I'm so fed up with school.

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

I guess I like all my grandparents the same!... EXCEPT I LOVE MY PAWPAW THE MOST!!

one time I was taking a walk with my Mamaw and PawPaw and there was a stray dog and I petted it and my Mamaw told me not to and gave me a spankin and my PawPaw took me and bought me a coke... He has always been my favorite!!

[ChrisH]

KayAnn, I am so sorry to read how dreadful it is for you at school, it must be so hard for you to cope with. I don`t have any answers for you, how I wish I did. However, the one thing that shone out of your posts was this

......I'm glad none of my good friends do stuff like that, we're too high off life, we don't need drugs

I am SO proud of you, and your likeminded friends also. While there are still `kids` like you around there is hope for the future.

love and many hugs
Chris

[Pam]

Originally posted by ChrisH
KayAnn, I am so sorry to read how dreadful it is for you at school, it must be so hard for you to cope with. I don`t have any answers for you, how I wish I did. However, the one thing that shone out of your posts was this I am SO proud of you, and your likeminded friends also. While there are still `kids` like you around there is hope for the future.

love and many hugs
Chris

Well said Chris! KayAnn, life is so different these days from when I was your age. Yes, we had kids smoking in the bathroom but that was about it. Drugs were not on the scene yet. (Now you can see just what an old fogey I am). In fact, back in the days when I was in high school so much was different. There was also a dress code that included dresses or skirts and blouses - no slacks or jeans believe it or not! It was a much different time and I don't know how I would cope with life as it is today if I was growing up. I am happy that there are other kids there like yourself who are not falling into the smoking/drug trap. You all will be the better for it down the road!!!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Heck, this kind of stuff was going on in school when I was a kid, which is way back in the 70's. What I don't understand is why schools don't crack down on this bathroom activity. All they would need to do is assign a teacher to go into each bathroom between classes, and just stand there and monitor. I realize that they can't add the cost of security guards, but if the teachers took turns monitoring the bathrooms, that would stop the smoking (although other drugs could still be done behind closed stall doors ). Or, can't they install REALLY LOUD smoke alarms in the bathrooms, to alert them when kids are smoking? The bathroom at work has one, since smoking is not allowed anywhere in the building. Then, if a kid got a pass and went in there to smoke, he/she would soon be found out. (You'd have to put the smoke alarm inside a wire cage, or they would find a way to disable it .) If the school says they can't afford them, offer to raise funds or take up a collection.

School is absolute HELL and I will never understand what makes kids act the way they do. It still amazes me how when I left school and got a job, life was 100% different - no teasing, no posturing, no BS, everyone was actually NICE to me. There's something about the school atmosphere that makes kids nuts. It in no way reflects how your "life" is or will be; it's just a temporary state of insanity.

[Jessica12345]

the teachers know kids are smoking at my school. Some of them dont care when people hold other people over trash cans.

[HoRsELUvR]

At least you seem to be one of the people doing the right thing.I don't blame you for wanting to vent.You should inform your principal about all of the people smoking at your school.Its not only dangerous to their health, but it can cause a fire.That happened at my brother's school last year,although it wasn't a big one.

[CountryWolf07]

Chris, well said.. Kayann, I know it's hard, but.. I have the same things that are happening at my highschool.. kids smoking.. having sex.. taking drugs.. blah blah blah.. they think it's "cool".. but I know it isn't, at all.. one of the boys bathroom is CHAINED UP.. has been for 3 years.. because of some boys who were smoking.. and accidently set fire in the trash can, but I think it was on purpose, anyway.. I graduate in 2 1/2 months.. and I can't wait to get out.. I'm just ready.. I'm sick of all of that stuff.. but sad thing, it won't stop.. I have been offered to smoke, but I refused.. I will NEVER ever smoke.. I have seen what it had done to my grandma, she died in 1999.. from breathing problems after she quit smoking.. apparently it made her weak.. anyway.. if you need someone to talk to about this sort of stuff, you can talk to me.

[iceyshiver21]

Ahhh...Finlly someone I can relate with.

[COCatMama]

Drugs are veeeeeryyyy stupid and so is smoking, excessive drinking and sleeping around. I am glad you guys have enough sense to know that good job!

Just be strong and don't let the weak people drag you down.

[wolf_Q]

Sorry to hear that KayAnn. I know it's frustrating. I'm glad you are strong enough to not give in.

I know drugs/sex/smoking/etc. went on at my school also. I honestly did not see much of it in person though, just heard about it. Luckily I was never offered anything, and if I did, I'd refuse.

[iceyshiver21]

I was once in a room with people smokin pot and I, said a flat out NO!! A few of my friends followed me lead and also said no. Im dead set against drugs and smoking, I do drink, and it is legal, if you parents give it to you and you stay home, but when I do its just a sip, or half a wine cooler. NEVER exccesivly(sp?)!!! I think its very repulsive when people get drunk.

[COCatMama]

I don't agree with gender bias like that at all, IMO, that's almost as bad as the drugs/smoking ETC in North American schools.

[Kfamr]

Not be able to be around my guy friends?!?! That would be horrible!

[Soledad]

There are plenty of girls or boys only schools.

I never managed to have only girl or boy friends, though. I was very much a mingler.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Lalania

I don't agree with gender bias like that at all, IMO, that's almost as bad as the drugs/smoking ETC in North American schools.

I don't see how that is "bias" in any way??? There are ONLY girl and boy schools in the US also, and there are actually several in my area (mostly Christian schools). I know Pakistan has both mixed schools and sperated schools. Its your choice to go in whichever you want. How is it bias?? There are many things girls are taught in human developement/biology that they may not feel comfortable talking about in front of boys. The same vice-versal. If I had the choice, I would DEFINITELY go to a girls only school rather than mixed. Its not a matter of bias. That's not what gender seperate schools are made for at all. Its a matter of feeling more comfortable, and keeping the sex trash out of the school campus, where kids go to study and learn, and not for other things.