Drugs at Hardy (?)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course, there are kids who smoke pot, drink, and vape at Hardy. Not sure if they're all happening on campus but it's definitely happening my kid has shared. They are dumb middle schoolers. Know your kid, be in their business, and don't freak out. Our third kid at Hardy right now across the last 6 years. There is a whole crew of uber-rich, uber entitled, and barely supervised kids at Hardy right now. It is predominantly in boundary school now full of Georgetown, Palisades, and Foxhall, kids who spend their days roaming Georgetown, Tenleytown, and wherever else trying to look cool and doing dumb stuff. Typical middle school behavior for some kids but not all. I just wish these kids would go back to their privates and let us poors get back to the business of DCPS. I miss the out of boundry kids...these Key kids are insufferable.

You prefer good behavior like judging and stereotyping?

Fair enough that wasn't nice. Not ALL kids from Key are insufferable, but all the kids who ARE insufferable are from Key.

Have y'all ever checked out your kids' Snapchats, TikToks, and Instagram pages? Cuz I have

But, I do prefer the families who don't own 3-4 houses and who realize that flying private jets around isn't normal. I guess that makes me judgey. I'll own it.

How many of these families with multiple houses and jets are in DCPS? And all the bad kids are from one school? You know every kid? When you make such unbelievable claims, nothing you say is credible. Your Hardy threads are useless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is parents don't take this problem seriously 😒and the kids with a parent like you vaping and use drugs anywhere is without consequences. 🙄

But it is the parents like OP who are naive & idealistic whose kids are the ones flying under the radar and doing drugs because the parent is naive.

I fully expect there is drug use at all middle schools and high schools including my kids because that was the case 30-40 years ago when I was in school.

And I fully expect some among the crowd my kids are in will experiment, possibly including my own kids, because I and many others did at the same age.

Having said that in net my guess is that there is a lot less drinking (which concerns me a lot more than pot smoking) and drug use than when I was growing up.

Sorry to break it to you, but you must have been in a TERRIBLE school. Yes some kids were smoking weed and doing harder drugs in maybe 10th-12th grade in the 90s, but MIDDLE SCHOOL? Before they're even a TEENAGER? Maybe that happened in middle school in like, the projects, but that's about it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, there are kids who smoke pot, drink, and vape at Hardy. Not sure if they're all happening on campus but it's definitely happening my kid has shared. They are dumb middle schoolers. Know your kid, be in their business, and don't freak out. Our third kid at Hardy right now across the last 6 years. There is a whole crew of uber-rich, uber entitled, and barely supervised kids at Hardy right now. It is predominantly in boundary school now full of Georgetown, Palisades, and Foxhall, kids who spend their days roaming Georgetown, Tenleytown, and wherever else trying to look cool and doing dumb stuff. Typical middle school behavior for some kids but not all. I just wish these kids would go back to their privates and let us poors get back to the business of DCPS. I miss the out of boundry kids...these Key kids are insufferable.

You prefer good behavior like judging and stereotyping?

Fair enough that wasn't nice. Not ALL kids from Key are insufferable, but all the kids who ARE insufferable are from Key.

Have y'all ever checked out your kids' Snapchats, TikToks, and Instagram pages? Cuz I have

But, I do prefer the families who don't own 3-4 houses and who realize that flying private jets around isn't normal. I guess that makes me judgey. I'll own it.

How many of these families with multiple houses and jets are in DCPS? And all the bad kids are from one school? You know every kid? When you make such unbelievable claims, nothing you say is credible. Your Hardy threads are useless.

I have no idea how many Uber rich kids go to DCPS but at Hardy there are a handful and most kids know who they are. One family flies a private jet and owns 3-4 houses. Apart from this family there are several others who own houses in the Palisades/Foxhall along with one other summer/beach house.

