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**SpiralArchitect** · 06-17-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jake

Yeah, but the schools are just another government building full of government employees. You can understand that I'm more comfortable with parents educating their kids than the government.

Well yes, I think a parent should take it into their hands to educate their children about the dangers of drug use.

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The government doesn't have all of the answers, and frankly, your post sounded a lot like "the government knows best." Besides, as the end of the day, whether the kid is educated by the government, or his parents, or both; the kid has to know for himself.

Well. The government most certainly does not 'know best', but I don't think the parents do either. This information is probably highly accurate and supported by much research, so whats wrong with giving the kids the facts? I think the facts stand for themselves. Look at how the parents responded when they say stuff like this at their childs school.

They obviously find it incomprehensible to think their child may experiment with illegal substances during his lifetime. Well, reality check parents! -- it's a fact of life, and if you aren't going to teach your children about these dangers and instead try to shield them from life you should have the ability to answer just about any question they could come up with.

Buzzby · 06-17-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by crunchbarry

Parental failure.

A school is not meant to raise a child. It is simply meant to teach them. And yet, those same two words make you wonder... maybe we should be letting the government raise our children?

When considering "drug education", the second word is "education". How does that differ from "teaching them"?

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Its a good argument.

Not so much. Considering how little the average American adult knows about the realities of drug use, parents are probably not a great source for drug education. I have the same problem with home schooling in general. If the teacher is ignorant, it's going to promote ignorance. Do I want some guy who took two years of French in high school teaching me the language or do I want someone with a couple of years of post-graduate education specializing in that subject?

I could give my child a fact-based education about drugs, but I've spent a lot of time studying in this area. How many straight, fearful parents could do the same? Look around these forums and see the type of "drug education" parents hand out. "If I catch you smoking marijuana, you are out on the street and cut off!" Most of them are in the Nancy Reagan camp: "Just Say No!" That's less than useful.

Joeblaze357 · 06-21-2008, 02:04 AM

Some kids are gonna try some drugs, (and some kids will try all the drugs and get really messed up

), but the fact is you can never really be assured that kids aren't going to experiment so I don't think its a bad idea to give them information on how to do so in a safe way

W o O c H a · 06-21-2008, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by crunchbarry

Good points all around, but personally, I don't think literature like this should be allowed in schools, and here is two words why.

Parental failure.

A school is not meant to raise a child. It is simply meant to teach them. And yet, those same two words make you wonder... maybe we should be letting the government raise our children?

Its a good argument.

That would equal a bunch of government drones we should let all our kids turn into tyler durdens! Or a bunch of space monkies! haha

This is an excellent idea if only americans would do something like it? I wonder how that would work out?

Alive-And-Dreaming · 06-21-2008, 05:17 AM

It's hilarious that they get so worked up over it. It's like protesting The DaVinci flic without even seeing the movie.

W o O c H a · 06-21-2008, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Alive-And-Dreaming

It's hilarious that they get so worked up over it. It's like protesting The DaVinci flic without even seeing the movie.

I think its funny that their accusing the article of telling their kids to do drugs which is simply untrue, it's telling them how to use drugs in a safe manner should they choose to experiment.

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Joeblaze357 New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 35 Grams: 703.90 Groans: 2 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 14 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Some kids are gonna try some drugs, (and some kids will try all the drugs and get really messed up ), but the fact is you can never really be assured that kids aren't going to experiment so I don't think its a bad idea to give them information on how to do so in a safe way

06-21-2008, 05:17 AM	#15
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