You would think, that a peaceable area such as NW PA, there would be very little to worry about, and a calm sense in the classroom, where teachers have eager students ready to learn. Guess again! Over the past few weeks, students have had shoes, wallets, and hoodies stolen. It seems that a drug cartel is searching for ways to fund their fix.
This Monday morning, a student in my 1st period homeroom class had drugs on his person. I wasn't savvy enough to have seen he had something on him, but later in the day, he passed (dealt) it to a learning support student, and another student. So, we have the Pennsylvania State Police, and three kids, all around 14 and 15 years of age, one a previous offender with prescription drugs thrown out of school by 2 p.m. They will be at a board hearing within two weeks. The dealer is moving to a nearby school district - lucky them. Another student who had the drugs passed to him has already spent a year in an alternative educational setting for misuse of prescription drugs nearly two years ago.
Do they learn their lessons? No, they don't. They still think they can do as they please, do what they want, power their way through, get kicked out, since they don't like school, and take anyone along for the ride, someone they call a "friend."
The worst part is that my students were not on task, and used their rudeness to leave, get in the hall, and not focus on the work at hand.
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