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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school environment is a big one. If the school has a lot of extra curricular activities, clubs that appeal to all kids (sports, math, debate, science, computers etc...) they can find an interest with a similar  group of friends. They can also find this in church or other religions organizations.

I am going to get flamed here but I really do think that a school with good a lot of student with high SES would be better in terms of bullying kids with non popular culture interests (no rap music, drugs etc..) and providing the above items. If there are a lot of low SES they are trying to provide the basic necessities, parents are not as involved  and the above extra curricular items are not the focus. It[/quote]

OMG, No rap music?  Could you be more coded?

My DD went to a "top 3" private school where you can bet there were (1) bullying kids, and (2) the usual level of experimentation with drugs and alcohol, in spite of wealthy parents and loads of extracurricular activities.  I know of no school that is immune or even "better."  Its amazing the lengths some of the posters are going to trying to establish that their kids are somehow safe.

To be even more direct, no its not just black kids who drink and do drugs.[/quote]

I went a mediocre catholic school in the area for high school and I agree with the PP you are quoting.

There were plenty of kids who did drugs and drank in excessive everyday and there were plenty of kids who did not.  Overall the environment and culture of the school was driven by the kind of kids who attended.  Whether you did drugs or not, doing well academically was expected as was going to college.  This carries over to extracurricular being important, etc.  So yes, I do think higher SES schools provide a better environment for kids being able to turn down drugs and alcohol in favor of academic or other achievements whereas a lower SES school, there might be no other achievements so why not do drugs?

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