Drinking on Campus

Drinking on Campus

Introduction

In this paper we are going to critique of the article “drinking on campus”. This article analyses the reasons of failing the grads of the college students, frequent memory lapses, fights, brutal hangovers and unplanned sexual activity all have in common?

Critique

The article demonstrates that the Drinking leads to a decline in academic performance. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) reports about 25 percent of college students have academic problems caused by alcohol use, such as earning lower grades, doing poorly on exams or paper, missing class, and falling behind. Last semester I attended college-drinking parties regularly. My grades reflected my choices; I received a 0.77 grade point average for my fall term. I honesty believe drinking played a large role in my academic failure. I did not drop out of college unlike many other students. Alcohol is related to 29 percent of dropouts according to a survey of university administrators (Rubin, 2005). Alcohol clearly affects a student's education. A study performed by Amy Wolaver, an economist at Bucknell University, showed the impact of binge drinking on grades. The average drop in a student's grade point average (GPA) was about 0.28 for women and 0.30 for men. Alcohol doesn't only effect students' grades.

Alcohol consumption among college students leads to dangerous situations and poor choices. Decisions such as driving drunk and getting into cars with intoxicated drivers could affect a person for life.

Drinking is generally bad for your health and has long-term effects. Around 150,000 students a year develop an alcohol-related health problem. These problems include alcohol dependency and abuse. Over thrity percent of college students meet the criteria for alcohol abuse. Alcohol impacts the entire body. Alcohol kills brain cells in different parts of the brain, reducing brain mass. In addition to killing ...