HP Girl Drinks to Point of Hospitalization
Channel 8’s 6 p.m. newscast included a report on a Highland Park girl being hospitalized due to alcohol poisoning. Here’s the Dallas Police Department report on the incident, which has few details. According to Rebecca Lopez’s televised report, which does not yet seem to be online, the incident happened at the Palladium Ballroom, a concert venue just south of downtown. Lopez also reported that three young men have been arrested, but I didn’t catch their names and can’t find any arrest reports online. Developing.
UPDATE: The names of the arrested teens have been reported by Channel 8, Channel 5, and The Dallas Morning News: Joshua Francis, Jacob Meredith, and Kevin O’Boyle. Their fake IDs were reportedly so sophisticated that the Secret Service and FBI are looking into them. I’ll try to confirm those agencies’ involvement first thing Monday morning.
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Let’s hope the girl makes a full and speedy recovery, and that everyone involved, along with their families and friends, learns something from this.
My neighbor’s senior girl said that these boys were part of the cool popular crowd.
“2 strikes you’re out” of what, school? No diploma?
The four students who were caught have probably given the police names of others involved. The police, made up of a variety of local, state and maybe federal officials, will be interviewing kids on campus. They will be looking for more names. Seniors will be most vulnerable. Anyone involved in an extracurricular activity the next most vulnerable. I bet they have 90% of the names of the kids that were there by the end of the day.
I have already informed my middle schoolers about this. I will continue to inform them as the full impact to the community is felt. Some people, especially those that don’t live here, think only in terms of the socioeconomic aspects of our lives. The fact is this is a small community. When things like this happen it affects all of us to a degree. I want my kids to know that if they choose to engage in inappropriate or illegal behavior it will not only affect our family, but also our community.
I am glad the young lady is going to be okay, healthwise, and pray for her recovery. I am saddened by the situation that the young men are in. It will alter the course of their lives over the next few months, if not years. I will pray for the recovery of their destinies. And I will pray for the HPHS and Middle school parents. That we not abandon our jobs as parents as our kids get older and that we will be on guard , always, to the needs of our kids.
well I hope that when/if your kids get into trouble, people are nicer to you than you are being towards these parents. my parents never checked my wallet! thats ridiculous to even suggest those parents should have done that. thats the kind of thing super-paranoid parents do, but I’ve never heard of ‘wallet checking’ parents. thats crazy. you don’t know these parents so for you to be accusing them of putting pilates and other things over their kids is ridiculous and rude. they are hurting enough right now. you should probably stop acting so high and mighty because all kids do experiment, and parents can’t be there all the time. you think you know everything about parenting?? ha I think you’re full of it, and I think you need to have some compassion. you may think you know everything (you don’t.) but someday you are going to have to stop tagging along everywhere with your kids (i went to northpark alone in middle school and my parents are really strict…big deal) and they are going to have to make their own decisions. sometimes they’ll mess up, and hopefully most of the time they won’t. but its important to make mistakes because you learn. you can’t supervise your kids 24/7 even if you think you can.your comment is just rude and I have no idea why you think you’re so perfect.
@quiltedhp: I’m just assuming here, but I’m guessing you are still a young person yourself, and have never encountered the never-ending challenges of parenting. I check my daughters purse, notebook, email, cell phone and Facebook, and I’m not ashamed to say so. Sometimes she knows I do it, other times she doesn’t. In this day and age, we can’t be too careful. There is so much pressure (and I believe more so here in HPISD) for kids to follow the leader and fit in with the crowd. For those who say we have to trust our kids and respect their privacy… in our home, the philosophy is the kids have no privacy. I’m not blind to the fact that my daughter has multiple opportunities (at friends homes, library, etc.) to break our rules, but I’m fairly certain that she knows and respects the fact that serious consequences would seriously hinder her social life if caught.