I never said these kids were “bad” those are your words. I said rich, entitled, and insufferable. They also happen to be a lot of the “popular kids” and some of the same kids vaping, smoking pot, and running slam Instagram Hardy accounts. One account rates and ranks girls against each other another account lets kids “smash” or “pass” on girls. There are several other accounts. Does it make these kids bad? No it doesn’t. It makes them kids. But from where I stand I see a pretty clear connection between wealth, entitlement, lack of supervision, and big houses kids can disappear into while they get away with this stuff. Do you want an open discussion about Hardy or do you just want to cheerlead and pretend there aren’t class, race, and cultural issues at play? Do you even have kids at Hardy???

I have a pretty good relationship with my kid. They share a lot. I keep my snarkier opinions about class and the impact of excessive wealth out of the discussion. I know who these kids are and I know which schools they went to. Do you ever talk to your kid? Maybe your kid is unaware of or unaffected by this mess but it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Do you spend any time at Hardy? Have you had multiple kids go through Hardy over many years and seen how its changed? I have…three kids. Maybe it’s you who is not credible?

[Anonymous]

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I have no idea how many Uber rich kids go to DCPS but at Hardy there are a handful and most kids know who they are. One family flies a private jet and owns 3-4 houses. Apart from this family there are several others who own houses in the Palisades/Foxhall along with one other summer/beach house.

Oh my God, homeowners who have a beach house? In MY public school? Heaven forfend. I don't want my kids having anything to do with such wealth. What if our families became friends and they invited us to the beach? We might catch rich.

[Anonymous]

Man I remember the days when people used to complain about the poor kids being druggies at hardy. Now it is the rich kids?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I have no idea how many Uber rich kids go to DCPS but at Hardy there are a handful and most kids know who they are. One family flies a private jet and owns 3-4 houses. Apart from this family there are several others who own houses in the Palisades/Foxhall along with one other summer/beach house.

Oh my God, homeowners who have a beach house? In MY public school? Heaven forfend. I don't want my kids having anything to do with such wealth. What if our families became friends and they invited us to the beach? We might catch rich.

Spoken like a classic clueless DC elite who completely downplays and dismisses the ridiculous and excessive amounts of (generational) wealth it takes to own both a multimillion dollar house in the Palisades as well as another in OBX or wherever else it is y’all hang. It’s funny how you think we WANT to hang out with you at your beach house. Lol. No thanks. Im good slumming it at the weekly rental condo in Ocean City.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, there are kids who smoke pot, drink, and vape at Hardy. Not sure if they're all happening on campus but it's definitely happening my kid has shared. They are dumb middle schoolers. Know your kid, be in their business, and don't freak out. Our third kid at Hardy right now across the last 6 years. There is a whole crew of uber-rich, uber entitled, and barely supervised kids at Hardy right now. It is predominantly in boundary school now full of Georgetown, Palisades, and Foxhall, kids who spend their days roaming Georgetown, Tenleytown, and wherever else trying to look cool and doing dumb stuff. Typical middle school behavior for some kids but not all. I just wish these kids would go back to their privates and let us poors get back to the business of DCPS. I miss the out of boundry kids...these Key kids are insufferable.

You prefer good behavior like judging and stereotyping?

Fair enough that wasn't nice. Not ALL kids from Key are insufferable, but all the kids who ARE insufferable are from Key.

Have y'all ever checked out your kids' Snapchats, TikToks, and Instagram pages? Cuz I have

But, I do prefer the families who don't own 3-4 houses and who realize that flying private jets around isn't normal. I guess that makes me judgey. I'll own it.

How many of these families with multiple houses and jets are in DCPS? And all the bad kids are from one school? You know every kid? When you make such unbelievable claims, nothing you say is credible. Your Hardy threads are useless.

I have no idea how many Uber rich kids go to DCPS but at Hardy there are a handful and most kids know who they are. One family flies a private jet and owns 3-4 houses. Apart from this family there are several others who own houses in the Palisades/Foxhall along with one other summer/beach house.

