tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3162592432428344108..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: wasteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18652409003738381552016-08-21T04:59:09.609-04:002016-08-21T04:59:09.609-04:00Thanks, OPH. I don't think I'm all that ol...Thanks, OPH. I don't think I'm all that old, until I start counting on my fingers and realize that my own kids are almost as old as the typical brand-new proffie.<br /><br />Probably the kids who do know something about responsible drinking by the time they get to college are the very ones whose parents taught them at home how to go about it in a civilized manner.Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65711588081925779912016-08-13T09:29:29.550-04:002016-08-13T09:29:29.550-04:00You're not the only one.
A hybrid is to make...You're not the only one. <br /><br />A hybrid is to make the "drinking age" different from the "purchasing age". The legal guardians of a minor over a certain age may supply that minor with a reasonable amount of alcohol to be consumed in their presence. So, e.g., a 14-year-old could legally partake in a small glass of wine at the family dinner. It of course helps if said Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74868174087247696112016-08-10T22:42:16.710-04:002016-08-10T22:42:16.710-04:00Am I the only one here old enough to remember back...Am I the only one here old enough to remember back to the mid-'70s, when a number of states lowered their drinking age to 18 or 19? (The idea at the time was that, if a person was old enough to be drafted and die in Vietnam, they were old enough to drink.) The drunk-driving-fatality rates for 18-to-21-year-olds promptly went WAY up. So far up, that Congress threatened to withhold federal Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21937083868389077262016-08-10T22:20:52.522-04:002016-08-10T22:20:52.522-04:00I no, rite?I no, rite?Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45288016480999041122016-08-10T18:13:58.371-04:002016-08-10T18:13:58.371-04:00* friend's
* "music"
* . It's ...* friend's <br />* "music" <br />* . It's <br />* waste of space thatUnknown editornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25117966290496911462016-08-10T12:07:22.666-04:002016-08-10T12:07:22.666-04:00That's a real buzzkill.That's a real buzzkill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2353205159678816072016-08-10T08:53:37.809-04:002016-08-10T08:53:37.809-04:00Hmm. . .there's supposed to be a link to the A...Hmm. . .there's supposed to be a link to the <a href="http://www.theamethystinitiative.org/" rel="nofollow">Amethyst Initiatve</a> above (in reference to college presidents who believe the drinking age should be lowered), but it isn't working. Let's try again. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62435079796859354282016-08-10T08:51:11.059-04:002016-08-10T08:51:11.059-04:00Well, I think there's room for both (STEAM and...Well, I think there's room for both (STEAM and all that; besides, it's summer vacation for many of us, and Cal's music videos are cool). <br /><br />Commentary: I didn't actually watch the video (text remains my preferred form of information transfer, in part because I don't have the fastest internet connection), but it appears to encourage parents to talk to their students Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58132005520211730932016-08-10T06:29:40.993-04:002016-08-10T06:29:40.993-04:00I liked the unedited version, too.I liked the unedited version, too.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47158779636189348542016-08-10T06:28:42.676-04:002016-08-10T06:28:42.676-04:00I am not the original poster.
Here is a clickab...I am not the original poster. <br /><br /><a href="http://m.wpbf.com/health/college-students-and-drinking/41117018" rel="nofollow">Here is a clickable link.</a><br /><br />Commentary: apparently, "realbarticles" are videos.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84887907401509804902016-08-10T06:01:39.673-04:002016-08-10T06:01:39.673-04:00Thanks for this. I will make that link clickable w...Thanks for this. I will make that link clickable when I get on a computer, but also feel free to send me any commentary you'd like about the article and a user name. Cheers. College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.com