Pot. What would you have done?

dmd77
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:45:00 +0000

Many years ago I taught first period science in an inner city school (in San Jose, CA). One student was fond of showing up with his bottle of OJ… it only took me a few weeks to realize that he had vodka in his OJ most mornings. After I spoke to him about it, it was only OJ. At the end of the year, he asked me to change his grade so that he would graduate (he needed a 65% to graduate, he had something in the 50s), because then he could enlist in the Army. I told him I needed a note from the recruiter, got the note, talked to the principal to verify he would graduate if he passed science… and gave him the 65%. The entire administration knew he had a drinking problem, but didn’t want to suspend him, because they were afraid he’d never come back.