Which kind of drugs, otc's, prescription or illicit.
Generally speaking, many schools offer the same punishment for possessing any.
If a student does not have a prescription on file with the school health department/nurse, then how is the school to know if they are legal or not?
But I was referring to illegal drugs.
Sometimes the rules or the law, shouldn't be followed.
That may be, but anyone not following rules or laws cannot be upset when they are punished for violating those laws. Whether you agree with bath salts being illegal is irrelevant to the fact they ARE illegal, and a zero tolerance policy is definitely an appropriate use of authority.
An example, is self defense in a conflict.
The defender should not be punished, if they did not instigate the fight, yet the outcome is that they are.
And here is where you are trying to assign your own values.
For example, I'm a teacher in a public school, and there have been numerous times where a student has been defending themselves and not received punishment. However, it has to be TRUE self defense and not what so many kids call self-defense, which is where two kids get into an argument, maybe pushing and then fight.
Your argument against public schools here is weak.
I'm not dismissing all the things that it does.
It sure does seem that way. You are criticizing public education, even saying "It provides a limited knowledge, for specific purpose. To perpetuate the myth that public school, is for their own good. In it's current form, I find that not to be the case."
You most certainly are dismissing the good public education does, because you have what I consider to be an irrational fear of hierarchy of power, a phenomena which exists in just about everything we do in society.
It's great kids learn stuff though, I don't have an issue with actual education, I have an issue with how it's presented, conducted and conditioning children to follow authority regardless of it being irrational.
What's irrational about telling kids they cannot bring illegal drugs on campus? What's irrational about telling kids they are not allowed to cause harm to another child? What's irrational about mitigating potential for lawsuits?
You seem to have a very unrealistic view of how education works and an even more unrealistic view on how education should work. You don't seem to appreciate the behavior of children, the differences in learning abilities nor the differences in how education is valued amongst different groups of people.