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mystic wrote:
>Every district has different rules

Yep, that was the general idea of my post, since I'm in Sweden, Scandinavia,
Europe.

>Wrong.

? How can I be wrong when we just agreed that there are differences?

>If I were
>you, I'd look closely at the disciplinary plan of your school.

And?

>Again, check your district.  In most Texas school districts, tobacco is
>an illegal substance that cannot evn be possessed by persons under the
>age of 18.  So teachers (in fact, anyone employed by the district) CAN
>confiscate your cigarettes, and you won't even be able to pick them up
>at the end of the day. Instead, you'll be charged with possession of
>tobacco and probably do three days in DMC, plus you might be charged in
>juvenile court and have to pay a fine.


Actaully, tobacco is an interesting example. Around here, recently they
changed the law to not allow minors to purchase tobacco products. However,
that doesn't mean�that it is illegal to smoke or possess them, and hence
schools can't confiscate them.

>>
>> BTW, if using a phone was equal to selling drugs, they would have serios
>> problems here since around 80% of 14-18-year-olds have phones. Problems
in


>80%?  Whew, where did you get THOSE figures?  You've obviously led a
>very sheltered life.

I have? Excuse me but there are places outside of Texas, where mobile phone
penetration is quite high.


> Again, you'd better check your district.  In most
>of those in Texas, you'd have to kiss that cell phone goodbye  --  and
>if you brought it to school more than once, you'd be charged, sent to
>alternative school (where you can't even bring GUM into class), and your
>parents would probably be out several hundred dollars in court costs.


This is the Land of the Free.......hmmm.

/Marcus