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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't notice your child is stoned, why would a teacher or a coach?  It's not like being drunk, with the tell-tale signs of slurred words; stumbling gait; odor of booze.  Students and parents should take responsibility and not try to slough everything off on schools.  [/quote]

Most upper school students at STA spend more time at school, sport activities, & other school-related events than time at home.  I dunno blood shot eyes, giggling, slurred speech, stinking of pot, lacking the ability to comprehend, problems with memorization, baggie of weed visible from their khakis' pocket...if my kid's behavior seems off to me, a classroom teacher who also sees him daily would likely recognize that something is wrong and would guess he's probably stoned.
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Sounds like "Reefer Madness"!

1. Blood shot eyes -- how does the teacher at the front of the room see that?  And welcome to the world of teenagers who stay up late and are glued to computers. Red eyes reign.
2. Giggling -- meet all freshmen everywhere.  Maybe if it's older kids and there's nothing funny you got something, Inspector Gadgt!
3. Stinking of pot -- the kids a few years ago were caught from the odor from their room.  The clothes? All these kids have stinky blue blazers they don't dry clean;  teachers probably avoid trying to smell those things at all costs. I'd consider a clothespin on my nose.
4. Lacking ability to comprehend/memorize -- Maybe if it is a big change/downward trend; otherwise, plenty of students at STA have a subject with which they struggle--it is rigorous and increases in difficulty through the grades.
5.  Bags of weed visible -- lol, that's a reach.  I've been on campus plenty and you don't see bongs poking out of backpacks or dime bags poking out of jacket pockets; and what sane adult is peering into pants pockets?

When signs are missed everyone including schools should look inward and assess why--but I do think it is not fair or realistic to assume my child's chemistry teacher seeing him for 50 minutes a day in the company of 15 other kids is going to be our family's "first alert" system.[/quote]

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