Audio Story Post 2.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/396/1-party-school
396: #1 Party School

ACT ONE: I'M NOT AS THINK AS YOU DRUNK I AM.
According to Princeton University study they have indicated that Penn State has the highest drinking, its a little bit above the national average for college students. They drink all the time, if its cold if its hot whatever, they have tail gate parties starting form 8am, until 3am, they feel as if its part of their culture to drink together. Basically theres these kinda airhead sounding female college students that they are interviewing, saying really stupid things like 'I have a Tiara on my head thats on fire that says "Where is the bar at?" It was her 21st birthday party, and she was having a gigantic tailgate party with a bunch of alcohol and food that her parents brang. They go onto to explain this frat party, how they have black garbage bags taped over the windows, and guy said he was trying to get some girl drunk to take advantage of her, and they're already so drunk that they just laughed. The way the reporters described the girls was that they were next to nothing, with a "Fracket" (jacket made for Frats) that girls where because its so freezing and they don't care about those jackets because they get thrown up on and stuff like that. The reporter asked them if they always had dressed like that in High School and they responded "No, we just got slutty in college." On fridays and saturdays 75% of the students binge drink according to the Administrators at Penn State. The girls make a toast at the end to "Living single and seeing double." The girl has in her fridge: Water, lemonade, tequila, malibu, vodka, maragarita mix, and cheese.

I personally, am glad I chose not to go to a school like this for college, or rather apply to a school like this. I'm sure there are people at penn state who excel in their studies, but its seems like even though theres like 44000 people at that school, a giant chunk of those people are the crazy drunk all the time college students. Personally a college like that sounds pretty wild, and the way that I've been raised would have to do with my negative opinion of all the crazy drinking going on. I'm sure at all colleges that the students drink whether theyre over 21 or not, but there comes a point where you're like, "Is this something I want to be a part of?" And I'm sure lots of people my age would be like "hell yeah!!! lets have fun in college blablabla" but for me personally, thats something that I'd rather not partake in. Basically for me, the point of going to college is for me to establish myself as a young woman, to set my own ground rules of what I want my life to be like afte rI have some real world experiences without my parents around, and to excel in my studies so I can have a foundation to build my future upon for whatever my future may bring including kids, family, a career, and whatever else comes with that.