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<blockquote data-quote="possumholler" data-source="post: 462577" data-attributes="member: 12300"><p>He finally went in to the Public Defenders office this morning--he is being booked tomorrow. Duh--plenty of time for them to prepare everything. He got his hair cut (it normally looks like a giant shrub) and looked like an upstanding citizen for once. His problem is stupidity--he thinks he is smart enough to get away with these things and he lacks the "street smarts" to do it. I have a friend whose kids goes around stoned all the time--to the point of hardly being able to walk, but knows how to drive so that he doesn't get pulled over. I will go with my son when he is booked. To his credit, he has done this so far on his own, he needs to know somebody is in his corner and after all is said and done, he is still my kid (I don't know how to turn that part off). I am hoping that he gets more than a slap on the wrist, but not so much that he loses his job and if he decides to go back to college, he can get some funding. In his favor, he is a likable kid and he is given a lot of breaks, but it doesn't do much to help him learn anything from it. When this happened before his probation officer let him have an extra drug test because he had failed the 2 that were court-ordered. SO that is what I am dealing with--a very unlucky, likable kid who doesn't learn a lesson. He has been given too many breaks by the system, so he doesn't fear losing his license or anything like that. He doesn't connive to be charming or anything--in fact he is not really charming, just a normal kid that thinks he leads a charmed life. Very frustrating to say the least, he has even gotten a very good Public Defender--they are good in the county I live in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="possumholler, post: 462577, member: 12300"] He finally went in to the Public Defenders office this morning--he is being booked tomorrow. Duh--plenty of time for them to prepare everything. He got his hair cut (it normally looks like a giant shrub) and looked like an upstanding citizen for once. His problem is stupidity--he thinks he is smart enough to get away with these things and he lacks the "street smarts" to do it. I have a friend whose kids goes around stoned all the time--to the point of hardly being able to walk, but knows how to drive so that he doesn't get pulled over. I will go with my son when he is booked. To his credit, he has done this so far on his own, he needs to know somebody is in his corner and after all is said and done, he is still my kid (I don't know how to turn that part off). I am hoping that he gets more than a slap on the wrist, but not so much that he loses his job and if he decides to go back to college, he can get some funding. In his favor, he is a likable kid and he is given a lot of breaks, but it doesn't do much to help him learn anything from it. When this happened before his probation officer let him have an extra drug test because he had failed the 2 that were court-ordered. SO that is what I am dealing with--a very unlucky, likable kid who doesn't learn a lesson. He has been given too many breaks by the system, so he doesn't fear losing his license or anything like that. He doesn't connive to be charming or anything--in fact he is not really charming, just a normal kid that thinks he leads a charmed life. Very frustrating to say the least, he has even gotten a very good Public Defender--they are good in the county I live in. [/QUOTE]
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