Don't ever do that again. Please.

Let's get this straight right now. I get that the school, and teachers, have a duty of care over all us students, and they're obliged to report things and take other necessary actions. I get that they're trying to help. (in most cases anyway). But, see, here's the thing: it's completely not ok to drag me out of class (in the week before my exams) and corner me in an office with the year co-ordinater and services co-ordinater and guilt trip/threaten me into telling them about who may or may not be taking drugs. No, really. It's just not.

And it becomes even less ok when the schools focus is simply on 'drugs bad' instead of 'help people who're vulnerable to this kind of thing right now'. There's always gonna be stoners, there's not a lot you can do about that. But in the particular case I got interrogated about, it was the pressure of other stuff that led the person in question to wanting to escape from it all. They didn't exactly choose the best way. And, frankly, I'd have been a lot more comfortable with telling them (the school) what they wanted to know if I'd been more confident that the school was going to focus on helping my friend, rather than punishing them.

And, while we're on the subject, it wasn't like the situation wasn't being handled. Several people, including me, had already spoken to her about the whole, 'drugs bad' thing. She wasn't going to go it again, she was seeing a psych, she had another place to stay if she needed it. Believe it or not, adminstratory people, students can, actually, be trusted to look after themselves and each other just fine. And its not like I haven't been handling people in crisis ALL YEAR.

So, overall, things didn't turn out as bad as they could have. The school actually got their act together and did some useful things, as well as a whole lot of not so helpful things. But, at the same time, most of what they're doing isn't actually helping what was the original problem in the FIRST place. No, that particular mess is the problem of the same people it would have been if the school hadn't decided they were going to bully their way into it: my friend, me, and the few other people that know what's going on.

So, to the school: Yes, you have a duty of care. But if you can't actually solve the problem, it's really kind of stupid wading in and potentially making it worse, as well as really, really putting me off talking to you about anything, ever. Like, really. That was intimidating. Don't do it again.