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Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA]
#7645839 - 11/16/07 08:58 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message November 16, 2007 - wpxi.com
WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- Two Waynesburg Central High School students were making a public service announcement for their school. The message was intended to discourage teens from using drugs and alcohol. Instead, the students received 10-day suspensions and were told to attend drug and alcohol counseling.
Senior Zachary Schloemer and junior John DiBuono were filming an anti-drug PSA and used some crushed Smarties candy to simulate cocaine. The problem, according to school officials, was when Schloemer pretended to snort it.
Schloemer said the teacher apparently took offense to what they were doing and took the film to Assistant High School Principal Dave Mason who handed out the punishment.
Schloemer told the Observer Reporter he doesn't deny he simulated snorting the candy. But he said they did it for a dramatic effect. “Our message was to be clear - don't do drugs,” he said.
While both teens received the same punishment, DiBuono may face a tougher penalty. As a wrestler, he will miss elimination. And by not participating in the elimination, he will miss half the wrestling season and will have to wait until another wrestle-off later in the year.
School leaders are not commenting.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: veggie]
#7645856 - 11/16/07 09:03 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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This "zero tolerance" policy schools have is pure BS. It's getting so kids can't even fart without getting in trouble.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: veggie]
#7645986 - 11/16/07 09:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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That is the single stupidest thing I have ever heard. The kid snorted a piece of candy that was crushed up, and got suspended for 10 days?
First of all, it was in a ANTI-drug announcement. What the hell?
I really can't say more than that cause i don't know these kids, or the school officials, but this is absolutely stupid.
Is our society really that scared of drug use, that even a simulated usage of it to try to prevent the usage of them is reason for punishment?
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Drewwyann]
#7646203 - 11/16/07 11:06 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Don't you get it? The teacher was pro-drug and thats why he got pissed off
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: learningtofly]
#7646207 - 11/16/07 11:09 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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ooooooooooh...
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Drewwyann]
#7646367 - 11/17/07 12:01 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I snorted pop rocks once.. not my proudest moment but im glad it didnt get me in shit.. worst side effects i had was a headache, some loud popping in my head, and the taste of pop rocks for a few days. Im gonna go look for that video now.. good times
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Her0]
#7646412 - 11/17/07 12:17 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Zero Tolerance - A symptom of Zero Thinking.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#7646588 - 11/17/07 02:16 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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> Zero Tolerance - A symptom of Zero Thinking.
And a result of zero compassion. Jesus would be proud.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Seuss]
#7646798 - 11/17/07 06:26 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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that is the biggest load of BS!!!!
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Her0]
#7646870 - 11/17/07 07:07 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Her0 said: I snorted pop rocks once.. not my proudest moment but im glad it didnt get me in shit.. worst side effects i had was a headache, some loud popping in my head, and the taste of pop rocks for a few days. Im gonna go look for that video now.. good times
I snorted a WHOLE bunch of NES-Quick once like who the line was as fat as my thumb and a few inches long it sucked I was blowing shit out my nose.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: veggie]
#7646879 - 11/17/07 07:12 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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The War on Candy ramps up in Amerika!
/me hides Skittles bag in stash box
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Diploid]
#7647340 - 11/17/07 11:29 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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My addiction is Chic-O-Sticks. but dont tell no one, damn fascist war on candy!
That being said, its just going to make the kids never want to do anything positive or extracurricular again. and likely they will start being against the drug war, if they werent already (its okay to me to scorn cocaine use, it actually does fund a lot of bad people for one, unlike typical marijuana, dmt or boomers)
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#7648133 - 11/17/07 04:41 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yeah its like pure sugar straight to the brain!!! Poor man coke all over again!
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#7648384 - 11/17/07 05:53 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Cannabischarlie said: (its okay to me to scorn cocaine use, it actually does fund a lot of bad people for one, unlike typical marijuana, dmt or boomers)
The drug war causes these entities to be involved
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: veggie]
#7650787 - 11/18/07 12:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I would make a suggestion to any kid thinking of using a firearm in school: stop pointing them at the kids and start pointing them at the administrations.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: DNKYD]
#7651247 - 11/18/07 02:44 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Not all teachers are pricks, DNKYD. Most people who decide to teach are pretty decent people, even if they tend to be nerds. I don't know why this is, but there always just seems to be a handful of people who just hate kids, don't want to teach, and suck at it when they do, who find themselves in a career in the public school system.
Instead of blaming the entire school system, blame the communities who don't bother to meet the people who their kids spend 35 hours a week listening to.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: shroom_ninja]
#7653900 - 11/19/07 08:55 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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This is just a lawsuit waiting to happen. More taxpayer dollers wasted in payouts to cover some of the retarded shit that school administrations do.
With the escalating penalties for the most minor of things (often free speech issues no less) they are going to be sued for larger and larger amounts every time they wrongfully punish people.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: fastfred]
#7657192 - 11/19/07 11:23 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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The school is simply afraid of backlash from the parents.
Kids go home and tell their parents all sorts of half-truths... you and I both know it. Then the school has to deal with them. The school would rather look overly hard-ass than soft on drugs, even when the message is anti-drug. It's ridiculous. We've gotten away from reason and logic in this society.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: kake]
#7658765 - 11/20/07 11:43 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I am well aware that the drug war is the reason the mob is involved in cocaine. That is why I think it should be legal. Those who want to do it wont support organized crime, and those who don't, well wont. It will also drop the price of it so people arent selling themselves or stealing to support a coke habit, and can thus lead better lives and for example, get off of it if they have a problem.
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Re: Students Suspended Over Anti-Drug Message [PA] [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#7660390 - 11/20/07 07:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Did you ever think that the mob wants it to remain illegal? Maybe they've made threats to every lawmaker out there that if they change the laws, they'll kill their families. The mob can get away with just about anything you know.
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