As to the 15 year old girl: I don’t know her parents, so would certainly never jump to an assumption as to their parenting skills. We as parents all fall short from time to time… and our kids ARE very resourceful. I just hope and pray that this is a conversation provoking situation, and that maybe from this tragedy some lines of communication can be opened, and as a community we won’t be talking about something like this ever again.
the older boy and the boy called 911 or the police or whatever. The easy way out would have been to feign ignorance, divorce oneself from the problem and blend right back into the crowd.
This is a case of bad parenting, bad judgment, and bad kids. If law enforcement will sort our who did what to whom this time, and not sweep it under the rug, changes will be made. Otherwise, we’ll read about this again in a few weeks, and perhaps a child will die or be permanently robbed of knowledge of her future.
Some intelligent people have posted here. One wonders whether they couldn’t insist of the right thing being done this time.
The boys won’t go to jail, but will be dipping into their trust funds for defense attorney fees.
Sounds like they were the few who did the right thing and put the life of the freshman girl before their own need to clear out before the cops arrived. Perhaps their parents raised them to do the right thing, even if it meant being caught for several wrong (and illegal) things.
I am anxious to learn more facts and to hear that the girl has gone home from the hospital fully recovered.
To the students reading these comments, don’t believe that EVERYONE gets fake IDs or drinks before they are 21. Some do (like the Bush twins), but many more don’t. Please don’t think everybody’s doing it.
well said. I’m not that young but not a parent either, I was just annoyed at the assumption the parents were at fault. thanks for your comment!
I’m guessing you’re in high school? can you tell us exactly what happened so its clear? once the facts are straight, everyone will leave it alone but its all a mystery now. and its quiet, not quite. Is the girl okay? were those boys the ones who called the police? etc etc…we just want to know what happened. thanks!
thanks! it does seem like everyone has fake IDs and drinks but it isn’t I guess.
@ukwn
I agree! they went to a concert. I don’t see why what they did there and the trouble they got in is their parents fault. they probably feel guilty anyway, so i think we should leave them alone. lord knows they’ll be more strict now.
@MK,
thats what goes through my mind whenever I have to make a decision. i wouldn’t want my parents ever having to worry like that. well actually, first I think of how i’d get caught and get in trouble, but that too! I feel awful for the parents (and kids!)
And to quote Joe Biden, this IS a big f–king deal! This girl is lucky to be alive after having a blood alcohol level of .40!
I’m with Parenting 101 – it is a 24/7 job to raise a child – and the hardest but most important job one can undertake!
For those of us struggling to raise high school kids in this community, the news of this story was disturbing but not really surprising. I am glad to read a lot of the comments from parents who stay after their kids to do the right things, and monitor their kids’ activities like Homeland Security monitors a terrorist suspect. The kids will try everything, and will continue to push the envelope. Our task is to stay vigilant, keep our kids out of trouble, and do whatever is necessary to make that happen — even if it means embarassing them or not letting them do something that “everyone else is”.
The only thing that scares me as much as what the kids are getting involved in these days (and believe me, it is eye-opening) is how many parents there are still that have no clue about it. Get your heads out of the sand, people, and stick your nose in your kids’ lives.
I pray this will serve as a wake-up call for all of the high school kids in HP and throughout Dallas.
What is amazing is the attention this is getting. This all happens everywhere across America. Would you all be so caring and involved if it had happened at a club in South Oak Cliff or it’s equivalent? Of course not. It’s a socio-economic problem that is not supposed to happen to “People like us”.
You are just superior at hiding dirty laundry than the less fortunate. The specifics are everywhere. The only sadness is towards the girl. Hopefully she will pull through. The rest involved or less involved are just typical teenage idiots. Parents and clubs are all responsible for turnijng their heads to under age drinking, under or over-privledged.
Very good news that the freshman returned to school.
PCP, are you saving all the facts for this week’s edition?
2. It was the intention of the fake IDs to defraud establishments that sell or serve alcohol, and are restricted by law from dealing with minors.
3. There was very possibly a conspiracy between the boys to get the girl drunk. That’s serious criminal stuff.
4. The parents DO have culpability. They should have known where their children were going and what they were doing.
5. The girl was a victim; partially at her own hands. But, she was also knowingly violating the law, and may have had her own fake ID. Her parents are also culpable.
