<p>Most of the tip top students at my school are not big partiers, but they definitely don’t spend all weekend studying, nor do they look down on those who spend all their time partying. A lot of the students, who have low A averages with AP classes drink on the weekends. For the most part, it’s a matter of interest. The kids who don’t want to drink don’t. The kids who do, do.
Cigarette smoking is pretty much universally looked down upon at my school though. Most people find it to be disgusting. Occasional pot smoking is seen as okay, but pot heads are not very high in the ranks of “popularity.”
I don’t want to drink. I don’t like alcohol. My parents have been okay with me tasting their drinks since I can remember and I’ve never liked it. Sure, I’ll toast the New Year if everyone else is, but I won’t go beyond one small glass. And I don’t like being around drunk people. It’s rarely been a good experience for me. People are better with some inhibitions and social graces. Some people who are high are okay, but others aren’t, and most guys I know get really angry when they’re coming down, so I’d rather not bother with it.
Do what you want, and don’t care about other people.</p>
<p>The people who look down on those who smoke/drink are insecure.
They are trying to compensate for their lack of social skills.
OP, I totally know what you mean.
I party all the time and I got into MIT- lots of my high-achieving Type A dummy classmates are so jealous of me…</p>
<p>These uptight losers were told all their lives they don’t know how to have fun (probably by people like me) and they are trying to compensate… because to be frank, most of them aren’t very intelligent. High school is so easy. College is when you can start becoming a little more uptight about your schoolwork…</p>
<p>It’s probably because of these idiots that my brilliant cousin at Stanford didn’t always get the best grades in college…same with my math whiz frat guy friend at Duke.</p>
<p>I’m far too worried about myself to give a flying crap what anybody else is doing – provided it isn’t affecting me.</p>
<p>If someone wants to smoke and hump a wall while singing Britney Spears karaoke, have at it.</p>
<p>I’m with Plattsburgh and the others. I think anyone who can’t say “it’s your life, buddy” is high-strung. Do I necessarily agree with drinking/smoking? Nope. But do I care if YOU do it? Not one bit.</p>
<p>As for the question of people “not wanting people coming back to their room drunk/high” I can understand that. It DOES affect your roomie, especially if they don’t do it. On the drunk side, you’ve got someone coming back to your room when maybe you’re trying to unwind/study/sleep who’s maybe loud, obnoxious, or throwing up. If they’re high, I don’t think it’s as big of a deal as a tobacco smoker, who would come back and smell like smoke, and the room would smell like smoke. All cases apply to people who may try to “bring the party home” with them every thur/frii/sat night, you know?</p>
<p>I think if both parties are being respectful, who the hell cares? We’re all old enough to do whatever we want, right? :P</p>
<p>I completely support behaving responsibly but I think it’s important to get the most you can out of life. I didn’t drink at all until I was 21, and now I enjoy a drink every now and then in moderation. When I am inebriated though I don’t act like some obnoxious buffoon; my mood simply improves and thats about the extent of it.</p>
<p>I never want a mood-altering substance in my body as it keeps me from developing natural pro-social skills. I will not submit myself to anything to control me but Jesus Christ. He is my high. Besides, I only like to do things that are positive, encourage health (physically, spiritually, mentally, etc.), and are of honorable, wise character. Good clean fun feels excellent! Smoking and alcohol literally stinks and those who use it appear very foolish as they are destroying their body.</p>
<p>You must hate doctors…</p>
<p>I can’t hate them, my dad and brother are physicians. However, there have been moments when they qualified to be on my short list for coroner care.</p>
<p>So, what you’re saying is that you don’t like it when people drink to excess.</p>
<p>To the OP: it’s not as if one has to choose only between partying or studying. Those two aren’t the only choices for defining fun. </p>
<p>Just because you aren’t partying doesn’t mean you are studying, and just because you are studying does not mean you are not partying.</p>
<p>And also, how does having a drunk/high ROOMMATE not affect the other person? Of COURSE it concerns the other person.</p>