Parties after prom

[CdwJava]

xteer76,

You can do whatever you want. Clearly that is what you intend anyway. But, understand, that the school may choose to take action if you are caught. Whether they should or could legally take any action is something that may be resolved long after you have lost out on any opportunity to walk with your peers at graduation or lost out on any scholarship or entry opportunities.

Is one night of fun that may well be illegal worth the risk to your future? I know that you're a teenager and think that nothing can happen to you and if it does, it's not fair. But, people DO get busted, and sometimes one tiny incident can screw your life up for a very long time. So, you can either think like an adult, be responsible, and consider your future. Or, you can continue to be a child and live for the moment. Your call ... man, or, boy.

 

[stealth2]

Additionally, there could be other consequences. A booze party is likely going to lead to some number of otherwise unplanned hook-ups. In the incident I mentioned previously, a good dozen young women capped off their post-prom festivities by getting pregnant. Which led to a totally different future than they had envisioned.

There was also at least one car accident - with a fatality.

Both of mine went with dates & friends to an all-night diner, then back to a friend's house to hang-out and crash.

 

[Mass_Shyster]

Oh, some parents were also charged with contributing to the deliquency of a minor for their part in the after parties.

Stifler's mom?

 

[cbg]

This was a few years ago but this was a local story for me. I didn't (and don't) know the people involved but it happened in the next town over from where I was living at the time; two towns down from where I live now.

http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x2083433859/Mother-son-arrested-on-alcohol-charges

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

I was gonna like this until you got to the part about the fatality. Such a great way to graduate, 18 and pregnant.

Additionally, there could be other consequences. A booze party is likely going to lead to some number of otherwise unplanned hook-ups. In the incident I mentioned previously, a good dozen young women capped off their post-prom festivities by getting pregnant. Which led to a totally different future than they had envisioned.

There was also at least one car accident - with a fatality.

Both of mine went with dates & friends to an all-night diner, then back to a friend's house to hang-out and crash.

 

[xteer76]

Stealth - what the h*** kind of party was this? It sounds epic. How many people were even there if 12 girls got pregnant?

I asked this question mostly out of interest/my opinion of what the principal said.
What's planned is no different to many other Saturday nights. And those ones don't end in arrests, multiple pregnancies or car accidents.
We don't plan on getting caught, we're just not that epic. The 'what if' of the school finding out interests me.

 

[CdwJava]

Stealth - what the h*** kind of party was this? It sounds epic. How many people were even there if 12 girls got pregnant?

I asked this question mostly out of interest/my opinion of what the principal said.
What's planned is no different to many other Saturday nights. And those ones don't end in arrests, multiple pregnancies or car accidents.
We don't plan on getting caught, we're just not that epic. The 'what if' of the school finding out interests me.

And this is why those involved will remain, "children." No one PLANS on getting caught, and certainly no one plans on dying ... yet, every week, kids die from these sorts of events. Alcohol, youth, and the teenage sense of entitlement and immortality can be a fateful (and fatal) combination.

 

[xteer76]

And this is why those involved will remain, "children." No one PLANS on getting caught, and certainly no one plans on dying ... yet, every week, kids die from these sorts of events. Alcohol, youth, and the teenage sense of entitlement and immortality can be a fateful (and fatal) combination.

CdwJava - My friends and I care about each other and look after each other. We don't drink and drive, we don't let each other wander off alone. We're not the epic party guys like Stealth talks about. We just hang out and have a few.

Have your fancy little mocha in CA. Here, we're real.

 

[CdwJava]

CdwJava - My friends and I care about each other and look after each other. We don't drink and drive, we don't let each other wander off alone. We're not the epic party guys like Stealth talks about. We just hang out and have a few.

Have your fancy little mocha in CA. Here, we're real.

We be real and stuff here, too. And every year I have to scrape the remains of kids like you off the road and all of their friends say the same things you said. Oh, and I have four teenage boys at home, too, so I understand all too well how it goes down.

Caring and looking after each other is great, but even that can and often does result in unforeseen legal consequences. And, occasionally, the unforeseen death or grave injury ... which does not even have to be caused by an automobile. Adults are often not responsible with alcohol - the majority of teenagers clearly are not.

One underage alcohol bust can ruin chances for a scholarship or even entry into college. One evening of tippling back a few can devastate your future. Sadly, it is the rare teenager who can actually see beyond today to consider the potential consequences of illegal, unsafe, and unwise acts. And, every year I hear tales of kids whose futures are cut short by either a minor bust for alcohol, or - worse - by death or injury as a result of over-indulgence of one sort or another. You may THINK you are different than most other teens (actually, you probably KNOW you are different), but, really, you're not. Such is the hubris of youth.

 

[Ohiogal]

CdwJava - My friends and I care about each other and look after each other. We don't drink and drive, we don't let each other wander off alone. We're not the epic party guys like Stealth talks about. We just hang out and have a few.

Have your fancy little mocha in CA. Here, we're real.

Hey, hotshot. Those parties can also result in you getting suspended from school. YOu can also be penalized by the school for your weekly Saturday nights. You are breaking the law and schools generally do not like criminals around.

 

[xteer76]

CdwJava - I could also die in a whole lot of 'innocent' ways. I'll keep spending time with my friends and having fun with them, thanks. And that's not the same thing as getting trashed or doing something dangerous.

Hey, hotshot. Those parties can also result in you getting suspended from school. YOu can also be penalized by the school for your weekly Saturday nights. You are breaking the law and schools generally do not like criminals around.

I don't know anyone that that's happened to so...probably not.

 

[TheGeekess]

CdwJava - I could also die in a whole lot of 'innocent' ways. I'll keep spending time with my friends and having fun with them, thanks. And that's not the same thing as getting trashed or doing something dangerous.



I don't know anyone that that's happened to so...probably not.

Alrighty then.

 

[xteer76]

This was a few years ago but this was a local story for me. I didn't (and don't) know the people involved but it happened in the next town over from where I was living at the time; two towns down from where I live now.

http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x2083433859/Mother-son-arrested-on-alcohol-charges

That mom can not be 50.
Wow.

Yeah you're going to need to find another example if you want me to actually read the article.

 

[cbg]

It's all one to me whether you read the article or not. I'm not the one who'll be scraping you off the highway, as Carl puts it.

It's been clear since your first post that you are not here for legal answers, but for someone to rubberstamp what you want to do and tell you it's okay to do it. I'm not going to do that, and I don't think anyone else here is either.

So go do what you want to do. You will anyway, no matter what we say.

 

[xteer76]

Actually, my basic question has been:

Isn't there something concrete regarding when a school's influence over you begins and ends?

Which nobody has answered with any legal background/evidence.