6. Drug and alcohol abuse are a problem at Highland Park. Lawyers are the last people on the planet who can solve the problems.
6.
What happened to this young girl is an absolute tragedy and I pray for her FULL recovery. However, what we all need to take away from this is how to be a better parent, even if it means our kids “hate” us at times. I ask my soon to be teenagers, “where are you going, who are you going with” and I do not let anyone else take them but myself. Parents also need to explain to their older ones the consequences of all actions and how by an act of God this girl was saved. Others may not be.
And the comments that “every kid drinks” and “every kid has a fake ID”, as if that’s okay. Well, NOT every kid goes out drinking, and a lot of kids don’t have fake IDs. Shameful.
Apparently the actions of the young lady match up with the (horribly written – are there no English teachers in HPISD?) comments by the kids on this blog that the whole event was no big deal.
Breaking the law is breaking the law.
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HPHS Student: Your parents and teachers must be very proud of you for your eloquence and reasoning when it comes to presenting an argument. Best of luck in automotive trade school.
so sorry for you. pitiful. your comments are laughable to anyone who knows better. your daughter is either so clueless or is part of the “cool junior group” trying to snow you. you just made a fool of yourself. check the facts. yours are all wrong.
Bottom line, a 9th grader doesn’t need to be at a club on a Thursday night, or any other night with a bunch of friends, regardless of their ages. The older boys..congratulations…you (supposedly) got a 100lb freshman girl drunk…need I say more? Thank God she did not suffer any permanent damage from this incident.
I am guessing and only guessing the big freak out over the fake id’s is because someone was watching the situation and had perhaps seen them give her a drink. I know who the girl is, and no bartender, wrist band or not, would serve this young girl. And more so, since one of the boys arrested was rumored to be involved in distributing the fake ID’s, I would assume that the police had been tipped off..or that is a HUGE coincidence. What I am sure the boys DID NOT realize and I even didn’t initially realize is when you have a fake ID system that is this sophisticated then it’s source becomes of intrigue to the FBI and Homeland Security…if they can make such sophisticated fake IDs then they are surely making fake passports. I would bet my life that these boys NEVER in a million years thought of this, but a good lesson was learned….and like all good lessons learned…the hard way.
Now…one more rants before I am done, parents, please do not use this situation or these families or these kids, as a way to boast about how your kid never drinks or your kid would never have a fake ID. NEVER say NEVER..it will come back and bite you on the butt. Obviously this was the popular group and if you have an ax to grind, pass on this one…it make you look look bitter and jealous…I saw it with my own two eyes on Friday night…meow…the claws were out. And on the flip side, not “everbody” in high school does drink or have a fake ID and that’s not a good enough excuse for this one! And lastly, we all were teenagers…a lot of us drank and did a bunch of stupid things, and by the grace of God, most of us survived. The world is a different place now, the kids are the same but the people out there are scarier, the drugs are more dangerous and the parents are meaner and PLEASE don’t make me have to go into how gross it is what kids are exposed to thru internet, TV etc… Please help protect your children. You only get one kiss at the pig.
I wonder how long it will be before she has her next drink.
@Sammy Your right… A 15 year old girl should not of been at a concert on a school night. And your also right about not everyone drinks. But from my HS experience thus far, i can say during sophmore year probably 80% of the grade of 500 or so drinks on the weekends. And about 10% have fake ids
in the late 60s, a popular club at HP
was the “FMDC” or Friday Morning Drinking Club.
a pretty self explanatory organization.
another thing, in the case of a couple of the
students involved, the acorn doesn’t fall
very far from the tree.
Your points about the girl are well taken. She is culpable in that she drank knowing it was illegal. If she had a fake ID, that is illegal as well. We don’t know the exact nature of the relationship between the men and the girl. I’ve heard conflicting stories so I’m not going to judge that aspect of their behavior. But the men are culpable as well, knowing that a fake ID was illegal. If they were drinking then they know that drinking is illegal.
