Vaping in class?

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Anonymous wrote:For folks who don't think kids are vaping in class at your school. You don't understand how vapes work.
The "smoke" is odorless. If a teacher turns to the blackboard, or looks down at a book or computer, - - even if there is just one kid in the room - kids will vape. Vaping in class has become a competition.

But if your kids are not vaping in class, they probably also are not texting in class either, so you have nothing to worry about.

Sorry your kid is in a school that has this problem. Kids don't vape at DS's high school. I posted earlier. It was a problem last year, but they REALLY cracked down and it isn't an issue on campus anymore. You will see them off campus doing it or in the parking lot, but not in the bathrooms or in class. And yes, my DS does text while in class.

You lose all credibility when you claim to know things that you can’t know.

I know because my son told me. Why would he make that up?

Well because kids lie. Teens lie the most. If their mouths are moving they are lying.

You kid's school has a problem with juuling in class/in bathrooms/after school. All schools do right now. As other have pointed out there is no smoke, very little scent and easily hidden in hand or even not hidden. I know at our Big 3 a kid was juuling in class from a device in a tic tac box. It was only because another student told on him that he was caught. The teacher thought he was eating tic tacs. Class of 6 by the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school is this? My son is in middle school at a big 3 and this concerns me. Also what concerns me is parents throwing drinking parties at big threes in ninth grade! These kids are 14 years old! Who does that and how is this acceptable?

[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.

JUULing is Big Tobacco's way to get the iGeneration - (what I call these kids born from 2000 on) -- addicted to nicotine. It is terrible that after years of seeing nicotine use decrease in teens, we are now seeing it go up dramatically again thanks to the JUUL phenomenon. Thank you Silicon Valley for making it so difficult to raise children in this iGeneration (social media addiction, sexting, JUULing, etc.)

My children attend another Big 3 private school, but in discussing this issue with our administration it would be helpful to know whether NCS/STA currently treat on-campus JUUL use or possession as an expulsion or suspension event.

[Anonymous]

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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.

JUULing is Big Tobacco's way to get the iGeneration - (what I call these kids born from 2000 on) -- addicted to nicotine. It is terrible that after years of seeing nicotine use decrease in teens, we are now seeing it go up dramatically again thanks to the JUUL phenomenon. Thank you Silicon Valley for making it so difficult to raise children in this iGeneration (social media addiction, sexting, JUULing, etc.)

My children attend another Big 3 private school, but in discussing this issue with our administration it would be helpful to know whether NCS/STA currently treat on-campus JUUL use or possession as an expulsion or suspension event.

I agree. Nicotine is a drug and very addictive. From people I know who used to smoke cigarettes, it’s one of the hardest addictions to break. How is this even legal to sell this and how are these kids getting it? What is the legal age for this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school is this? My son is in middle school at a big 3 and this concerns me. Also what concerns me is parents throwing drinking parties at big threes in ninth grade! These kids are 14 years old! Who does that and how is this acceptable?

Totally. Parents condoning and encouraging partying is a lot worse than kids going out and sneaking around doing it on their own. My parents would’ve never thrown a drinking party for me. Does this bother any other parents or does everyone just think this is OK for 14 year olds?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For folks who don't think kids are vaping in class at your school. You don't understand how vapes work.
The "smoke" is odorless. If a teacher turns to the blackboard, or looks down at a book or computer, - - even if there is just one kid in the room - kids will vape. Vaping in class has become a competition.

But if your kids are not vaping in class, they probably also are not texting in class either, so you have nothing to worry about.

Sorry your kid is in a school that has this problem. Kids don't vape at DS's high school. I posted earlier. It was a problem last year, but they REALLY cracked down and it isn't an issue on campus anymore. You will see them off campus doing it or in the parking lot, but not in the bathrooms or in class. And yes, my DS does text while in class.

You lose all credibility when you claim to know things that you can’t know.

I know because my son told me. Why would he make that up?

I’m not saying that he is making things up. I’m saying that although he, and you, may think that there is no vaping going on, there may very well be vaping going on. “Kids don’t vape at DS’s high school” is a really naive statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For folks who don't think kids are vaping in class at your school. You don't understand how vapes work.
The "smoke" is odorless. If a teacher turns to the blackboard, or looks down at a book or computer, - - even if there is just one kid in the room - kids will vape. Vaping in class has become a competition.

But if your kids are not vaping in class, they probably also are not texting in class either, so you have nothing to worry about.

Sorry your kid is in a school that has this problem. Kids don't vape at DS's high school. I posted earlier. It was a problem last year, but they REALLY cracked down and it isn't an issue on campus anymore. You will see them off campus doing it or in the parking lot, but not in the bathrooms or in class. And yes, my DS does text while in class.

You lose all credibility when you claim to know things that you can’t know.

I know because my son told me. Why would he make that up?

I’m not saying that he is making things up. I’m saying that although he, and you, may think that there is no vaping going on, there may very well be vaping going on. “Kids don’t vape at DS’s high school” is a really naive statement.

Well of course there is no way to know for sure, but I can tell you there is not a problem anymore to the degree of what was happening a year ago. My son has not witnessed any vaping in his school this year, period. In other words, the school staff dealt with it, which is more than what seems to be happening at our public schools and some privates. If the problem is rampant at these schools, why aren't there serious consequences? And I'm not talking about a simple detention. I'm talking about suspension or even expulsion for repeat offenders. That would get them thinking before they break out their device next time.

[Anonymous]

Now I can't get that Brownsville Station song out of my head, "but everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

Those dances had seven or eight schools at least at them and hundreds of kids. Are you sure it wasn’t someone from another school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

What grade? I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For folks who don't think kids are vaping in class at your school. You don't understand how vapes work.
The "smoke" is odorless. If a teacher turns to the blackboard, or looks down at a book or computer, - - even if there is just one kid in the room - kids will vape. Vaping in class has become a competition.

But if your kids are not vaping in class, they probably also are not texting in class either, so you have nothing to worry about.

Sorry your kid is in a school that has this problem. Kids don't vape at DS's high school. I posted earlier. It was a problem last year, but they REALLY cracked down and it isn't an issue on campus anymore. You will see them off campus doing it or in the parking lot, but not in the bathrooms or in class. And yes, my DS does text while in class.

You lose all credibility when you claim to know things that you can’t know.

I know because my son told me. Why would he make that up?

I’m not saying that he is making things up. I’m saying that although he, and you, may think that there is no vaping going on, there may very well be vaping going on. “Kids don’t vape at DS’s high school” is a really naive statement.

Well of course there is no way to know for sure, but I can tell you there is not a problem anymore to the degree of what was happening a year ago. My son has not witnessed any vaping in his school this year, period. In other words, the school staff dealt with it, which is more than what seems to be happening at our public schools and some privates. If the problem is rampant at these schools, why aren't there serious consequences? And I'm not talking about a simple detention. I'm talking about suspension or even expulsion for repeat offenders. That would get them thinking before they break out their device next time.

You are clueless. Like shockingly so. Name your school if you are so convinced.