<p>Cal's Official word on AlcoholEdu is in that link. And the million dollar question was how much it cost. It costs $36,000</p>
<p>think of how much booze that money could buy! arghh...we need our priorities in order at cal! :mad:</p>
<p>man ive been sitting here for 3 hours....and still this alcohol.edu is still talking about some crap...they repeat their information like a million times.....this is not helpful at all....no seriously....its not</p>
<p>Off topic, but wow thanks for the reminder, I started that class a while ago and forgot to finish it. thanks</p>
<p>Don't pay attention, just keep clicking next.</p>
<p>since they make you use internet explorer, go to tools options then something advanced and then there's a checkbox to play sounds. uncheck that and you won't have to listen to the bull.</p>
<p>Hahahahaha, you have a couple more weeks to finish it.</p>
<p>Dude, alcohol edu sucked beyond belief. I was sitting there listening to the broad drone on about the frontal lobe and the impact of alcohol on it as I played yahoo Literati. Somehow at the end of the course, I had managed to hear enough of the course that I passed the test. Overall, it was a fruitless experience.</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I'm a 50-ish wife and a mother, who used to be a pretty cool coed, so while I'm "old" to you guys, here's my take....</p>
<p>The course is no doubt designed to keep teens from becoming statistics. Stats aren't "real", but this is....</p>
<p>I graduated from The George Washington University in 1970, a time when alcohol was still the "drug" of choice. I came from a home in which alcohol was seldom used.</p>
<p>On campus I saw kids my age (I was 17 when I entered college) vomiting on the streets and dead drunk in the alleys.</p>
<p>A dorm neighbor of mine had to be propped up in the elevator at curfew (so drunk she couldn't stand) and caught when the elevator door opened on her floor (because she was basically unconscious).</p>
<p>I remember using a plunger-like device to fish out a girl's contact lenses, because she was unconscious, and she would have required a trip to the emergency room had we not succeeded in our mission.</p>
<p>I remember a frat friend shoving his arm through the glass of a french door and extricating his arm with a huge chunk protruding from his flesh and bleeding profusely (a la the film "Ghost" with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore), but not even aware of what he had done to himself.</p>
<p>I remember another frat friend getting so drunk at a fraternity party that his brothers had to escort him up to his room. The brothers generously tended to his also quite drunk date by gang raping her, hanging her bra on the frat house Christmas tree, zipping her party dress on backwards for effect, and dumping her on the doorsteps of her dorm. The girl received crisis intervention, but still dropped out of school and soon after attempted suicide...she was never the same again.</p>
<p>I remember a sorority sister of mine from CA who with her equally drunken date, took a curve on the PCH too fast in a cute little sports car (all the rage) and were both killed instantly in a car crash.</p>
<p>I know a man, whom I married, who over a period of many decades increasingly self-medicated with vodka to "cope" with depression and feelings of lack of self-worth, only to find that it destroyed his life, and my life, and our son's life (he's 17 now). While my husband is in recovery now, he still copes with the aftermath of alcholism. Our marriage is in tatters. Our son is still unraveling all the damage it has done to his life and our family.</p>
<p>Drinking is not a victimless crime. The drinker suffers. His or her friends and family suffer. Sometimes the harm is fleeting (as little as a hangover), but sometimes the hurt lasts forever. And no matter how much you want to roll back the clock, you can't.</p>
<p>Yes, the Caltec course may seem stupid or unnecessary, but if it saves one life, one future, one heartache, it's worth far more than the $36,000. Take it from me. Although I'm no longer young, I once was and my perspective is jolting.</p>
<p>Thanks for letting me weigh in. OB</p>
<p>Hey did anyone get any kind of confirmation about completeing alcoholedu?</p>
<p>Wow, Orangeblossom. That is pretty powerful. Thank you for sharing it. I'm a mom of an incoming Cal student, and I appreciate your perspective. Hopefully, the kids here will take it to heart and be careful.</p>
<p>Agreed. This is Ridiculous! In fact, I answered every free response with how ridiculous it is.</p>
<p>Your confirmation for completion is at the end where it says, congratulations, you passed the test. You officially finish the program when school starts and you take a survey.</p>
<p>It took way more time than it claimed. I think most of the info are repetitive. Since I don't drink and don't intend to do so in college, they should make it optional...</p>
<p>if it was optional no one would take it</p>
<p>Chapter 2 has some info you might need to listen to, but the rest I ignored. Everytime I heard a click, I opened the window and clicked Next, and then resumed my surfing and signing up for classes.</p>