Again, not knowing the relationship between the girl and the senior men, I don’t want to judge. But, let me be clear on one point. This is to next years fresh-men and sophomore men at HP. In a few years my daughter will be coming to your school. I am doing my best to raise her with a good heart and a loving nature. I am trying to teach her some “facts of life”. I would rather not start out with the premise that all boys are scum, especially in this community where I admire so many of our young men for their outstanding achievements. Because of this she might be a little naive. Beware. I am not. I will consider the type of attention that this girl was receiving by Seniors to be PREDATORY in nature. I will hold the seniors parents responsible for that behavior, as I hold myself responsible for my son’s behavior.
This is part of what I am telling my son: every class has their “boy toys” (not saying that this 15 year old was one). Part of that is the girls fault. For what every reason she craves the attention of boys or men. But fault lies with the boys as well. Do the right thing. Don’t encourage that behavior. If you are part of creating that boy toy then every sexual encounter she has (or you have for that matter) outside of being married will be laid at your feet at some point in time. Do the right thing.
Your comments are really appreciated and eloquently stated. I agree 100% with both of you; thanks for your rational and useful advice.
If you are concerned that your daughter might fall in with the “wrong” crowd when she gets to HPHS, teach her right from wrong now. A freshman girl is old enough to know when she is doing something wrong or running with a group that will lead to trouble. Don’t think you can control how the boys will react to her, because you can’t.
Thanks for you advice about teaching my daughter right from wrong now to improve her decision-making capacity in the future. I think I made it clear that I am doing that. While I cannot “control how boys will react to her” I can control how she is going to be treated by those boys. It also means that I have at least one boy whom I can control in regards to his reaction and treatment of a girl or girls. I am calling on other parents in our community to do the same thing with their boys.
I have no knowledge that the men in question on this post had anything other then friendly intentions or even heroic intentions in regards to the 15 year old so I don’t particularly want to make this about them. this is about the future. It’s about moving forward as a community. The police and school will handle the immediate disciplinary problems of this situation. It is we, as parents, who will have to take this situation and apply it to our own child-rearing behavior.
And HP Guru, A threat on a blog would never deter a predator. Any threats that I make to a would-be predator would be made in person.
You shouldn’t condemn the adults for commenting on the recklessness of this situation.Frankly, we are older and wiser and have experienced many things– good and bad. Everyone learns from their mistakes and those of others.
I will criticize the girl’s so-called “friends that love her” that allowed her to drink about NINE drinks that evening. I looked up a Blood Alcohol Calculator to find a 100-120 lb. female would have to consume 9-11 drinks/shots to reach a bac of 4.0. That is a ridiculous amount of alcohol. So sad and criminal that no one stopped her before she reached her coma. Buzz kill.
I agree with you that it was commendable that someone called for emergency help instead of running from any responsibility.
As for some other people’s points that “this kind of thing happens all the time, it’s been going on for years, so it’s okay”, I would have to vehemently disagree. When I was a lowly worker at the country club, I learned very quickly that a certain group of “elite” people thought they were above the law and the rules, and very clearly transferred that same attitude and belief to their children.
It disturbs me that so many of our neighbors think all this is no big deal, and it’s just a kids will be kids type situation. You know what? There are a lot of kids out there who don’t have fake IDs and don’t go partying to bars and clubs on a weeknight or even weekend. And the problem starts right at home with the parents: quit making up excuses, step up to the plate and be a parent!
I learned that the kids who were square, not so popular, and focused on future goals, often turned into the most successful and well-adjusted adults. Many are now leaders in business, medicine, science, and government. (I know that there are lots and lots of exceptions; everyone knows people who partied and are now millionaires or past presidents.)
I seriously doubt that 400 out of 500 kids (80%) are drinking every weekend with fake IDs. I bet the number is much smaller.
