Buyer Beware: The College Environment

Parents are paying through the nose to send their children into this kind of environment, as described by this paragraph in the news today:

"Individuals were arrested on charges ranging from possessing marijuana to selling cocaine. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reported that evidence seized includes four pounds of cocaine, 50 pounds of marijuana, 48 hydroponic marijuana plants, 350 ecstasy pills, psilocybin (mushrooms), 30 vials of hash oil, methamphetamine, a variety of illicit prescription drugs, one shotgun, three semiautomatic pistols, three brass knuckles and $60,000 in cash."

The "individuals" described are 75 San Diego State University students. But they could have been on any campus.

In March of 2007, Columbia University released a study indicating that 49% (read: HALF) of ALL college students are either drug abusers or bindge drinkers. "Bindge drinkers" is defined as 5 drinks in a row for guys and 4 drinks in a row for girls. And the girls abuse more than the guys.
Gutless college presidents and their administrators repel at the thought that they should police the behavior of its students, since drug abuse and drinking represents a perverted version of free speech rights in a so-called adolscent's "right of passage." It's a blind toleration of unacceptable behavior that good behaving students are forced to endure.

And if you as a parent don't like it, college officials believe, send your student somewhere else. The signature arrogance of these colleges knows no bounds.

The problem of drug abuse and wanton drunkenness will continue on campuses across the land as long as college officials continue to look the other way as they remain dedicated to increasing your cost for this environment on an average of 6 percent a year.

The old standard of "party school" as a way of selecting a college is naive. They're ALL party schools. With a full resevoir of hope, maybe your student doesn't show up to the parties, and then the school isn't a party school.

The awful reality is this: when we send our kids off to college, we have to worry about them getting shot, getting mugged, getting drugs, and getting drunk. And to top it off, we parents are getting gouged to pay for it.

What we have in today's news story is just more evidence that higher education is getting lower.