Teenage Drinkers
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There will always be a first time you get drunk...better to have it happen as a teenager in a controlled environment.
I agree with this statement in that a first time should be in a controlled environment. That did not happen with me and I got really drunk, probably should have gone to the hospital (but didn't), and was hung over all the next day. I remember taking swigs of whiskey like it was water...
Agreed.
Personally id lower it to 19 for purchase, 18 to drink (so hs kids couldnt purchase for friends), but i'd also change the law so younger than that could order in a restaurant with parents permission (like in WI)
Damnit! I ****ed up the thread! It was supposed to have a poll, and stuff but i accidentally hit enter. My bad
Do you think college/high schoolers need to be more mature when theyre drinking? Theres a limit, yes, but your only young once.
Do you think college/high schoolers need to be more mature when theyre drinking? Theres a limit, yes, but your only young once.
I made the personal choice to not drink in High School. For me 1 night of drunken fun was not worth missing 4 weeks of football, golf, or baseball. I know guys who didn't think that way and when they did get caught, they undoubtedly regretted the decision they made.
That being said, once I went to college, I had no incentive not to drink, other than the possibility of getting a ticket.
That being said, once I went to college, I had no incentive not to drink, other than the possibility of getting a ticket.
YES! Take it for what it's worth, but even when i get drunk, I can still talk and think rationally. There are too many people who just let themselves go and are thinking too fast. I think what makes it bad is that when people go to college, they have their first drinking experience and don't understand the responsibility/consequences of what they are doing. With no parents around, it makes it worse.
But to answer your question, i think people need to slow down so to say and think about what they are doing. Even trying to leave a bar to go to another one takes forever because everyone seems to have their own idea of whats going on.
To add, the 'controlled environment' is also why i favor allowing 18 into the bars even if the drinking age is 21 and underage are drinking. Much more out of control stuff tends to happen at house parties than does at bars, making bars a much safer environment.
I did this and don't regret it at all. The way I see it, if you want to drink, then you're making a choice. Therefore, you're accepting the consequences of breaking the law. If you don't get caught, ok. If you do, then you better be willing to take what comes and not expect Mommy and Daddy to come get you out of trouble because "they were just being kids!"
I started coaching/teaching right out of college in the Fall of 1972. Due to social pressure of the Vietnam War draft at that time, 18 year olds could legally drink and purchase booze in the state of Iowa. It was a nightmare for a high school teacher. 18 year old seniors could legally drink and quite a few turn 18 during their senior year. They were also on the sports teams. They were also buying for their fellow high schoolers who were underage. The law did not stay on the books very long. I have no problem for post high school legal age access to booze. Too much peer pressure and immaturity at the high school level.
Some of my best memories of HS (outside sports) and college drinking was involved. Some of my closest most lasting friends were ones I had a few drinks in in HS. As a parent now it is scarry to know my girls will probaly be drinking in HS, but all you can do as a parent is try the best you can to get them not to drink and if they do be smart about it. Some kids dont drink in HS get to college and really struggle on how to handle the drinking in college. The funny thing about drinking is we didnt do anything our parents didnt do, we just didnt know it at the time. I think 20 is a good legal age, it would keep it out of the HS and make it eaiser to enforce at the college level.
Ah CyCrazy, the living proof that alcohol kills brain cells.. mostly the ones that process grammar. :biglaugh:
Doogie Howser would have been doing beer bongs at the age of 6. And high school dropouts could never become homeless winos.
