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Per the school's zero tolerance policy, students who reveal alcohol or drug use are expelled at no risk to the school. I don't agree with their method but it is
by genwin 13y ago
Per the school's zero tolerance policy, students who reveal alcohol or drug use are expelled at no risk to the school. I don't agree with their method but it is pretty simple.
- grecy 13y agoWow. Are the students told that beforehand? I think a shocking consequence is students will now feel unsafe telling the truth about troubling events (abuse, etc.)
- genwin 13y ago> Are the students told that beforehand? That would defeat the purpose of the survey. I guess if there's a time for someone to learn the hard way when to keep private info private, high school is better than later.
- grecy 13y ago> I guess if there's a time for someone to learn the hard way when to keep private info private, high school is better than later. Does that include crimes against minors?
- ihsw 13y ago> students will now feel unsafe telling the truth about troubling events That's the idea -- helping those students is a significant and easily ignored cost center.
- bigiain 13y agoCynical-me thinks this is ideal education - proper preparation for "the real world": Answer every question not with "the truth", but instead work out what "the expected answer" is and give them that...
- genwin 13y agoI've hounded my kids on "the expected answer" many times. Recently my son was told to write an essay on gun control. I shudder to think what might've happened had he not given the expected conclusion on that one.
- C1D 13y agoWhat is the expected opinion on that. I'm not from the US.
- genwin 13y agoFor a school the expected opinion is that less guns is better.
- jkubicek 13y agoThat's highly dependent on the school. At my high school (rural Iowa) I can't see anyone taking issue with a pro-gun stance on a essay.
- theorique 13y agoSchool teachers and school administrations tend to be skewed leftist / liberal relative to the average of the country as a whole. Therefore, a student speaking in favor of 2nd Amendment rights or coming out sounding too "pro-gun" might find himself tagged for observation by the administration as an "extremist" or a potential threat.
- lmm 13y agoIf you have that little faith in the school why are you still sending your son there?
- genwin 13y agoIt's an issue with all public schools, except maybe in rural Iowa (see below). I don't like it but it is good training for life.
- jordonwii 13y agoYou sure about that? That'd be downright idiotic. My school did something similar, but the surveys were anonymous and simply used for aggregate statistics - which sounds infinitely more effective than what this school is doing, anyway.
- genwin 13y agoI'm not positive but very confident. These surveys are not anonymous, says the article. School administrators are required to adhere to the zero tolerance policy to the letter.
- ceol 13y ago"The letter" being that if a student admits partaking in drug or alcohol use, ever in their lives, they are immediately expelled? Do you have a source for this?
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- scott_s 13y agoI think you are mistaken. When I was in public school, "zero tolerance" policies applied to what you do in school.
- genwin 13y agoCould be. I couldn't find a report of a kid reporting their own transgression to the school, to see if admitting active drug or alcohol use is tantamount to possession on school property. The administrator may still be required to report the crime to the police, however.
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