MEXCOM said:
The first being that you don't believe the parent's should know what the person does before going to work. This falls short because we don't know what the person is going before work. He could be a pothead. Probably no danger there. Or he could be a registered sex offender. And since the children's safety is ultimately a responsibility of the parents and due to this they should have every right in knowing who is taking care of their children. I don't know why you're arguing against that. It's not your or my decision and since the outcome is ultimately anti-drug users it is once again not YOUR decision.
Obviously a registered sex offender would be a completely different matter, why do you even bring that up here? Of course the parents should have every right to know who is taking care of their children, they should meet the people taking care of their children and get to know them. I am not arguing against that at all. I also don't believe it is any of their business what these people do in their personal time, and this includes every second they are not working and on the clock.
Like I said, there are people who can act straight and do everything very efficiently when they're high. And they shouldn't have to tell anyone that they smoke before going to work, as long as it doesn't have a negative affect on what they're supposed to be doing at work. Do you feel the same way about people smoking ciggarettes? I would say most people wouldn't trip as much on ciggies, because they go on a smoke break and come back like its nothing, no big change.
Well, with a lot of people, including me, weed is the same way. I could go on a break while I'm at work, smoke a little bit, and come back like nothing happened and continue to do my work efficiently. People don't understand this and view marijuana as simply just another drug, but ignorance shouldn't make people who smoke weed suffer in the work world.
MEXCOM said:
Secondly you have just proven, yes you really have to anyone with half a brain which might exclude most everyone reading this post, that you know nothing about the law. Care to explain what the four components of negligence are and how this not only affects the children and the parents but also, if not especially, the school system? And then care to illustrate how that ties into the parents and the school needing to know what he does before he comes into work?
Do people have to say if they smoke ciggarettes on their breaks too? Like I said before, it's the ignorance that people have towards marijuana. It is no one's business, not the school, not the parents, not the students, not ANYONE's, what teachers and workers at a school do in their personal time. And I do know the laws against marijuana, but allow me to say fuck them. And I definitely dont believe that people should be able to use marijuana smoking against someone if they sue for some reason. I think that's what you're referring to...
MEXCOM said:
And I've known tons of meth/cocaine/heroin addicts that aren't your typical stung out 90lb fiends. Not everyone fits the junkie/pothead sterotype. But I still wouldn't trust any of these people around my children. You might, I wouldn't. And since everyone pays for these services, be it taxation or some other stipend, then those paying the school district have every right to demand some method for them to filter out undesireables from working at the school.
They
can filter people out, it's not like they hire the dumbest people. I'm sure they hire and keep people who can do their job, otherwise they would get fired. If you as a parent have something against weed smokers around your children, are you gonna go everywhere and make sure everyone who they encounter doesn't smoke weed? What if your doctor smoked weed, would you find a new one? Dentist? What if your kid needed medical help and only a pothead doctor was around, would you refuse help? Don't judge people soley on marijuana use!
