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| Thu, 06-08-2006 - 1:45pm |
Ok, I had absolutely nothing to worry about! I'm so glad, but that still meant I barely slept last night. My son was home before 830 this morning, from "camping" over an hour away. He was very bright and cheery, most definately not hung over. He learned a lot about his class mates, and the assumptions he'd made about them. He thought certain people would be drinking and others getting high (oh, yea, there was pot there, too....) and was surprised at who was getting high. He said they were all acting like idiots, trying to jump over a 6 foot bon fire and other totally stupid stuff. He said he grabbed probably a dozen kids before they could fall in the fire. He was sort of ticked because he didn't want to try to find his way out of there in the dark, with a burnt, drunk friend and he knew the nearest hospital was a good couple of hours away. He got a first hand look at how stupid people are when they are drunk and high. He said he went to sleep (locked in his car!) around midnight, about the time shirts started coming off.
I'm so stinking proud of my boy!
BTW, we do have a Senior All Nighter, but it's the night of graduation. Yesterday was only the last day of school. For the All Nighter, we've rented a huge place that has bowling and water slides, rock climbing, wave pool, indoor and out door mini golf, bumper boats and go karts. There will be great prizes for every kid to bring home and probably more food than the class can eat over night. The kids load on school buses at 9pm, we get over there at 10pm and load buses again at 4am. Everyone has to go over on the bus and come back on the bus. No one is allowed to leave the building once they enter. There is no alcohol or drugs (of course) and because our event is being held in Idaho, and their law is what we have to go by, if any one is caught with it, they will be arrested. That's big. They've never had problems at all in the past. I'm also the coordinator for this event, and will be attending (but most definately not going down the water slides! LOL)
This "camp out" isn't a formal thing, but it's something the seniors do every year. It's not supervised or sponsored by the school in any way. It does make me wonder where a bunch of 18 year olds got that kind of quanity of alcohol!

I think I've read these way out of order but oh well that's how most of my life is - out of order! I know you are very, very proud of your son and I'm happy that it worked out well for you.
You stated that your formal graduation party will be in Idaho - I'm leaving Tues for Idaho to visit my DD. I'm not looking forward to spending all day on an airplane and in airports but it's worth it to get to visit my first baby.
I'm glad that they enforce the law there. In our area (TN), underage kids found with alcohol or pot are not punished in anyway. Sometimes, the cops poor out the alcohol or burn the pot and call the parents but that's it. Cops will see the same kid weekend after weekend and that's it - just call mom. It's illegal here to and I really think after the first (maybe second) warning the kids should be arrested while they are still kids and won't go to "big boy jail". It is time for our sheriff election and I'm seriously thinking of voting for an unknown just over this one issue. I've also thought about calling him and asking him why he allows this. I haven't b/c I know it won't change anything and it'll only frustrate me more.
I would hope that my DD would behave like your DS did and at this point I think she would have. A couple of years ago she'd have been jumping the fire with the others. You've taught your son well - congratulations to you both!!
Thanks! I'm really proud of him. He gave his dad more details than he gave me (as if I wasn't gonna find out?? LOL) But I'll let him think they are sharing a great secret.
In years past, the senior all nighter was done at the school, in WA. If a kid was caught with an illegal substance or alcohol, the parents were called to pick up the kid. But, with it being in a business and in Idaho, the rules and laws are different. I actually wish we were having it at the school, I think the kids would get a lot more out of it. But, who am I to say, they are just sure they want to go to Triple Play (www.3play.com) so that is how it is. They have to pay a lot more money and get a lot less in gifts.