Underage Drinking Analysis

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In Jenna Johnson’s article, “Parent notification policies for underage drinking evolve.” she states, “The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 prevents universities from sharing most student information, but it allows them to contact parents if a child's health or safety is at risk”. The parents should not have to worry about their child’s health because their child is binge drinking while at college. However, if binge drinking was banned the parents would not have to be notified of a problem that does not exist. Students’ lives on college campuses are becoming endangered because of binge drinking; therefore, it needs to be banned.
Students may slip up once and drink; however, they would have to understand that there would
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However, the students must understand that drinking is banned and there would be consequences for their actions. Therefore, the first offense would only inform the students of the rules that have been put into place. The colleges would let it slide the one time they are caught drinking because the students are new to the rules. According to Ann Brenoff, “…It’s just a rite of passage to get drunk in college; there’s really nothing you can do about it. Besides, everybody does it”. However, the student must understand the strikes are set in place for a reason and they cannot binge drink like everyone …show more content…
They might even say that it is there body and they are an adult. Parents might even say they should have been notifies sooner. The students might try and say that the drinking program did not help and it was ineffective. The students might even say that it is not fair they cannot drink and other colleges can. They may also complain and say they could always lave and go to another college. However, the students and parents must understand that the solution is put into place for the safety of the students. The solution may have its flaws but what solution does