Underage drinking has been going on for years, but it time to put a stop to it. As administrators, parents, and a community we should create an ongoing campaign. The campaign should focus on addressing high school and college campus children. This campaign should eventually help to decrease the number of underage drinking statistics. To address the underage drinking problem, it is going to be important to make sure students are educated and understand the negative effects alcohol will have on their health and lives in general. In this proposal I will provide data which supports positive alternatives to underage drinking and other statistical data.
The Pressures
As a parent with a student attending Mission University, it has saddened me to learn that the college I have proudly entrusted with child’s education, has been ranked as the #1 party school. I think this is irresponsible of the University to allow this to be published as it will give students, both current and future, a distorted view of the college. Although university administrators have expressed their disdain, some of the students are proud of the ranking and don’t see anything wrong with it. This kind of thinking supports the survey results reported by Ralph W. Hingson, Timothy Heeren, Ronda C. Zakocs, Andrea …show more content…
This is almost as bad as peer pressure. Another pressure is when children pick up the habit of drinking as a coping mechanism by watching their parents. This behavior then becomes a way a child will deal with his or her problems. High school, for some, is a very stressful environment and it is easy for children to fall into this habit just to make it through high school. Another influence is peer pressure. It is very strong during the high school years where everyone is trying to fit in and be accepted. Children fall prey to these pressures without realizing the dangers they are creating for
The Pressures
As a parent with a student attending Mission University, it has saddened me to learn that the college I have proudly entrusted with child’s education, has been ranked as the #1 party school. I think this is irresponsible of the University to allow this to be published as it will give students, both current and future, a distorted view of the college. Although university administrators have expressed their disdain, some of the students are proud of the ranking and don’t see anything wrong with it. This kind of thinking supports the survey results reported by Ralph W. Hingson, Timothy Heeren, Ronda C. Zakocs, Andrea …show more content…
This is almost as bad as peer pressure. Another pressure is when children pick up the habit of drinking as a coping mechanism by watching their parents. This behavior then becomes a way a child will deal with his or her problems. High school, for some, is a very stressful environment and it is easy for children to fall into this habit just to make it through high school. Another influence is peer pressure. It is very strong during the high school years where everyone is trying to fit in and be accepted. Children fall prey to these pressures without realizing the dangers they are creating for