I never said these kids were “bad” those are your words. I said rich, entitled, and insufferable. They also happen to be a lot of the “popular kids” and some of the same kids vaping, smoking pot, and running slam Instagram Hardy accounts. One account rates and ranks girls against each other another account lets kids “smash” or “pass” on girls. There are several other accounts. Does it make these kids bad? No it doesn’t. It makes them kids. But from where I stand I see a pretty clear connection between wealth, entitlement, lack of supervision, and big houses kids can disappear into while they get away with this stuff. Do you want an open discussion about Hardy or do you just want to cheerlead and pretend there aren’t class, race, and cultural issues at play? Do you even have kids at Hardy???

I have a pretty good relationship with my kid. They share a lot. I keep my snarkier opinions about class and the impact of excessive wealth out of the discussion. I know who these kids are and I know which schools they went to. Do you ever talk to your kid? Maybe your kid is unaware of or unaffected by this mess but it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Do you spend any time at Hardy? Have you had multiple kids go through Hardy over many years and seen how its changed? I have…three kids. Maybe it’s you who is not credible?

So one family.

What do you think the school can do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I have no idea how many Uber rich kids go to DCPS but at Hardy there are a handful and most kids know who they are. One family flies a private jet and owns 3-4 houses. Apart from this family there are several others who own houses in the Palisades/Foxhall along with one other summer/beach house.

Oh my God, homeowners who have a beach house? In MY public school? Heaven forfend. I don't want my kids having anything to do with such wealth. What if our families became friends and they invited us to the beach? We might catch rich.

Spoken like a classic clueless DC elite who completely downplays and dismisses the ridiculous and excessive amounts of (generational) wealth it takes to own both a multimillion dollar house in the Palisades as well as another in OBX or wherever else it is y’all hang. It’s funny how you think we WANT to hang out with you at your beach house. Lol. No thanks. Im good slumming it at the weekly rental condo in Ocean City.

So should those families just stick to the private schools? Because at private school a family like that would be considered merely well-off. I mean, if you look at the financial aid guidelines a household income of a quarter million is considered a charity case. And generational wealth? When tuition is $50K a kid almost always it's grandpa who's writing the checks.

People say they want diversity in the schools. What you're talking about is diversity.

[Anonymous]

Our income distribution is way messed up (thanks government policy!), but what do you want people who have made a lot of money to do? Not spend it because you don’t like confronting envy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our income distribution is way messed up (thanks government policy!), but what do you want people who have made a lot of money to do? Not spend it because you don’t like confronting envy?

Or alternatively, never mingle with the less-fortunate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is parents don't take this problem seriously 😒and the kids with a parent like you vaping and use drugs anywhere is without consequences. 🙄

But it is the parents like OP who are naive & idealistic whose kids are the ones flying under the radar and doing drugs because the parent is naive.

I fully expect there is drug use at all middle schools and high schools including my kids because that was the case 30-40 years ago when I was in school.

And I fully expect some among the crowd my kids are in will experiment, possibly including my own kids, because I and many others did at the same age.

Having said that in net my guess is that there is a lot less drinking (which concerns me a lot more than pot smoking) and drug use than when I was growing up.

Sorry to break it to you, but you must have been in a TERRIBLE school. Yes some kids were smoking weed and doing harder drugs in maybe 10th-12th grade in the 90s, but MIDDLE SCHOOL? Before they're even a TEENAGER? Maybe that happened in middle school in like, the projects, but that's about it

Doggywhistle alert.

DP: This happened at my blue ribbon suburban middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I went to a fancy suburban private day school about an hour outside of NYC. Nobody smoked pot in the bathrooms. They all went out in the woods to smoke.

Me, too! Or, rather, in The Alley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I went to a fancy suburban private day school about an hour outside of NYC. Nobody smoked pot in the bathrooms. They all went out in the woods to smoke.

Me, too! Or, rather, in The Alley.

