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In reply to the discussion: Do you remember the first time you smoked marijuana?? [View all]beveeheart
(1,364 posts)All of us were sitting in a circle on the floor and a pipe was being passed around. There was a knock at the door and I started to feel paranoid even before the lawyer-to-be opened it. The person knocking was a former STUDENT of mine. She came in, asked for matches and casually looked around the group, but didn't say anything to me before she left. I didn't know what to do, so didn't do anything but just sit there waiting for the police to arrive.
About a 1/2 hour later there was another knock. I actually had the pipe in my hand when that happened so I slid the pipe behind me under the couch and tried to look innocent. I thought my heart would beat out of my chest. The lawyer-to-be invited the former student in again as well as another person who just happened to be a CURRENT student. They came in and joined the circle across from me. By now everyone was looking for the pipe and I reluctantly pulled it out from behind me, passed it to the next person and began making plans to go back to my apartment where I knew I would be arrested. The students only stayed for a few minutes and I left a few minutes after they did.
Now this happened on a Friday night. All weekend I waited and waited. I knew I was going to be arrested and fired from my job.
But Monday morning arrived and now I had a new fear - what was going to happen when my student came to class? He was late to class most of the time, sat in the back and pretty much quietly ignored what was going on in class.. But this day he got to class early, walked up to the front and sat directly in front of me. Every Monday I ALWAYS started the class by asking what they did over the weekend, so I knew I had to ask the same question this day because the students expected it. Several students raised their hands as did you-know-who. He kept his hand up while a couple of the others answered the question. By now the class is wondering what the heck is going on because he had never volunteered an answer before. Those students who had wanted to answer put their hands back down and his was still up so I called on him. To everyone's surprise, including mine, he said in perfect French that he had had a really bad argument with his father and then went with a friend to a party and had a good time.
After class he came up to me and said that he didn't know that teachers could be real people too. He continued to participate in class and I have stopped at his place of business a few times over the years.
I did not smoke pot again!!! Today I am a medical marijuana patient and have been since April. I still don't smoke as I prefer edibles.