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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can half of the posters in this thread please stop normalizing illegal behavior because it’s “regular high school kids behavior”?! It’s not! WTF is wrong with you people?

I grew up in a ‘third world country’ and went to one of the worst high schools in my city. No one was smoking weed anywhere near school,  either on the way to school, nor on the way back. Serious fights where someone got hurt were so rare, we may be had one per year, if at all. The people at fault were immediately expelled. Always being late or missing school a lot was not considered normal. Normalizing this means failing the kids that are never held accountable. [/quote]

[b]+1, except I went to HS in the US[/b][/quote]

Another +1 here. And that’s why I’m so careful about where my kid will attend school.

My county had a smaller, “alternative” high school. The expelled or soon to be expelled kids that couldn’t function in the public went to “alternative” where it was much, much stricter with more serious repercussions — and actual counseling — but most kids (even those from opposing gangs) managed to graduate with a GED and get a practical, vocational education vs  being sent off to juvie. And it worked. In DC, I don’t know what happens to these kids. Nothing is my best guess due to lack of resources and proper oversight.[/quote]

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