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I'm really worried about going back and facing my second year of sixth form next year as a result of an incident that recently happened on a a school trip.

Our trip involved taking a group of 11-18 year olds to Spain. We were told prior to the trip that absolutely no one would be allowed to consume any alcohol. However on our first night, the teachers let the upper sixth (who have left school) drink alcohol. Now this was fair enough, but when us lower sixth (soon to be upper sixth) asked a teacher if we could also drink they said that we couldn't drink alcohol as we were not 18 and it could result in them possibly getting fired from their teaching jobs. However I was under the impression that the legal drinking laws in Spain were 16 and also, in previous school trips, both the lower and the upper sixth were allowed to drink. Therefore I felt this to be very unfair and what made matters worse was that when we revealed to the teacher that one of the upper sixth ones drinking was still 17, they said that was still ok because she was in 'upper sixth'. I found this to be rather backwards and frustrating.

In rebellion I brought myself an alcoholic drink from the bar the following night. I knew I shouldn't have done this but I guess it was just largely oput of annoyance that the school seemed to have such double standards over this issue and it seemed to lean towards favouritism. As a result of buying this one drink though, all the teachers who went on the trip with us now hate me and I have been told that the head will have to be informed. I am also worried that all of the other teachers who weren't on the trip will soon find out about it and so will act negatively towards me during my A2 year.

I have never got into any kind of trouble before and so this incident has made me feel incredibly stressed out, depressed and worried. I feel as if I have completely jeoapordised my future in sixth form. Should I just drop out now?

Reply 1

acore

1

Thats rediculous, dont drop out for something like that! If it does come up, then you should put your case forward like you've just done now ^^

Reply 2

User69701

10

I doubt they really care. When we all went on these trips we all drank (among other thigns).

And what are they gonna say: "You bought a drink? How dare you!" I'm pretty sure most teacher assume that students go drinking all the time. Thy are pretty smart you know.

Reply 3

crankycaz

2

The teachers won't 'hate' you for buying an alcoholic drink! Don't worry about it.

Reply 4

Chewwy

17

uh... it's 18 in spain, dummy.

you're not 18, so you can't drink. end of. stop complaining. you were in the wrong.

Reply 5

yellow96

15

I used to go to school drunk when I was fourteen. I doubt anybody will care.

Reply 6

reisen

9

lol i really doubt they'll care,

Reply 7

Dionysus

15

lol that's the daftest thing I've seen on here yet. I spent the better part of sixth form getting pissed with the staff... Where do you go? Is it a bit posh or something?

Reply 8

space hopper

1

You have hardly committed the crime of the century ~~
Don't worry about it for now, just enjoy the rest of the summer. Often the more you think about something you build it up in your mind into a really big thing when it isn't really at all....
If you get a *******ing when you go back don't whinge, just apologise and try and be mature, saying you didn't fully grasp at the time how strict the rules were and now you do you are sorry for what happened. Don't go in all guns blazing just brush it off and it will probably be quickly forgotten. And I bet someone else'll do something else much worse within about 10 mins back at school and that'll be the latest gossip.
If other teachers who weren't on the trip mention it to you, then try and match their attitude. If they are jokey, be jokey back, if they are disappointed in you look disappointed in yourself. Different teachers will take a different stance on it anyway and you are 17 not 12 i.e. its not exactly shocking for a 17 year old to drink!! Anyhow they probably got up to much worse at your age :wink:

Reply 9

QueenRachel

1

They were probably sloshed themselves...if that helps

Reply 10

7589200

18

althought you were wrong its not thaaaat big a deal in fairness
just play it cool lol

Reply 11

Knotty

Haha. When I went to France with my college, on the last night we were promised a visit to a night club, but we got taken to a restaurant instead. We ate and then were given free time in montmartre (an area full of bars) for 3 hours.

So everybody went to bars. The problem was that everything in bars cost so much and a small group of us went and bought some vodka from a supermarket and took it back to the hotel, got slightly wasted but not noticeably and thought nothing of it.

Loads of other people stumbled in absolutely WRECKED, including my roommate, which culminated in a search of our room and the vodka being found. I got the same level of warning from my college as the people i stayed up all night trying to keep alive -_-

Anyway, the relevant part is that although the first few weeks back were 'frosty', my French teacher was professional about it, as was I of a fashion, so lessons were fine and I can honestly say she was my best A2 teacher. It won't bother them one bit.

Reply 12

Fishfinger Sandwich

1

No way!, Don't drop out for something like that!!

A mate of mine went on a trip to France and....oh wait, he posted it above!!!

Reply 13

Crystaltears

12

I don't think they will be that bothered. At college my friends and I always have conversations with teachers about us going out drinking and how we have to blag the bouncers, they know we are underage.
I think the teachers will just be a bit pissed off that you didn't respect what they told you to do, that's all.
If the head is informed, he's hardly gonna do anything. I doubt the teachers will even remember.
As you say you've never been in trouble before it probably does feel wierd, but remember your teachers shout at people every day, so it's nothing wierd to them.
Don't drop out. I bet it isn't even mentioned.

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