Vaping in class?

[Anonymous]

Kids will always find a way. It's the same with drugs and alcohol. Don't be so naive.

[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.

They buy it the vape stores. Another parent told me that teens know that there can be dishonest people that work at the vape stores who look the other way. They then charge minors more and pocket the difference. It's all cash transitions because the teens don't want their parents to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

The device is so easily hidden and the teacher just needs to look away for 3 seconds for a kid to take a hit.

[Anonymous]

I believe kids could get kicked out at our school if doing this at school. Kids won’t risk it at school.

[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. I mentioned it on the other thread. My MS student has told me about kids doing it the bathroom of his private. Not in class, too few students, too much focus.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe kids could get kicked out at our school if doing this at school. Kids won’t risk it at school.

Yes of course. Other schools won't kick them out, only yours. The other privates are sssoooo much more lax than yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

As someone who has taught in small settings, there is always a moment when you turn to write on the board, pick up a book, bend down to look at a student's paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids go to privates in the DC area. Schools constantly discussed on DCUM and called "top whatever" on many posts. So, schools you all know well. My kids say they have friends who vape or Juul, its something we talk about. I try to be very aware and so I'm wondering about something...

Over on the Tweens and Teens forum there is a whole thread discussing vaping and the fact that kids do it in class. Multiple people, teachers, parents, kids, are discussing this and saying that kids vap in class all the time.

I cannot even imagine how a kid in one of the area private schools, where some classes have as few as 6-8 students, and no classes have more than 15 or so, would be able to do this? Plus, these kids seem incredibly serious and intense about schoolwork and their classes. Im having a tough time imagining it taking place and I am hoping I am right about this.

So, my question is, is this just going on in classrooms just in the much larger public schools? Or does this also go on in area privates? Are any parents aware that their child has seen or sees classmates vaping in class? or in the bathroom during school hours? My kids say no way, not in their school(s) but I wondering if they are just unaware as the folks on the other thread are so certain this is going on in high school classrooms....

Yes, and I know private schools that are now doing drug testing on a random basis each month.

[Anonymous]

The bad children re load the Juul with nicotine flavor solution without the glycerol that makes the “vapor” that is visible... in this way it is easy to enjoy nicotine discreetly even in a class setting.

[Anonymous]

I just asked my DS about it. He says kids don't do it in school anymore...but they used to. He said that they stopped after they started "getting caught." I don't know what kind of consequences they had, but he said it isn't done in school anymore. I asked why kind of kids do it, and he said mostly kids from the LAX team. He said he has never tried it because he hasn't come across it in his circles. Besides as he said, "only idiots do it."

[Anonymous]

Used often in the bathroom at DC's Big 3. So depressing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Used often in the bathroom at DC's Big 3. So depressing...

What is the purpose of it? I don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

My DS says that kids at his private openly charge their juuls on their laptops - they are a usb charger and tiny. Then the kids can vape off-campus or in the bathrooms or after school. It's pretty tough to get away with it during class. But yes, it's a thing. And if you don't think it's happening at your school, your are naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS says that kids at his private openly charge their juuls on their laptops - they are a usb charger and tiny. Then the kids can vape off-campus or in the bathrooms or after school. It's pretty tough to get away with it during class. But yes, it's a thing. And if you don't think it's happening at your school, your are naive.

What is the purpose of it? And how old are the kids doing this?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Used often in the bathroom at DC's Big 3. So depressing...

What is the purpose of it? I don’t get it.

What’s the purpose of smoking cigarettes when you’re a teenager? “Looking cool,” thrill of maybe getting caught, bragging rights when you’re not, and addiction.