My sister screwed up
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She was in the wrong so she should be punished. Whoever gave the punishment decided her action outweighed any mitigating factors that could have lowered the sentence as it were. I probably would have been a bit more lenient since it was her first time and she confessed but the school may feel they need to take a tough stance on alcohol related issues. Sometimes you only need to break the law once to get in trouble and some people have to break it allot before they get caught. The fact is the rules of the school have to be enforced, 10 days seems steep and they probably could have been more lenient but again drinking may be an issue the school takes very seriously and is not negotiable.
10 days?! Just for drinking? If I was still in school I would have tried that. That's better then spring break. Anyway I don't think there is anything she can do if she already admitted to drinking.
Well she still drank some, no matter how much, they're still gonna accuse her of drinking at school.
But a 10 day suspension doesn't seem to bad.
Just suck it up and not go to school.
But a 10 day suspension doesn't seem to bad.
Just suck it up and not go to school.
They can do whatever they want, within reason of course. I don't see a problem with this situation. She got off pretty easy, actually. Canadian school systems are completely draconian... or mine was, at any rate.
Well, technically it IS legal for someone under the legal drinking age (18 or 19 in Canada) to drink so long as they do so under the supervision of their parents/legal guardian in their residence. But I'm pretty sure that they have to be at least 16 or 17 in order to do so. There's a lot of restrictions on it, but TECHNICALLY if you are drinking at home and have your parents permission, then you're okay. Of course, given what grade she's in, I'd say it would still be illegal anyway.
Schools have rules, deal with it, and breaking those rules results in -GASP- consequences. If you're going to show up to a school dance or function ? on school grounds, meaning that the school is responsible for the child/ren at the time ? drunk to the point of throwing up, you're going to get in trouble and/or face consequences that you will have to deal with. Even if it was only just a little bit of alcohol, she still drank it. The school's probably just covering its ass more or less.
And besides, from what I remember, school dances at that level were about as entertaining and fun as watching paint dry. I can't imagine being drunk off your ass would make them that much more thrilling. But then again, I hated school dances and I was forced to attend them because I was on yearbook so I'm not the best person to judge.
Schools have rules, deal with it, and breaking those rules results in -GASP- consequences. If you're going to show up to a school dance or function ? on school grounds, meaning that the school is responsible for the child/ren at the time ? drunk to the point of throwing up, you're going to get in trouble and/or face consequences that you will have to deal with. Even if it was only just a little bit of alcohol, she still drank it. The school's probably just covering its ass more or less.
And besides, from what I remember, school dances at that level were about as entertaining and fun as watching paint dry. I can't imagine being drunk off your ass would make them that much more thrilling. But then again, I hated school dances and I was forced to attend them because I was on yearbook so I'm not the best person to judge.
School rules are the final word. Is it stupid? Yes. Is it fair? No. Did your sister break the rules and deserve punishment? Yes. You can argue the finer points, such as whether two sips of alcohol is worth 10 days suspension, but she broke the rules and must therefore pay for it.
I think your sister failed to consider her priorities. Hopefully, she'll consider whether the consequences are worth a couple drinks next time. Personally, I've never really found it that important.
A 10-day suspension is not all that bad compared to some of the alcohol-related blunders some people make. If she's the kind of person who learns from mistakes, this is a good thing.
A 10-day suspension is not all that bad compared to some of the alcohol-related blunders some people make. If she's the kind of person who learns from mistakes, this is a good thing.
No, no they're not.camsha said:
Also, new sentences begin with a capital letter, that red wiggly line under a word generally means you've misspelt it, "your" was the correct choice instead of "you're" and "supposed" instead of "suppose" there. See what you can learn about the English language when you're not drinking instead?
(Sorry, the combination of abuse of the English language, teen stupidity and my traumatic memories of high school seemed to have tripped my ***** trigger, and refused to let up until I posted something.)
Back on topic
Plus it was only the fact that she didn't like what they were drinking that stopped her having more.DracoSuave said:
It doesn't matter if she was inebriated or not, no drinking = no drinking. She knew the rule, she wanted to break it, she did break it and now she's facing the consequences for breaking it.Threx said:
Do you mean zero? I suppose zero is technically less than .05 and up, but why bother saying it at all?Hitokiri_Gensai said:
I find your post silly
True...I read a Dear Abbey letter one that was pretty epic when it came to a sister screwing up...I find myself disappointed with this one. 10 days suspension is paltry compared to some of the other much more horrible and much more damaging affects that screwing up can have on your life. Yeah, sure, maybe I'm jaded with age, but the potential of having 'screw up' be associated with ten days detention is...worth a smile I suppose.nbamaniac said:
Ah to be so young again...when that was the worst thing that could happen in life.
Wait, I'm confused. What exactly is the school's policy? I mean she wasn't drinking on school property and she wasn't inebriated, so what policy rule has she broken (aside from underage drinking, of course). Her friends on the other hand clearly were inebriated and deserved the suspension, but what is this? Guilt by association?