Klarinet Archive - Posting 001170.txt from 2002/06

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:22:08 -0400

On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> See above comment. Parents who agree with you have removed all discipline
> from the schools. Thus we have drugs and guns in schools, among other
> problems that were unheard of in my day.

whoa, hold on a minute there. in many areas of the country, problems with
weapons and drugs have been around for generations. in my high school,
there were people in gangs that have been fighting each other for over 100
years, long before gang affiliation was fashionable.

also, national surveys show that since the 1960's, drugs use has been
cyclical, though reasonably constant, among high school students. in all
that time, between 40% and 55% of high school students admit to some use
of illegal drugs. clearly, this is not a problem of the current
generation. it's just more widely acknowledged today, like teen pregnancy
(whereas 30 years ago, girls would just suddenly disappear to go live with
their cousins 500 miles away...).

-jeremy

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