tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7648036290927449998..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Who's At Fault?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-51099122647443984772014-05-08T23:18:45.987-07:002014-05-08T23:18:45.987-07:00Showing up late definitely indicates a lack of con...Showing up late definitely indicates a lack of concern for the event. However ... why was the champagne bottle even found? And, as a less than proud member of the coffee club myself -- you can tell without a breathalyzer if someone has been drinking. You use the breathalyzer to confirm your suspicions after you smell it on them. For all you know? That bottle could have been from weeks ago, and have no relationship at all to the students or the parents. The standard should be: "Do I have reason to believe you've been drinking?" An empty bottle on a bus does not meet that standard, at least in my mind. And the fact that none of them tested positive bears out my point.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-26931275134043370712014-05-08T13:15:12.980-07:002014-05-08T13:15:12.980-07:00Proper prior planning...
I find it hard to have s...Proper prior planning...<br /><br />I find it hard to have sympathy for young adults (they are kids anymore) who arrive at 10:30 for an event which started at 8:00. Two and a half hours late for a four hour event and you want to tack the blame on the administration? Even if they were able to walk right in, they would only have 90 minutes at the prom.<br /><br />75 minutes to give 40 people a breathalyzer test? Less than two minutes to prep the machine, have the person blow (and many times, blow again because they didn't blow hard/long enough), read and record the results, and move on to repeat for the next person. Pretty good throughput if you ask me. The school was probably prepared with only one machine as one could reasonable argue no more than a handful of students at most would require testing. I would have never envisioned needing 40 tests in 90 minutes.<br /><br />Just because there was a large number of students involved doesn't mean they should get special treatment. Carload of four kids and one empty beer can, blow all four. Busload and one empty champagne bottle, yeah, we'll give you all a pass due to shear volume. Don't think that would, or should, fly.Steve USMA '85https://www.blogger.com/profile/01098957060650513905noreply@blogger.com