1. There was plenty of partying going on when I was in HS but none of us could afford a high caliber fake ID. What are we talking about here? A couple hundred dollars? Where is this cash coming from? My kids are too young right now but I am certain I would want some accounting on that kind of $$$.
2. There have been some comments about the HS kids posting FB photos featuring drinking. There are plenty of parents posting pics like that too! I am frequently amazed by this. And some of these people are “friends” with their kids and their friends so everyone gets to share in the fun!
3. Can’t remember the names of the posters above but I could relate to feeling like the parent who is always “up in arms”. My husband and I are often accused of being “uptight”. It irritates me that we have to be the “bad guy” all the time.
and finally (going a little off topic)…..for all the kids that feel insecure about not being cool or popular:
4. Give it 15 – 20 years. You will be quite surprised where all the chips end up falling.
Brian: “To vote.”
Again, all I ever needed to know I learned in 80’s movies.
See, the key is to make sure that your kid has a reasonably low allowance and a crummy, novelty Alabama fake ID (like the one I had in HS) that only works at the ghetto beer stores (read: Park Lane and Shady Brook by Sam’s Club). That way they won’t be downing shots at a concert for $8 a pop, they’ll be drinking 12 packs of Bud Ice and Zima at whoever’s-parents-are-out-of-town’s house like normal high schoolers. Kids these days….
And, James Tucker, did you just say “Boy Toy” out loud with your super serious tone on?
It’s just not that hard to avoid being arrested. Simply don’t break the law, and don’t hang with those who do.
I fully hold parents accountable for what their children do until they graduate from high school. After that, there’s an element of risk that parents can’t do much to control; only influence.
At one time, Highland Park had standards where things like this hardly ever happened. It’s clear relaxing those standards was a terrible idea.
Wouldn’t it be better to say we don’t want this type of behavior from our kids and the ones who behave this way should be held accountable?
And, all the kids in town say the id’s were made by an SMU student RELATED to one of the boys. He is turn sold them in groups of 10 for only $150 each vs the regular price of $500 an i.d. A future business leader. Daddy must be proud.
Don’t think the school will do anything about this either; they never do.
AND A LOT OF KIDS GO TO CONCERTS ON SCHOOL NIGHTS!! like why wouldn’t we??
i love this girl. and the 3 guys are very nice boys too.
Although the Dallas Police don’t seem to think so – nay, they are after the adults who served her or provided her alcohol. 15 is not an adult in the eyes of the law. Don’t like it – write your congressman!
who are you talking to?
I survived HP. I find that when I speak to people my age that went to other schools, I encountered FAR fewer dangerous situations than they.
In high school, there were plenty of good and well liked kids that didn’t party.
Most of my friends did a fair amount of drinking our senior year. I didn’t want to come home drunk to my early curfew and wide-awake parents. So when I wasn’t DD, I took the drinks offered me and discreetly used them to water the plants. Maybe I was stupid to not just take a stand and visibly not drink, but I never had to answer any questions or feel any pressure for not drinking.
Drinking in high school is nothing new for H.P. or any other school. It is a serious problem that should be taken as such. However, when my older brother was at HPHS, SEVERAL kids had to go to AA class at UP town hall because of a big party that was busted. Just before I started high school, a boy died in drinking related wreck. The other kids involved in that same accident went on to be productive good adults. My class is forever immortalized in wikipedia for one of the parties we threw. The list goes on and on and on and on.
Parents need to take an active role in their children’s lives. They need to set boundaries and consequences. I didn’t particularly want to deal with the wrath of God when I came home . . . .
I am a somewhat recent graduate of HP – times have probably changed a little bit, but not enough for my recollections to be unhelpful. In a class of 500, probably 250 of them drink, based on my recollection of around half my class drinking when we graduated. I don’t subscribe to the “it’s not a big deal” viewpoint, but I also have some deference to the “kids will be kids viewpoint” – i was in a fraternity in college, yada yada.
