FUCKING ROCK STAR!
So what instrument do you play? Please say drums.
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Mostly piano. Used to play in an orchestra at school but that was ooooooooooooooooh so long ago (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, relatively speaking).
And due to a surgery mishap (which is not as bad as it sounds now that I say it like that) I don't play piano as often as I used to.
That's a never forgive situation... And why are they drug testing kids at school?
I'd forgive, but I'd never let them forget it.
Honestly if you did all those drugs together and had no apparent side effects I would consider it a superpower.
You could just do a tiny amount of each. Enough to fail the test, but not enough to actually get high.
And that would be a useful strategy for what?
You would think drug education would teach people about drugs so they wouldn't make mistakes like this. Instead they teach it so people make mistakes exactly like this.
Personally, the anti drug campaign that I had in elementary school made me more curious about drugs than anything else.
Though, knowing what I now know about the war on drugs, that could have been deliberate.
When I was a kid, I had a relative with a big booth at the NY State Fair, so we hung out at the fair a lot, and explored every inch of it.
One of the most fascinating things for me was the State Troopers' display of drugs. They were all lined up on a board, behind glass, labeled so I could identify them accurately. There was even a joint, and I wondered if it was real. I would check it out often, and every year I'd come back to examine it.
As an adult, I realized that it had the exact opposite effect it was supposed to have. It only made the drugs look more enticing.
~~high-functioning~~ god-level functioning drug user
The drugs are there to restraint them but once every 12 episodes they throw away the drugs and reveal their full dexterity.
For those asking what kind of school does drug testing, The Pinnacle Schools in Huntsville, AL are one of those “troubled teen” schools that usually get shut down for abuse. No website for the place that I’ve found, but there’s this PDF: https://media.al.com/breaking/other/The%20Pinnacle%20Schools.pdf
It's not uncommon for schools to do it to let students park on campus and other stuff.
That "cake" looks frankly disturbing.
Frank is disturbed?
Wasn't sure anything disturbed that guy.
To explain the horrid color choices, maybe mom is a Denver Broncos fan. But you must admit her piping penmanship is quite tidy.
How many kids who were positive for all drugs did they tell were negative?
If a kid tested positive for every drug I'm not sure they'd be able to tell them they were negative..........
Your country is in dire straights when schools are doing mandatory drug testing of their students.
The US does basically no regulation on “troubled teen” schools. Parents can sign a contract with a school which allows staff to physically assault their kids. There is no recourse. (Fun story - trying to get the state to address sexual abuse at one of these schools can net you a restraining order 😊)
Can confirm at least the one I know about they'd literally do a running tackle on you and put you in a headlock. Mind you these were middle schoolers some with actual mental issues.
Jesus Christ.
Late 90s, early 00s, my school didn't even have security. Two pupils were in charge of keeping track who came to the school and would direct visitors. Some teachers would send them to the nearby store to pick up their groceries. It was on rotation and they didn't attend classes that day. The word "drug" was associated with medicine. We used slippers to hit each other with. What a different world, now that I think about it.
my school didn't even have security
Huh? That's supposed to be special?
What? I graduated in '06 and we had a school cop and metal detectors.
I graduated in '96. We had tshirts.
I graduated in 04 but went to a lot of different schools, and one of the bigger ones had metal detectors and sometimes a violent (edit: hahaha violent was supposed to be “cop”, what a wild autocorrect from my fat fingered misspelling!) but was also built using prison blueprints so it was very easy to secure that way (one main door and two side doors that stayed locked most of the time), but the smaller schools had nothing, as it would have cost a lot more to set up there and they didn’t have the budget (multiple entryways, many ground floor windows, etc.).
It also probably depends on the region.
Lol my school was 110 years old in 03. It's still being used.
When I was I school, they did random drug tests for those on sports teams. This is considered legal, since the participation on a team is voluntary
Actually good parents. They do not blindly disregard negative things about their child AND they admit to be wrong AND apologize for it too!
Actually good parents would be asking the school why the fuck they're drug testing the kid in the first place.
I have mixed feelings, though I agree they owned up to their error, which is more important than being perfect, so they are good parents.
But...if someone was positive for every drug tested for, and there was no sign of it in their behavior, I would probably want to check the test since that seems like an error. Like if I peed in a cup at a doctor's office and they found me with traces of every disease, they'd have me come in to piss in another cup since error would be waay more likely.
They are only testing for a few standard drugs and there are enough people that really do all of those. My friend died from this shit, we did not know that he also did hard stuff.
Basically nobody is still doing barbiturates, that alone is a red flag that the test was fucked
For someone with intricate knowledge perhaps. But not for anyone else.
I’m sorry you had to experience that. I lost a friend in the same situation - only his college roommates knew that he was using hard drugs, he kept it secret from all the rest of us. It made for quite a shock when cocaine stopped his heart at age 22.
I just wanted to provide some sympathy, a virtual hug, if you will. It’s been 14 years since that friend passed, and I still think about him a lot. I hope you’re doing all right.
I/we are okay, it was a year ago. We recently all met again, we know each other through him. We as in a group of friends. He never asked for help sadly.
Do keep in touch with those friends, if you're able. Over the years, our group realized that the friend we lost was the tie that held us together. I hope someday to see some of our mutual friends again, but between diverse personalities and life paths over the past decade or so, I don't have high hopes for a reunion.
As a parent this was kinda like I was thinking. Parents are just everyday humans trying to do what’s right and we don’t always succeed.
Good on these folks. Plus it’s actually a pretty funny story.
But why a school is doing a random drug test especially if they aren’t even qualified to read the results is a different story…
Sounds more like parents with trust issues in this case ngl. Like if some stranger knocked on their door and accused child of murdering 12 people parents would probably accept to be witness in court.
An actual test result from an official body is a little different.
Have you seen the quality of oFfIcIaL bOdIeS in America?
Where would she even get barbiturates after the year 2000?! That should be their first clue!