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SelenaSolorio
ProfessorRosenfeld
English113A
13April2016
DrinkersWillBeDrinkers
Asayoungteendidyoueverimagineyourselfbeingacollegestudentgoingtoparties
everyweekendanddrinking?Ithasbecomeahabitforcollegestudentstobingedrinkatparties
eversincethe1800s.Indeedbingedrinkersappeartobemoresocialandlessshyduetothat
hypetheygetfromalcoholintheirsystem.Itisawaytoboosttheirsocialstatusandbe
recognizedasthecoolstudentsoncampus.Especiallywithtoday'smodernsocialmediawhere
everyoneseemstocaremoreforthetypeofreputationtheyhave.Everystudentgainsconfidence
whentheysocializewithothersandmostofthetimeisthroughpartiesanddrinking.Whena
studentdecidestogotocollegetheyareintroducedtoanewenvironmentthatdevelopstheir
selfbeingandmakesthemgrowasaperson.Theyarefreeleashedfromthesupervisionoftheir
parentsandit'suptothemtokeepbuildinguptherestoftheirroad.Eventhoughthereisamajor
concernthatalcoholiscommonlyabusedbycollegestudentsIbelievethattheyareadultsand
administrationshouldnotbetheresponsiblebabysittersbecausestudentswilllearntobeself
accountableoftheirdrinkingandthereistoomanystudentsforadministrationtotakecareof.
Thosewhoareagainstallowingalcoholtobepartofcollegelifebelievethatadministration
shouldstopwithallpowertheopportunityforcollegestudentstohaveanightoutinvolving

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alcoholhowever,mostcandrinkwithnoproblemtheyjustlookforawaytorelaxandwarmthe
selfwithwellbeing.Administrationshouldallowstudentstolearnfromtheirexperienceandbe
responsiblebecauseforexamplewhenacollegestudentfacestheconsequencesafteranightof
bingedrinkingtheywilllearnthatnexttimetheygotoapartytheyneedtolimitthemselvesso
thattheydontgothroughthesamesituationagain.InthearticleStopBabysittingCollege
Students,FromaHarropdiscussesthefactthatcollegestudentsshouldnotbetreatedasifthey
werebabies.Collegestudentsarelookedatascrazyalcoholicsthatonlyliketopartywhich
makesitlookbadforsociety.Iftheconsequencescometoactionnooneelseshouldhavethe
blamebutthestudentsthemselves.So,atage18,youarelegallyresponsibleenoughtohandle
everythingadulthoodhastothrowatyou,includingpotentiallytakingsomeoneslifeorlosing
yourownincombat,butyouarentcapableofhavingabeerwithoutpeopleineverymajor
statehouseinthecountryblowingacollectivegasketbecausesomewhereateenagerishavinga
drink?(Quesinberry).Ifweareresponsibleenoughtoputourselvesinasituationthatmakesus
morelikeadultsthenweshouldbeallowedtoputourselvesinasituationwhereifwedecidewe
wanttohaveadrinkthenwecan.WecanadapttoasimilarlifestyleasEuropeansiflowering
thedrinkingagecouldhavethepotentialtotransformthedrinkingcultureintosomethingmore
familiartocollegestudents,asseeninEurope.Thestatementsoftheinitiativeparticularly
mentionedthatayoungerageof18wouldgetridoftheneedtodrinkinsecret,aswellasthe
thrillproducedbysuchactivities(Porter).Administratorswouldnotneedtoworryabout
banningalcoholfromcampusesbecausemostofthesestudentswillhavealreadylearnedhowto
drinksafely.Thereareabout10.8millionunderagedrinkersintheUnitedStates,oneinsixteens

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arebingedrinkersandonly1outof100parentsbelievethattheirteenbingedrinks(quotes
gram).Ifwecouldpotentiallyacceptthatitisnormalforcollegestudentstodrinkjustlikeadults
thenthenumberofbingedrinkerswouldlowerdownbyalotandmoreparentswouldbeopen
aboutknowingthattheirchilddrinksalcohol.
Over40,000studentsareatCaliforniaStateUniversityofNorthridgeandthatseemsahuge
numberforadministrationtobecontrollingandbabysitting.Mostofthesestudentsareinvolved
inclubs,fraternitiesandsororitieswhichthenleadstomanypartiesandalcoholtemptations.It
doesnotmatterhowmuchadministratorstrytoplayhidethebottlesomeonewhowantstohave
adrinkwillfindthewaytogetit.The
imageshownontheleftdemonstrateshow
theladyispointingfingersatthegirlwho
seemstobethedaughter.Thedaughter
seemstonotcaremuchaboutwhather
motherhastosaybecausesheisbeing
herselfandwilldowhatevershewants.
Theladyhashardlyanycontroloverherdaughterandthatseemstofrustrateher.Inthisimage
theladyrepresentstheadministrationtryingtocontroleverysinglecollegestudenttostop
drinkingoncampus.Theywanttolookatusasifwewerelittlechildrenwhoneeddecisionsto
bemadebyotherswhoseemtoknowbetter.Theytryshuttingdownpartiesandmaking
restrictionsbyhavingotherswriteusupforfurtherpunishmentofouractions.Mostofthese
collegestudentswontevenlistenandwillbreaktheruleseitherway.Theyareaskingforlocal

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businessestobecomebabysittersandthatjustdoesntseemright.Barsarethebusinessandthe
collegestudentsarejustlikeadults,customers.Bingedrinkershavegottenoutofthe
administration'shandsbecausemostofthepartieshappenoutsideofcampus.Peopleneedhappy
momentstoliveasatisfyinglifeandiftheirwaytobehappyissocializingwithpeopleand
havingadrinkthennooneshouldbeinterferingwithsomeoneswills.Everypersondeservesto
behappyweliveinacountrywheremanyopportunitiesaregiventousandIfeellikeweshould
takeadvantageofeverymomentthatwaywegrowfromit.
Inconclusiontothistremendousproblemofstudentsandalcoholthefactisthatstudents
willcontinuereachingouttofindthatmomentofgoodtime.Noonewantstoseepeopleina
tragicincidentbutiftheadministrationssolutionistoshutthedoorsonstudentsbynotteaching
themtheresponsiblewayofdrinkingthentragedieswillkeepoccurringandnothingwillbe
solved.Lettheadultsbuildtheirlivessurroundedbydifferentexperiencesbecausethatisthe
onlywaytheywillgrow.Noonesaidlifewouldbeeasyandnooneisperfectbutthebestwaya
personcanmatureisbygoingthroughdifferentexperiences,whethertheyaregoodorbad.
Insteadadministrationshouldbeopeningofficesofadviceforstudentsonhowtheyshouldbe
drinkingresponsively.Offeringhelp,comfortandguidanceisthebestwaytogoforfixingthe
problemofbingedrinkingoncollegecampuses.

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