We did it behind taco bell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our income distribution is way messed up (thanks to government policy!), but what do you want people who have made a lot of money to do? Not spend it because you don’t like confronting envy?

Oh sweetheart, is this what mommy told you? That people were just jealous?

Not envious in the least. It's about what is important to me and who I surround my kids with. It's about the choices people make and their values (and yes that includes how you choose to spend your money). Your assumption that everyone envies the rich is precisely why you are gross to be around and I'd prefer you weren't. You assume that everyone wants the upper NW life. I guess it would rock your world to imagine that others find meaning outside of their STUFF and your life ain't all that. You also seem to derive meaning from thinking that people envy the rich. PS...that life is not the default mode we're all wishing we had. Your mindset is what I don't like around me and my kids. Plus, that kind of thinking usually means y'all are just boring people.

Now we got kids running around here whose parents think it's normal to flippantly call a 250K salary a "charity case" at a DC private. You guys make me laugh. You might want to get out of your bubble every once in a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, there are kids who smoke pot, drink, and vape at Hardy. Not sure if they're all happening on campus but it's definitely happening my kid has shared. They are dumb middle schoolers. Know your kid, be in their business, and don't freak out. Our third kid at Hardy right now across the last 6 years. There is a whole crew of uber-rich, uber entitled, and barely supervised kids at Hardy right now. It is predominantly in boundary school now full of Georgetown, Palisades, and Foxhall, kids who spend their days roaming Georgetown, Tenleytown, and wherever else trying to look cool and doing dumb stuff. Typical middle school behavior for some kids but not all. I just wish these kids would go back to their privates and let us poors get back to the business of DCPS. I miss the out of boundry kids...these Key kids are insufferable.

You prefer good behavior like judging and stereotyping?

Fair enough that wasn't nice. Not ALL kids from Key are insufferable, but all the kids who ARE insufferable are from Key.

Have y'all ever checked out your kids' Snapchats, TikToks, and Instagram pages? Cuz I have

But, I do prefer the families who don't own 3-4 houses and who realize that flying private jets around isn't normal. I guess that makes me judgey. I'll own it.

How many of these families with multiple houses and jets are in DCPS? And all the bad kids are from one school? You know every kid? When you make such unbelievable claims, nothing you say is credible. Your Hardy threads are useless.

I have no idea how many Uber rich kids go to DCPS but at Hardy there are a handful and most kids know who they are. One family flies a private jet and owns 3-4 houses. Apart from this family there are several others who own houses in the Palisades/Foxhall along with one other summer/beach house.

I never said these kids were “bad” those are your words. I said rich, entitled, and insufferable. They also happen to be a lot of the “popular kids” and some of the same kids vaping, smoking pot, and running slam Instagram Hardy accounts. One account rates and ranks girls against each other another account lets kids “smash” or “pass” on girls. There are several other accounts. Does it make these kids bad? No it doesn’t. It makes them kids. But from where I stand I see a pretty clear connection between wealth, entitlement, lack of supervision, and big houses kids can disappear into while they get away with this stuff. Do you want an open discussion about Hardy or do you just want to cheerlead and pretend there aren’t class, race, and cultural issues at play? Do you even have kids at Hardy???

I have a pretty good relationship with my kid. They share a lot. I keep my snarkier opinions about class and the impact of excessive wealth out of the discussion. I know who these kids are and I know which schools they went to. Do you ever talk to your kid? Maybe your kid is unaware of or unaffected by this mess but it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Do you spend any time at Hardy? Have you had multiple kids go through Hardy over many years and seen how its changed? I have…three kids. Maybe it’s you who is not credible?

Yes! It's reported to be the "popular" kids - not all Uber wealthy but certainly could be described as affluent. IMO the pot is just so widely available that the kids are easily getting their hands on it. With chewables it is easy (assuming the reports are true...) to bring it into the school. Thanks for the replies and discussion. - OP