Ethical question

[Precocity]

Well I would rewrite that text. Starting out with:

"Okay, so I'm really getting tired of buying my own supplies for my chemistry class."

Might not go over big.

[PoS]

[John Galt]

50 dollars isn't unreasonable to ask of them, let alone 10

can you do your own fundraiser though? id assume administration would frown at that. didn't you already encourage drug use on facebook?

[Dobby]

[Hyperion]

I made a joke on Facebook when Colorado legalized marijuana that weed should be legal so that Twinkies are brought back. I would never encourage drug use by teenagers, although to be honest I overhear my kids talk about pot and alcohol all the time in the hall and I just ignore it. I have quite a few students each semester who have drug problems. I make sure the parents or counselors already know about the issue, and then talk to them privately because I've lost good friends to drugs (death, prison, and rehab). A lot of the kids really need to sit down with someone who has been there in those situations. I never indict myself, but I've been pretty much heard everything at this point. I won't feed them to the BS War on Drugs lines, but I will try to be a voice of reason. For example I had a student who mixed alcohol and benzos, then drove around to friends houses. I really set my foot down on trying to talk to him about this because he already totaled his car and I knew two people who got DUIs/DWIs that way.

But anyway, the football team receives large amounts of money. We just rebuilt our stadium a few years ago. Soccer and volleyball probably get far less.

Do you guys think a class fundraiser would be appropriate for a regular class? We have some AP teachers who bend the rules and offer 'voluntary' AP classes on Saturdays which really aren't voluntary, so I'm thinking it would be okay. I just really don't like the idea of forcing poor kids to pay up.

[Hyperion]

I was thinking about it all last night because I'll have to bring up the ideas to the principal. We already charge the kids for a tie-dye lab but it's a voluntary "free 100" lab assignment. I think I'm going to offer two options as bonus:

- Sell ice cream for at least $20.
- Create and store ice cream before or after school.