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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]College delays growing up[/b]. The party hard way of life is turning too many people into self indulging Peter Pans. When students are having real emotional problems at college they look around at their peers who  are stressed out studying or are too drunk and high to walk. College has become a warped world and sets the stage for future self destruction. [/quote]By your writing, you sound young and, sadly, cynical.  Are you basing your observations on what you see going on with your peers now?  Don't base these observations and conclusions on college life solely on the antics of peers who have lost their way with drugs and alcohol.  Hopefully, they will have someone who they can reach out to and give them a place to land (as another poster so eloquently stated).  Drugs and alcohol do make people self-absorbed (or self-indulgent as you say).  Sometimes it's their way of escaping emotional problems and most likely now an addiction.

But that is a path you certainly don't have to take.  Right now, it seems like you're angry, disillusioned, and cynical.  If you don't have family to talk with then seek out college counseling.  Every college campus has someone you can talk with about your perceptions.  And don't forget good friends.  I promise you those ideas you have can be changed or approached from a different perspective.

Give yourself a chance and best of luck to you.  College can be a wonderful place for growth, friendships, and opportunities.   [/quote]What a classy response.  Now, that I re-read, PP does sound young.  Thank you for providing another viewpoint.  There is more than one way to address a thread where others might benefit.  [/quote]

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