Whaayyy

I just got a place in a local college as long as my GCSE's are good enough. I'm gonna be doing Psychology (already interested in it,) Economics, History (one of my favourites,) and Philosiphy.

I already confuse people with philisophical stuff but now this new bunch will help me do even better.

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I know how you must feel. In my Calculus class, there's these two guys who party all the time, get drunk and high all night, and play golf all day. Somedays they even come to class high. What kills me is that these guys are getting high 70s and 80s while myself, who steers clear of thoes vices, struggles along.

(As a side note: Now Canada is thinking of legalizeing marijuana, as if booze and smokes weren't enough, now we need something to kill brain cells. Ranger, read the front page article of the Sun, disgusting isn't it.)

I see it as, just because your IQ and/or grades are high, dosen't necessarly mean you're smart.

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If they were doing drugs and driving, I would have gotten out of the car and walked the rest of the way.

What I find the most disturbing is the fact that today's youth are bombarded with drug abuse education, but they still do it anyway. I wanted to see exactly how big of a problem this is so I went to Stats Canada. Between 1997 and 2001, drug crimes have gone up 25% in all of Canada for all ages. For youths, drug charges have gone up 39% during the same time period. 
I think it's said that our peers feel that they must pump themselves full of chemicals to have a good time.

Hey wait a mo

Don't judge people JUSt because they take drugs. Its very hard growing up in todays youth. We don't have harsh economy problems but the liberty of choice is one that a teenager (still naive no matter how much bravado they cover it up with) will most likely want to rebel and because the boundries of our socioty are so wide we have to go further to push those boundries (told you i liked psychology.) Besides although one of my best friend seems to be constantly smoking weed and tobacco (I don't touch the stuff myself, I have a pretty strong peer pressure resiliance for my age which is 15) He is a really sincere and dependable bloke and I would trust him with my life, and hopefully vice versa.

Just because people take drugs does mean they are inherantly evil people it is in truth that the people who judge are the worse.

"Judge not lest ye be judged"

Ok, well perhaps I had been too harsh. I grew up in a very ethnic school for most of my life so far. When I entered the school it had a population of 50, and it was mostly composed of hard working highly disciplined students. The average family didn't even own a television set. The school only offered an education up to grade 10...by the time I left the school the population increased to 70. There was a student limitation, so they cant offer any more grade levels. So, I spent the second half of high school in my current one. It was only this year that I notched such a transition. I was surrounded by ethic hard working students and now everyone seems so immoral and less persevering. I suppose it was a steep transition with a vigorous reaction. I never met anybody with such a reckless life style and they are the people that I see day to day.

So, I keep my boundaries intact. The problem is that some people try to break those boundaries, I just segregated myself from the rest.

Other times I try to put myself in my classmates shoes. I suppose it is difficult to resist such temptations. Going by so much trouble to avoid this, there must be some reward in the end. I dont really mean a reward from myself, anybody who tries to take the same path.

I never realized the things that go on in our society. I think that these things didn't really exist a few centuries ago. Its probably was promoted by the coming of technology and stress in society. Has anybody read the book "Brave New World"? It was a book written in the 1930s and vision a world 500 years down the road. It was a world where the entire population works, its just what job you work in. The level of stress is maintained through sex on a regular basis and the frequent use of a drug called "soma", a drug that put balance when the mind is unstable. Later in the book, one of the characters die from an overdose.

The question is this. Is our society being steered in the wrong direction? There has been many changes in the past hundred years. I'm just going to leave us with that question. I'm not going to really push around any opinions. Past this point this can expode into a large post.

I also feel uncomfortable, because I might promote bad ideas.

Orenda, congratulations. You’re the first person I know to get a conditional acceptance to UofT. University of Toronto and University of Ottawa are sending their letters late. My friend heard nothing from UofT and I never heard nothing from UofO.

I have read this page and I want to commend both Ranger and Orenda. Today's youth have many pressures. I can remember when I was in high school in the 80's and drugs and alcohol were the "in" thing to do. Girlfreinds, alcohol, drugs, fitting in.....ect.... I saw many of my freinds collapse to peer pressure. Just from reading your posts to one another I am impressed on how "mature" the both of you are compared to the "other problem kids" you are describing.
It is a hard time to get through but believe me.....years from now you will look back and be "proud" of yourself for making the right decisions. After high school, alot of the pressures you have now be gone. I am 35 years old and can remember my high school years and pressures as if they were yesterday and it is funny..........I can say "Thank god" I didn't do that because it does matter. You both will go on to become who you want, maybe get married, get yor own place, maybe raise a family.......  I know this sounds far off but believe me,  time flies and the choices you make now will reflect who you will become tomorrow.
Then you can sit back in your mansion, look out to the sprawling country side, glance over at your car collection, see your beautiful wife making diner, sit back in your big comfy chair.........and enjoy that "well deserved" drink while that "problem kid" cleans out your horse stables!!!!
Dave  

After more thinking, some people are victims of themselves or victims of others. For reasons of breaking under stress and pressure, you cant be angry at them. I guess the real thing to be angry is at drugs itself, just for existing.

I feel compelled to think so much effort will sum up to something . I guess Fly2e said something neat, but no need for the fancy stuff like the car collection or stables ran by the troubled kid. At the same time, I suppose that we learn something from our bad experiences. Like if I ever have a kid of my own, I can better understand what he can go through, and help him through it.

Well, I guess I understand some of my class mates, I don’t exactly hate them, I hate what they do. I still feel bits or anger towards some figures in my school, just the ones that think I'm stupid for not joining them and the guys that treat girls like dirt after certain events. I just hope its not damaging, many of these girls are on the honor roll (Grade A average students). I would feel pretty bad if things can take them apart and put them somewhere low. I may already know one that spends time on the street...but lets not get into that last comment. Then for the high school students that now do drugs, will they regret what they did in high school? When they become adults and think that they will be (much more) happier now if they never did drugs?

As a related topic my neighbor just came back from university. She is at perhaps the most prestigious university in my province, Waterloo, not to mention she even got in with a scholarship. You have to work pretty hard to get in there, I didn't even bother applying. She’s even athletic and perhaps not bad looking either. Then she is in a relationship with a guy that is finishing up something big in this university. Apparently he is eager to get married. I think they set an example of hard work. They are VERY well educated, and have the world to explore. I guess sometimes you need to see the end before you get started.