Spring Break Risky Behaviors

            Spring break for college students has become a yearly event viewed as a drunken party that spans a week filled with risky behaviors. The majority of this publicity probably stems from the media and may not be completely true. Having experienced spring break for myself as a college student multiple times, I would have to agree that the media has a huge influence on the image of the typical activities of college students on spring break. As far as I am concerned, I don’t think that I have acted any different while on spring break than I do when I am out with friends in Athens. I am sure the majority of college students would probably agree that they have had similar experiences.

            The difference between spring break and your typical weekend in Athens is that spring break is a weeklong. Rather than college students going out to house parties and bars on Friday and Saturday nights they are able to party all day long for a week straight. While on spring break the responsibilities of being a college student are put on hold for the most part so students tend to only be focused on partying.

            Since college students are only focused on drinking and socializing for this long length of time they probably participate in more risky behaviors than they would in the average week. If this is true it is probably the reason that the media hears about bad things happening while students are on spring break and is also the reason why risky behaviors are exposed to the public. In contrast, if you were to average the amount of “risky behaviors” with the time spent drinking on spring break and on the average weekend in Athens then I think the numbers would end up being very similar.