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One evening my wife, daughter and I were sitting in the living room. My wife and I were reading and my daughter was doing her Math homework, when all of sudden
by mmcclellan 11y ago
One evening my wife, daughter and I were sitting in the living room. My wife and I were reading and my daughter was doing her Math homework, when all of sudden she asks "Did Heath Ledger commit suicide?"
I said "that's a weird question, what brought that up?" and she said they were talking about it at school today with the Dare Police Officer. I said "Oh you had a Police Officer in your class today?" and she said "Yeah, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays."
No one I've ever told that story to has ever commented on it.
- talmand 11y agoA Dare police officer, as in D.A.R.E.? Is that program from my childhood still active? Or is that something else?
- adrusi 11y agoIt's dying out, but still around.
- wishinghand 11y agoWhy was there a DARE officer at that school three days a week?
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- r00fus 11y agoSchool-to-Prison pipeline, maybe?
- protomyth 11y agoYeah, time to run for that old school board seat or find someone who can. Three days a week means that family time with you and your wife is being substituted for homework because your child spends time with a D.A.R.E. officer. I went to school in, shall we say, a less than good-rated school, and we didn't even have that level of foolishness during the "Just Say No" era.