Silver Creek Incident with Edibles
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Anonymous
| We're a government family, so we've moved all over the country and a few different countries... Montgomery County astounds me in the worst way possible. Parents here seem to absolve themselves of ANY responsibility whatsoever and instead of fixing the problems at home, they get on forums like this vent and complain about other people not doing THEIR job. The amount of whining I've seen..the thread about a parent who couldn't deal with a phone call at 5:40 in the morning...grow up? I've lived in third world countries with parents doing a much better job than most of the ones here. (Obviously, I don't mean ALL parents here. Some of you are doing a great job.) But overall...just...wow. Start taking responsibility and accountability for your child. That is YOUR role as a parent. It isn''t up to teachers, admin, schools, school districts, etc. to raise your kids. That is on you or what are you even doing with children? |
Anonymous
| Love the irony of PP coming to DCUM to complain about parents complaining on DCUM. |
Anonymous
People need to stop blaming Covid. This was happening well before Covid. This has been happening because school districts have made the calculated decision that discipline is not important. There are no consequences for poor or violent behavior. Why would student's behave if they don't have to? Administrators are penalized for suspending students, expelling students or even encouraging detentions. These punishments used to keep schools running much better and allowed students that actually want to learn with that opportunity. Since many parents do not care about the behavior of their children, teachers are put in an impossible situation. It will take a major overhaul in the education system to change the state of the schools today. |
Anonymous
Nah, not a chance. This isn’t limited to rich kids. My kid at a high FARMS school has talked about kids doing drugs at her school also. It’s a problem at all SES levels. |
Anonymous
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There have been incidents of this type since I was in middle school at all schools. Including private. Including all SES. The difference is they didn’t have parents gossiping about it like drama queens all over parent listservs and dcum.
This was a one off incident involving a few immature and impulsive kids who made a poor choice. It’s not indicative of a pervasive drug ring at this particular school. The administrators are super responsive and are on it. They also don’t owe the curious parents whose kids were not involved a full accounting of every discipline issue that crosses their desks. MYOB. Instead of gossiping and wondering if it’s normal, I suggest parents spend more time making sure kids don’t have access to that which y’all voted to legalize and instructing their own children on the fact that these gummies or edibles exist and never to ingest anything other friends offer you of that ilk, especially not at school. |
Anonymous
+100 |
Anonymous
DP but it’s not ironic at all. Pp was complaining about parents. The parents here are blaming everyone but themselves for their kids horrific behavior and their own actions as parents. Might wanna look up irony first. You seem to have the alanis morissette version |
Anonymous
Not a rich kid involved here |
Anonymous
| I have drilled into my children that they are not to share food or take food from ANYONE, not even their best friends or teachers. |
Anonymous
+100 |
Anonymous
Schools and education need a overhaul, yes. But more so, parenting needs a overhaul. This permissive, bury head in the sand, give kids everything, let tv/games raise kids, gentle parenting is a HUGE part of the problem. |
Anonymous
I have too. And then my kid had a terrible headache last week and took something from a friend. I got her some tylenol to keep in her bag along with some protein bars just in case. It can happen to any of us though. |
Anonymous
This is against MCPS policy and she could get in trouble if she gets caught taking painkillers at school, FYI. |
Anonymous
Ooooh Then what? Nothing |
Anonymous
RJ or pain killers anon |