Spring break is a monster to parents of college students; a nightmare fueled by prime time coverage on MSNBC on the dangers of the annual homage to booze & beaches.
"Drinking is so dangerous! Terrible things can happen! I saw it on the news."
Some of us have moms who have said this.
It is merely an excuse for alot, not all, college kids to get unbelievably shwasted at the nearest beach.
An excuse for college kids to make unbelievably stupid choices while shwasted.
A solid week for students to forget everything they learned the first half of the semester.
A week of meeting people you probably won’t remember because you are at the
beach. Drunk.
Doing something for your community? Actions benefiting humanity? Not unless they involve eight shots of jaegermeister and a kegstand.
But for the record, a few of my sorority sisters spent their spring break doing tornado relief in Tennessee. Others held clothing drives for the students in that state that were affected by the storms.
There is a slight glimmer of hope that the stereotypical spring break stories will be replaced with admirable community service.
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Check the front page of the latest Eagle Newspaper Eugenia. Some other FGCU students took the spring break opportunity to break the mold as well. The first Saturday of spring break I assisted the Piper Center with their Legacy Walk and Open House fundraiser for my own service hours. Had fun too. Nothing like organizing water balloon contests on a hot day.
Ever heard of alternative spring break? I don't know if they do it here, but when I went to UCF it was a really big deal. The Office of Student Involvement organizes a few different week long volunteering opportunities that usually involve some travel. A lot of students are down with stuff like that. If there isn't a program like that here, someone who will be around for another spring break should get the ball rolling...
Yeah, perhaps the alternative spring break isn't as big down here. I know that when I was at UMD during Hurricane Katrina that close to a couple hundred students went over break to help out.
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