There’s a big difference between kids being kids and seniors getting freshmen drunk at concerts. Now, obviously, no one but the kids at the concert know who was getting her drinks. It’s totally possible that the three boys who have been implicated are being blamed for the actions of many at the concert. It’s totally possible that they weren’t even hanging out with the girl. Of course, it’s also totally possible that they were the ones getting her drunk. It doesn’t really matter.
I am barely sympathetic to the viewpoint that it’s not really her fault – after all, when I was a freshman, if a bunch of hot senior girls told me to do something, I probably would have done it. That being said, does she really have clean hands here? No way. Obviously, she could have avoided the situation entirely. That wouldn’t be the most popular thing to do, and a tough thing for a freshman in high school to understand, of course, but it’s unfair to act like she is totally faultless here.
Furthermore, there’s a pretty good chance no one (including the police) is ever really going to know what happened. If she was “that drunk” chances are here memory of the night is pretty black-out hazy. The guys have no incentive to talk, especially if their story is just going to be self-incriminatory.
They’re going to get in trouble for having the fake IDs, but the chain of custody between Austin and Dallas is going to be pretty hard to prove. I’m sure whoever the “Austin connection” is has already dumped his ID stuff. If there was in fact a kid in HP who was supplying the other students through a UT student, then there are probably a bunch of phone calls between the two of them – but that doesn’t prove anything alone. They could have been good friends just staying in touch.
It will be very interesting to see what comes of all of this. The one saving grace (in terms of justice seeing the light of day) is that the incident occurred at the Palladium (in Dallas) as opposed to someone’s house in HP or UP. The HP and UP police quite frankly are neither capable nor equipped to deal with these kind of investigations. They are traffic cops. There’s a reason Dallas police is called in whenever there’s any kind of real situation in the Park Cities.
@Unknown:
1. Because you have to get up the next day and go to school.
2. Because you have homework and tests to study for.
3. Because you have a tournament to play in.
4. Because you need some sleep.
5. Because you are babysitting.
6. Because you are helping your little sister or brother with a project.
7. Because you are helping your parents by doing some chores.
8. Because you are damaging your hearing. (I know you’re really rolling your eyes on that one.)
9. Because you could be helping out a non-profit agency or volunteering for your church.
10. Because high-school teenagers shouldn’t be out partying with adults and alcohol.
But I guess you don’t really care about anything other than having a good time.
Like you said the ’80s movies are very instructive.
I appreciate your comments. I hope I came across okay in my “super serious tone”.
In the reader discussion section, Shreve talked about her research on teenage drinking. She said that the parents she interviewed universally agreed that (1) teenage drinking is an epidemic; (2) almost all teenagers drink; and (3) their own child does not drink.
Here’s the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Novel-Anita-Shreve/dp/0316067342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274828026&sr=1-1
It may be the best five bucks you ever spend.
HP students will continue their mistaken belief of their own entitlement to be exempt from laws and rules, and everyone will eventually laugh over lots of talk, but no action.
Sometime in the future, some girl will die or become a vegetable, and she will become a human sacrifice for previous inaction.
At a school where cheating, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, social abuse, and other examples of misbehavior is tolerated and excused, the ticking time bomb is bad citizens, and next-generational lawlessness.
Too bad. The education can be one of the best on the planet.
its ‘could have’ not ‘could of’…ga
If for instance the 19 year old were found to be in a relationship with the 15 year old girl, he would be wide-open to prosecution In Texas since he is more than 3 years older.
We all know where alcohol, partying and unsupervised teens leads.
where does the school district
get so high and mighty that they
can punish students for behavior
when they are not in class or at
a school event?
morals police is not a role the
school district should play.
Dallas Police was callled because it happened in DAllAS! Had it happened in UP or HP the “Traffic Cops” would have to deal with it. DPD would not be called in because they have no jurisdiction. This is basic police 101 work. Keep up the civil work.
Not ALL the kids drink, but it’s getting difficult for those who don’t to find anyone to hang with! Very sad that good behavior negatively impacts their ability to have some fun in high school. It’s very true that rules are selectively applied by the football coaches and administration. This group of senior boys have been treated like they were the chosen ones for so long, they do not feel accountable to anyone. Their problems and attitudes negatively impacted the whole football season. Parents who who want popular children, coaches whose only priority is winning, and an administration that is weak are to blame. Same old story, same old dance. Odds on a different outcome?
