e illusion that everything is o.k., and that if you're doing it, I'm doing it, and everyone is doing it, so lets talk about life. The first nights are what make a college student who they are.After the first night, sadly, things do not settle down. The first semester, for a college student, is the one that most students grades are the poorest. Some students can make the transition of freedom with ease, while others struggle. The first semester, like the first night, is going to bring on many new experiences. Students have the choice of going out at night to a party or staying in for a night of studying. Studying is rarely chosen. Even though the student didnt have a test the next day, he/she might have one the next day, and the late night cramming sessions the night before the test are not going to help anything, because of what he/she did the night before is still affecting him/her. This is a problem students do have. They think because the test is not tomorrow but the next day, that it is all right to go out and drink alcohol. After the night of partying, the student tries to study, but he/she has a problem: his/her mind does not want to work (10 Willimon and Naylor). This first semester is the learning period. It is a time to pick up good habits, although many pick up bad ones. The good students prosper and press on, while the bad students barely squeak by or worse, get kicked out of school. The next three and a half years are pretty much the same. Like said earlier, the good students prosper, and the bad ones just go away. By now, students have experienced enough to make rational decisions. They know what has to be done and what does not need to be done. Do they really? Students show some pretty moronic behavior that does not show any rationalization existed. Studies from the past state that people who drink more than two times a week, and on those occasions drink more than four drinks are considered alcoholics. Under this definitio...
