Comments | timmy_ritz: I just fell face first into drama

timmy_ritz

I just fell face first into drama

Nov 29, 2005 13:24

One of my students has been missing from class the past week, so I pulled aside one of his friends to find out what was going on. Apparently he was hooked on rock, weed, and all sorts of pills. So his mother shipped him off to Mexico for him to get cleaned out ( Read more... )

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twilyght November 29 2005, 14:47:06 UTC

Yes, the real world is a bitch. I've been dealing with drug use on a more personal level and it isn't any fun. Anyone who says that people who use drugs don't effect anyone but themselves have never had to deal with this problem. It effects everyone the person comes in contact with, family, friends, employers, teachers, classmates, everyone...sigh.

timmy_ritz November 29 2005, 21:08:23 UTC

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

twilyght November 30 2005, 07:51:21 UTC

Thanks..Sorry that you're being put in this kind of position. I'd lay odds that there are a lot more than just the two kids. It a problem gone rampet. Melissa goes to Los Alamito High and she tells me that more than half the students at her school use drugs.

Good Luck...

samuraislider November 29 2005, 16:23:07 UTC

How old are the kids you teach?

timmy_ritz November 29 2005, 21:08:13 UTC

High school, in this case 10th grade.

psione November 30 2005, 08:39:45 UTC

"Real World" life of a teacher 101. Thanks for sharing.