At the end of each year, 2 graduates from HP are selected to receive “The Blue Blanket Award”. I would venture to guess that these two students are not amongst the “everybody is drinking crowd”. Call me naive, but it is my best guess. Also at the senior awards assembly, students are awarded various scholarships. Most are in memory/honor of someone that has been part of this community. I wonder how the families of those being remembered choose these recipients? If EVERYONE is drinking, who do they name as the deserving honorees that will represent someone they deeply loved? Ever heard of C.A.R.E.? This is a program offered through the YMCA and stands for Chemical Awareness Resources and Education. They also give scholarships to recipients who have shown their commitment to the abstinence of drug and alcohol abuse as well as educating others. Wonder how all of these groups find any one to give these honors/scholarships to if everyone is simply interested in partying??? Though I did not personally know any of the students honored with the CARE scholarships last year, I did read their profiles and responses to Q & A’s in a mailer sent out after graduation. Quite to the contrary of some of the above comments, these students did choose a different lifestyle. Even more impressive was their involvement at HPHS. Captains and participants in various varsity sports, a lead actor in the musical, Homecoming Queen, members of HP Football’s Player Committee, leaders of FCA, founder of Iron Sharpens Iron (a student led Christian based club), a Scotman, Student Council representatives, class officers, etc. So, these students…..who were chosen because of their commitment to lead lives that were drug and alchohol free, were actually LEADERS in our community!!!!! My guess is that other scholarship recipients reflected likeminded students and there are MANY MORE each year who do not receive awards that also follow this philosophy of living. I believe that there are more kids living within the law, have had great high school experiences and are liked and respected by their peers without giving into the pressure of “everybody is doing it.” There are students out there that can and do live without the red solo cups and fake IDs that have been written about in the above comments and in the press. Congratulations to all those who have risen to the challenge to be different. You give us all hope.
After dinner on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night, drop by the Kinki Lounge on lower Greenville or the Glo Lounge on Knox/Henderson. You might be surprised to see which HPHS student you see on the stage go-go dancing in a skimpy bra and panty outfit with dollar bills hanging from their straps. If they aren’t on the stage dancing, you might see they have a drink while observing the bizarre atmosphere.
It’s not only drinking, smoking and drugs we need to be concerned about…..
And honestly, our grade is very good about not drinking and driving. So other than this incident, there’s generally no harm done (except breaking the law).
And quit blaming the guys. They deserve the charges they have, but they didn’t force anything down her throat. The girl made the choice to drink, and yes, 15 is old enough to make your own decisions. Everyone does by that age. She made a poor one. I’m glad she’s ok, but this is her fault.
Plain and simple- You are gossiping!
My hope would be that when mistakes such as these, that could have had tragic repercussions, happen, that the students and community members would take it as an opportunity to prevent it from happening again. (Talk to their kids, set new boundaries for behavior, issue consequences, band together with other parents in enforcement, etc.) In other words, instead of allowing the problem to get larger, find a way to decrease the probability of it happening again. However, I have seen and heard a prevalent attitude of “it’s not that big of a deal” and “it’s going to happen, you can’t stop it, so why try”. Not from everyone, mind you. But, from many young people and some adults as well.
The fact that this incident happened is not shocking to me. The attitude about it is what I find most disturbing.
I couldn’t agree more with you about the casual attitude of some. Bad parenting is the gift that keeps on punishing for generations.
“No harm done (except breaking the law.)
Your comment makes me really sad. I won’t change your mind, but harm was done by everyone involved. It just may not be evident to you for many years, if ever.
