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Originally Posted by macallan25
Being in college IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than being anywhere else. Are you kidding me?? I don't really understand how one could disagree with this....at all. Explain to me how it is not different? Please do.
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I was hoping to keep from adding to the hijack, but I just can't keep biting my tongue...
Since you haven't provided an argument for why being in college prevents you from being accountable, I have to wonder what your logic is in the above quote. As far as I can tell, there is no logic there.
Why is being in college different from being a productive member of the community? The way I see it, college is the time when, in addition to developing academically, young adults learn how to maneuver within the real world. Part of this learning process involves accepting responsibility for wrong-doings. If, throughout your college career, your method of accepting such responsibility is simply to call daddy and get him to pull his strings, then how in the world are you going to know what to do once you get out on your own? Maybe spending the night in jail is what you need to learn your lesson. You'd think that a man as intelligent as your well-connected father is would recognize that. Unless of course, his daddy pulled strings to keep him out of (justified) "trouble".
I'm with jon1856 on this one. 21 is 21 is 21. It doesn't matter whether you're a 21 year old college student, a 21 year old high school dropout, a 21 year old business executive, or a 21 year old tobacco warehouse clerk. If you're 21 you're an adult. Being an adult means being accountable. Thus, since your age dictates that you are legally an adult, your actual station in life is irrelevant. You, and not your daddy, are accountable for your wrong-doings.
In an attempt to get this discussion back on topic, again, I think Emory had every right to pull the bus. Sure, I would've made a different decision (based on what information I have in this case), but that doesn't really matter. And, I still stand by my earlier claim that the title of this thread suggests a false dilemma. Just because Emory is no longer sponsoring a bus (due to fears that underage students will drink) does not mean that it is subjecting its students to DUI.