School Balls

[Stirts]

Once again let us reduce the ability for the yoof of today about respect for risk and consequences! And stunt their ability to test and know their boundaries!

Because yet again, we change the rules to suit the lowest common denominator!!

[Trudes]

Once again let us reduce the ability for the yoof of today about respect for risk and consequences! And stunt their ability to test and know their boundaries!

Because yet again, we change the rules to suit the lowest common denominator!!

Exactly! Give them enough rope and see what they do, they may tie a knot... or they may hang themselves, either way hopefully they've learned something for themselves.

[The Pastor]

nah school balls are expensive and gay

[rachprice]

At one ball after party I fingered a girl on the dance floor then got so drunk I fell over outside my mates house and when i woke up there was frost on my clothes..

At the same party 2 of my friends were trying to woo this girl, one of them went so far as to press his boner into her hand..

Yeah, we were all class.

haahhaha I think I have a photo from that night
Even that girl!

[Stirts]

haahhaha I think I have a photo from that night
Even that girl!

Share with the group!

[Sidewinder]

I saw on the news that a school in Auckland is talking of cancelling the senior school ball because the kids have planned an after ball party where they are all planning on getting a bit pissed and shock horror, might actually have FUN The best part of stupid school balls are the piss-up, oops I mean the party afterward!! What a bunch of party poopers! Teenages have been doing this for years, and most get drunk at partys most weekends anyway, so what's the big deal? I heard something about the organizers charging an entry fee to cover the cost of booze.... if that's the case, then maybe the school has a point.
Thoughts?

yeah and everyone wounders why kids are growen up and being so bad, they wana have fun but no one will let them

[rachprice]

Share with the group!

have to wait till i get home but I will ahaha

[Emore]

The alcohol dealers in NZ (the "entertainment" industry) sure have done a number on our society. They have trained us up from a young age to think that you can't have fun unless you are out on the town consuming their products.

Owners of alcohol import and manufacture and distribution companies are some of the richest people in NZ.

Your young children will be going to serve these people as well.

[Stirts]

have to wait till i get home but I will ahaha

I used to manage a Kodak Express store and I loved the School Ball season, such farken larfs we had looking at all the dodgy photos!!!

My voyeuristic tendencies need to be satisfied!

[Stirts]

The alcohol dealers in NZ (the "entertainment" industry) sure have done a number on our society. They have trained us up from a young age to think that you can't have fun unless you are out on the town consuming their products.

Owners of alcohol import and manufacture and distribution companies are some of the richest people in NZ.

Your young children will be going to serve these people as well.

Once again, let us blame someone else for the way our kids act! Do you not think that parental guidance and the like do not enter into this equation at all?

That is one very sweeping generalisation you have made. What I class as fun may not nessecarily be fun for you.

I had a lot of friends when I was young who hated the taste of alcohol but still managed to have shitloads of fun when out socialising. Granted, some people needed a drink to relax and let their hair down, and some had more serious issuses like alcoholism.

And then there are some that had other vices..... drugs, food, sex!

We should be providing them with more knowledge, guidance and role models, and then let them learn for themselves. Get them to take responsibility for their actions and the consequences following those actions.

Some people need to stop blaming alcohol, drugs, takeaway outlets for the way we act/live/are and take some farken responsibility for their own actions!

[imdying]

I was always honest with my folks as to what I was doing, and as such they trusted me. If I wanted booze, I asked and they would purchase it for me (with my money) and in return I would tell them where I was going to be etc. It's about give and take. I had friends whose folks forbid them to come partying with us and drink etc and they were always the ones who would sneak out and get so slaughtered that we'd end up taking them home, dumping them on their doorstep and ringing the doorbell until their mummy came to take them inside. I was given trust and freedom and as such made sure I didn't fuck that up and kept out of trouble. Tell a teenager they can't do something and they will only go do it 10 times harder.

Damn right. Worked for me too. They let me make my own mistakes... and I made them alright, but learnt things I'd likely not have learnt any other way.

[Grubber]

*Disclaimer* I am not a parent of a child at Rangitoto College.


However...

I totally support the school in this stance. Shit yes, call me a party pooper, call me a wowzer if you dare. Call me a kill joy while you are at it.

The community voted this schools BOT (Board of Trustees) in, they must have supported what they stood for surely? The parents of kids attending the school ball had to sign a permission slip that clearly stated the ball tickets were sold on the agreement that there was no booze at the ball, and no after ball piss up was permitted. Parents signed to that agreement and tickets to the ball were sold. End of story you would think.

No. There was an afterball event (a really important right of passage IMO, but against the rules at this school) organised and these same parents let their kids attend. The organisers of this after ball should be ashamed of themselves as should the parents that allowed their kids to attend it.

How can you be seen to set a "good" example to your kids if you show them that you are prepared to sign an agreement that you have no intention of keeping, and proving that even if there are rules you can break them and that is all ok?

Personally I would have been attending PTA meetings and talking about how positive it can be for kids to have that after ball piss/spew up, offering my support to keep it safe. There is no way I would have signed a slip to say, I agreed to the terms laid out ie, there was no afterball, in the full and certain knowledge there was, and allow my son or daughter to attend.
My kids would not have gone to the ball Cinderella. I most likely would have removed them from the school long before being placed in that position to be frank.

You reap what you sow folks. Vote in conservatives you get conservatives. Teach your kids to be dishonest and guess what you get?

So let me get this right. You would rather remove your kids from this school so as to allow them to get nuked rotton at another school that would condone 14 and 15 year olds drinking. Oooo you make a lovely Mum???????

[Emore]

Once again, let us blame someone else for the way our kids act! Do you not think that parental guidance and the like do not enter into this equation at all?

They grew up the same way too. It is socially acceptable and considered normal behaviour in NZ.

And some of this countrie's richest people are in the liquor industry.

Like that millionaire that crashed his helicopter a couple of years ago...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato/ne...ectid=10356108

I have worked for one of Otago's richest families that's wealth is from the liquor industry also.

These people have spent a lot of time and money getting this society trained up like good little sheep to behave as they are told.

[Stirts]

It is socially acceptable and considered normal behaviour in NZ.

I will agree with that ..... to some extent.

Like that millionaire that crashed his helicopter a couple of years ago...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato/ne...ectid=10356108

linky brokded

I have worked for one of Otago's richest families that's wealth is from the liquor industry also.

Sweet do you get perks? Fridge full of Speights every week?

[Nagash]

So, we've blamed the kids, the parents, the school, and now the alcohol industry in general.

Why do we have to blame anyone at all?

In every school some kids plan an afterball, if there wasn't going to be a 'school wide' afterball that it'll just be held in smaller house parties. It's going to happen regardless, school kids like to drink. Not all of them, and those kids aren't exactly forced to. It's an oppourtunity to experiment and see how you like it, great in my opinion. I knew a few school kids who could really do with a drink at school as an excuse to just free themselves up a bit.

The parents were raising their kids how they wanted to. They considered it okay for their kid to drink and that's their right. Hence the law about parents being allowed to buy their kids alcohol... A parent may raise their kid any way they want, just because another person disagrees with this doesn't mean they're wrong.

The school did what they were forced to do, punish the students for breaking the rules. No surprise there. They do have the government looking over their shoulders..

The alcohol industry is trying to make money. Any way they can, like any other hugely successful businesses. Fast food franchises kill you, cigarettes kill you, gambling ruins your life, but it's all about personal responsibility on that one. No one can say without a doubt that they advertise to underage drinkers, but with those RTD drinks etc. you'd think otherwise..

I think everyone was just being themselves, and the situation broke out like it does at every school, every year. And will do for a long time to come.