@Glass Half Full
I have no intentions of discussing the situation involving the freshman girl or senior boys. I would like to point out to you that I did in fact know several of the students who received the CARE scholarships last year. Several of them DID drink and DID do drugs. I find it quite sad how good some kids are at fibbing on resumes, especially when students, such as myself, actually work hard for the scholarships and awards we recieve. It seems like many of my peers get away with almost anything, and still get commended by the community for being “outstanding leaders”. Unfortunately you can’t believe everyone’s “impressive resume”.
so true! I just don’t know why everyone (parents mostly) are freaking out about this. like they didn’t ALL know how many of us (I personally don’t but you know what I mean) drink and break the law. they just like having scapegoats I guess but the truth is, its pretty much everybody.
you are a joke
….hahah well ya good point but..
WHAT IF?
what if we didnt care about getting up early
what if we didnt have homework or a test
what if we didnt have a tournament to play in
what if we didnt need sleep
what if we weren’t babysitting
what if our little brother or sister could do it on their own, what if we didn’t have a younger sibling
what if our parents didn’t need our help
what if we weren’t damaging our hearing (I know you’re really rolling your eyes on that one.)
what if we didn’t need to help a non-profit agency
what if we weren’t out with adults but just with our friends.
oh yea WHAT IF?
oh and about the freshman class….the majority of them drink. I bet about only 80 do not drink. I would know:)
“HP students will continue their mistaken belief of their own entitlement to be exempt from laws and rules…”
They learn entitlement from observing their parents’ behavior in the MIS/HPMS carpool line. IJS
WHAT IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE THINGS TO DO?
huh huh?
WHAT IF
1. Because you have to get up the next day and go to school.
2. Because you have homework and tests to study for.
3. Because you have a tournament to play in.
4. Because you need some sleep.
5. Because you are babysitting.
6. Because you are helping your little sister or brother with a project.
7. Because you are helping your parents by doing some chores.
8. Because you are damaging your hearing. (I know you’re really rolling your eyes on that one.)
9. Because you could be helping out a non-profit agency or volunteering for your church.
10. Because high-school teenagers shouldn’t be out partying with adults and alcohol.
oh and btw..
the majority of the freshman class drink, about 80 of them DO NOT drink. shocker. I would know:)
WHAT IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE THINGS TO DO?
huh huh?
WHAT IF
1. Because you have to get up the next day and go to school.
2. Because you have homework and tests to study for.
3. Because you have a tournament to play in.
4. Because you need some sleep.
5. Because you are babysitting.
6. Because you are helping your little sister or brother with a project.
7. Because you are helping your parents by doing some chores.
8. Because you are damaging your hearing. (I know you’re really rolling your eyes on that one.)
9. Because you could be helping out a non-profit agency or volunteering for your church.
10. Because high-school teenagers shouldn’t be out partying with adults and alcohol.
oh and btw..
the majority of the freshman class drink, about 80 of them DO NOT drink. shocker. I would know:)
the mom one was my moms..i was accidently on hers:)
WHAT IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE THINGS TO DO?
huh huh?
WHAT IF
1. Because you have to get up the next day and go to school.
2. Because you have homework and tests to study for.
3. Because you have a tournament to play in.
4. Because you need some sleep.
5. Because you are babysitting.
6. Because you are helping your little sister or brother with a project.
7. Because you are helping your parents by doing some chores.
8. Because you are damaging your hearing. (I know you’re really rolling your eyes on that one.)
9. Because you could be helping out a non-profit agency or volunteering for your church.
10. Because high-school teenagers shouldn’t be out partying with adults and alcohol.
oh and btw..
the majority of the freshman class drink, about 80 of them DO NOT drink. shocker. I would know:)
You’ve responses say so much about you and your values. Sad.
thanks for areeing!
@laurie
It’s you’re not you’ve, nice try;)
and I have good values. You don’t even know who I am. So don’t judge. (you can’t judge a book by it’s cover)
P.S. I’m not judging you as a book cover. Your opinions on the blog are like the content inside the book.
You can have the last word. I have to go save a country in Africa.
OMG IM GOING TO AFRICA TOMORROW TOO!! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! but seriously…I am going there tomorrow, no joke.
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