Author Topic: Another one for the books! (Read 1679 times)

texace · « **on:** August 26, 2002, 11:37:06 PM »

OK...here we have a good example of stupidity raging in those with power. Here at Lake Worth High School...we have this thing we like to call the "PRO Card". What this is is a small little tag you put on your student ID that says you are "drug free" and they make you take a drug test for it.

With this PRO Card comes certain privlidges, such as free drinks at the local Race Trac and such. But what bugs me is the most coveted privlidge anyone at the school could have: leaving the school for lunch.

It don't sound like much, but it is the most sought after privlidge we have...and it's only for us seniors. However...me and a few of my friends cannot leave...even though:

I am a senior
I am almost 18.
I have passed the "TAAS" test.
I have parental permission.
I am in the top 2% of my class
I have my own vehicle

Even with all these, which my Mom and Dad and many other agree is MORE than enough...I cannot leave campus...for I have no PRO Card.

I know how worthless these things are...I know people who cut lines of coke with them. And yet those of us with jobs and respect of the school...we get zilch. "Piss in a cup and win a prize."

I even wrote the school board about it...and here is the exact text from that letter:

Thank you for your concern with our PRO Card system. We understand your complaint and it has been logged.

However, due to the success of the program, we cannot withdraw it without a proper vote. Please, sign up for a PRO Card and show the community you are drug free!"

Uh huh...right, then. I'm going to become another statistic so they can smile and be proud. No, they get nothing from the state over this...just the knowledge we are all "drug free"

Just shows you were just as screwed up as the federal gov't.

Thrawn · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2002, 12:37:31 AM »

Cripes, old enough to die for your country and vote. But not old enough to leave school for lunch. Your an adult for christs sake. Can't you sue them or just tell then for fek off or something?

easymo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2002, 01:00:47 AM »

Show this post to your parents. You wont have permission long.

I have been a biker for 40 years. That means,when it comes to bikes, that I have been doing everything right for 40 years. That doesn't buy me the right to do even one thing wrong. One thing wrong, and I'm dead. This is the nature of the world. You will learn that when you grow up.

Monk · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2002, 01:35:49 AM »

Welcome to the real world

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2002, 03:28:05 AM »

the day befor the tests bring in and give away massive amounts of poppi seed buns

that should about do it.

Karnak · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2002, 03:32:17 AM »

They wont let you leave campus for lunch?

That was one of the perks of high school where I grew up. Everybody at my high school was allowed to leave campus for lunch. Didn't matter if you were a freshman or senior, clean or a druggie.

Sucks to go to your school.

Lazerus · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2002, 04:34:38 AM »

Never could leave campus for luch, always did. Usually managed to smoke a bowl otw to taco bell. Leave if ya want to, to hell with 'em. BTW, got college credit for english and biology in high school (just for all those that didnt want me to smoke a bowl otw to the bell)

capt. apathy · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2002, 07:08:56 AM »

kinda ironic huh? I can't go to work without a piss test. you can't leave school without one.

on a sad note. get used to it. most people are willing to trade your rights and freedom for the illusion of safety and security. I've fought the fight on piss tests for 20 years, fought hard, gave up good paying jobs(while 'drug-free') because I wouldn't have my rights trampled, and I lost.

piss in the cup or starve.

btw- this only goes for the people who have to follow the regulations. the guy who rights your companys policy on saftey and makes the rules that dictate your work conditions can be high as a kite

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:10:12 AM »

Sounds like you are exercising your freedom of choice to me. You choose not to take a drug test, they choose not to allow students to leave campus during lunch without one.

We had open lunch at our high school, only because it was so overcrowded that there was no way the cafeteria could hold us all, unless they made some of us eat at 9am and 2pm.

gofaster · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:15:49 AM »

And the reason you don't have a PRO Card is...why?

If it takes a test to get a benefit...then take the test.

Nowadays, you can't go to work for a major company without a drug test.

While you're railing against the machine, maybe you should consider the fact that most change occurs from within The System. Don't like the way some school program is working? Then get in the program yourself and then try to change it for the benefit of others. If you had said "I'm a PRO Card member and I think its unfair that students without a PRO Card can't leave the school", then your argument would've had more merit with the board. But then, you would've already earned the privilege you so desperately want, so fighting for others probably wouldn't be too high on your priority list.

If you think its bad now, wait until you're on the bottom rung of the university course registration system and getting bumped from the prime class hours so that a 5th year junior with more credit hours than you can get into his/her college program. It's only fair that you get bumped to a 6:30am class so that the other guy can get his college requirements in, right? Its never "fair" when its not to your benefit. You can't rail against the university machine - they've got the conformance thing down pat.

And if you think THAT's bad, wait until you're the new guy in the company and get shafted on pay raises, awards, and vacation days because the other guys in your department have more years of experience, more time in the company, and more rank than you. But that's assuming you can pass the drug test and don't have a criminal history.

I don't see anything stupid with the PRO Card program. You're a minor on school grounds and therefore leaving the campus is a privilege, not a right.

Kids these days....sheesh.

Eagler · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:17:38 AM »

must be nice to have problems SO big

get your silly little "PRO" sticker and the privileges that go with it

In a post before, weren't you and your buddies bragging about being drug free? Now they are rewarding you for it. Get your sticker and go find something real to worry about ....

popeye · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:53:29 AM »

Bend over for the Man. You'll need the practise.

Animal · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:55:43 AM »

You havent even thought of a lawsuit?!?

That so un-american you diddlying traitor

Animal · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2002, 08:59:58 AM »

By the way you should get the damn pro card and start doing lines of cocaine in the bathroom. It wont be good for you but it will be amusing to read in the newspaper how the coveted "Pro" card was a fiasco and even aided students in their drug use

midnight Target · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2002, 09:10:42 AM »

Get the pro card. Go to college. Get a degree and a teaching credential. Come back to the school as a teacher. Have intimate relations with an underage cheerleader. Lose your job. Start doing drugs. Wind up in prison. Meet bubba the lonely guy. Begin a horrid life of sin and debauchery.

That'll show em.