidently they think the kids don't want that).

In his private school (not top 3) kids are doing it in the bathrooms not in class.

He says pretty much everyone at both schools seem to have at least tried it. Many are now addicts because the amount of nicotine in the packs is tremendous and with the taste and teen boredom the kids hit them WAY too frequently. Now they can't quit and it's expensive. They are also getting way more nicotine from what he says than if they smoked actual cigarettes.

More evil by big tobacco. I worry about popcorn lung too because they used the chemical that was banned from microwave popcorn factories.

http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/07/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs.html

What exactly is it? Does it give you a buzz? I know WHAT it is but I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You said you’d never heard of anything like that which speaks to your naïveté.

Have not heard of anyone doing this at OUR schools. Still have not.

So, I guess it’s not happening. Good work.

Nope it not. That is one of the benefits of a small private - teachers are literally right in front of you. They don't allow anything that looks like it in class. Sorry you have had a difference experience.

Well, of course they don’t allow it. That doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DK who switched to private this year said that it is all the rage in the old public FCPS HS where kids do it behind the teacher's back during class. You can exhale/blow it out in a way that doesn't show vapor. They tried to clamp down on it but it's seemingly impossible so now they have signs in the bathrooms giving some facts and reminding kids if they share there's a risk of mono (evidently they think the kids don't want that).

In his private school (not top 3) kids are doing it in the bathrooms not in class.

He says pretty much everyone at both schools seem to have at least tried it. Many are now addicts because the amount of nicotine in the packs is tremendous and with the taste and teen boredom the kids hit them WAY too frequently. Now they can't quit and it's expensive. They are also getting way more nicotine from what he says than if they smoked actual cigarettes.

More evil by big tobacco. I worry about popcorn lung too because they used the chemical that was banned from microwave popcorn factories.

http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/07/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs.html

What exactly is it? Does it give you a buzz? I know WHAT it is but I don't get it.

Yes - nicotine is a stimulant.

Here's the amount in Juul - initially the most popular brand. DS says some kids are switching to another brand (can't remember the name) because it has pods with variable amounts of nicotine.

Every parent including those on this thread who think their private school is immune to this well-entrenched trend (lol, seriously?) should make themselves familiar with what they look like. See here - many shapes, look like thumb drives https://www.vapornation.com/e-juice-vaporizers.html

JUUL. Each pack contains 4 pods. Each JUULpod contains 0.7mL with 5% nicotine by weight, approximately equivalent to 1 pack of cigarettes or 200 puffs. There is a limit of 15 pod packs per customer per month.

[Anonymous]

They can easily be hidden in a hand and look like USB flash drives.

Lol to teachers “not allowing” them. Of course they don’t allow them. It doesn’t mean that they aren’t there.

[Anonymous]

My daughter says girls are juuling in the bathrooms at her private all girls school. Her group of friends supposedly isn't into it, but she says it happens at dances and on school property as well. I'm trying to reinforce how dangerous it is and how the chemicals are so bad for you...hoping that will be a deterrent, but there is no definite way to know if it is getting through....

[Anonymous]

My son who is a freshman in college says it is epidemic. Literally 90 percent of the kids he knows juul.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son who is a freshman in college says it is epidemic. Literally 90 percent of the kids he knows juul.

I understand why HS kids would do it for coolness factor, but what is in it for college students? Study aid?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son who is a freshman in college says it is epidemic. Literally 90 percent of the kids he knows juul.

I understand why HS kids would do it for coolness factor, but what is in it for college students? Study aid?

PP here and yes, all DK's older cousins say it's huge in college and definitely a "study" aid. Kids are getting hits of nicotine every time they puff. And that 90% mentioned isn't far off-track.

And yes, DK says at every school party the kids are in the bathrooms vaping.

[Anonymous]

My US son at STA reports lots of kids at NCS and STA do it but definitely not during school much less in class. That would be impossible. Classes are just too intimate.

[Anonymous]

Anybody heard of MS kids doing it around here? My sister teaches in a highly regarded private elsewhere and they were catching 6th graders doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My US son at STA reports lots of kids at NCS and STA do it but definitely not during school much less in class. That would be impossible. Classes are just too intimate.

Agree with this for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter says girls are juuling in the bathrooms at her private all girls school. Her group of friends supposedly isn't into it, but she says it happens at dances and on school property as well. I'm trying to reinforce how dangerous it is and how the chemicals are so bad for you...hoping that will be a deterrent, but there is no definite way to know if it is getting through....

So how are they buying it? So companies went from making people addicted to cigarettes and now they are pushing this which is addictive? Unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anybody heard of MS kids doing it around here? My sister teaches in a highly regarded private elsewhere and they were catching 6th graders doing it.

Yes to public, less so at that age in our private - more a high school thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter says girls are juuling in the bathrooms at her private all girls school. Her group of friends supposedly isn't into it, but she says it happens at dances and on school property as well. I'm trying to reinforce how dangerous it is and how the chemicals are so bad for you...hoping that will be a deterrent, but there is no definite way to know if it is getting through....

So how are they buying it? So companies went from making people addicted to cigarettes and now they are pushing this which is addictive? Unbelievable.

Same way the kids buy alcohol and pot - get an older kid to buy it, for Juul - they can order online and so on. Kids also order fake IDs online too. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[Anonymous]

My kids are at privates in DC with small class sizes and the word on the street is that while it's often done in the bathroom, it absolutely is done in class. Not often, but someone is always trying to push the envelope. It can and has been done in 12 person classes.

Pretty disappointing to hear. I am not blaming the teachers, but part of the reason we sent our kids to privates was for the accountability found in smaller classes. At the time, we were concerned with academic accountability, but I just can't fathom how there can only be 12 kids in a class and the teacher doesn't see this happening.