<p>If you aren't partying on the weekends...you're missing out on alot on the social aspect of the high school life. </p>
<p>I get drunk once in a while, and so far this year we've had about 5 parties that have been broken up. Usually though, the police can't do **** unless they actually see someone drinking, last time five cop cars just watched as 70 or so kids just walked out to their cars and drove away because they had no provocation.</p>
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<p>If you don't party on the weekends, yeah, you're missing out on a big part of certain people's conception of high school social life...</p>
<p>So what?</p>
<p>I'm not against partying or doing crazy stuff but that's just a ridiculous statement lol.</p>
<p>you all should be ashamed of yourselves! Drinking is illegal for anyone under age 21 and you all could be arrested!</p>
<p>^um lol....</p>
<p>Haha :D </p>
<p><em>gets handcuffed</em></p>
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<p>partying constitutes civil disobedience. ;)</p>
<p>I think it's pretty disgraceful that kids do this kind of stuff. I don't think you need to get wasted and high to enjoy the "social aspect of high school life." There is more to life than that stuff, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just retarded.</p>
<p>All those kids leaving these parties drunk could kill people driving intoxicated. It's probably better to let kids get completely wasted and hurt their health out of their own volition.</p>
<p>Oh, yeah, but those kids that drink "safely" are a-o-k to me. Oh yeah. 100%.</p>
<p>What a disgrace...</p>
<p>And who's to say that us kids who party don't realize that there is more to life than partying? Do not judge people you do not know, or call them disgraces, just because you don't agree with it. Is it illegal? Yes. Is it dangerous? Potentially. But if you are not engaged in these activities, why is it any of your business?</p>
<p>When people host parties around here, they don't let people drive home drunk. They take people's keys. I was at my friends party and this kid literally wanted to fight her because she wouldn't let him drive home. He couldn't even stand up, let alone drive. I called his friend to have him picked up.</p>
<p>I'm not a big partier, but I know people who are. As long as I know that they are not driving home after drinking and are sleeping at the house that the party was at, then it doesn't really bother me. I've been the designated driver quite a few times. I'd rather wake up at 3 am and go pick up my friend and drive them home, then have them drive home. </p>
<p>Underage drinkers don't get arrested here. You get a $100 drinking ticket and if you go to court, you can get that erased from your record. The consequences of drinking are minimal, and most of the time you get off without any sort of fine. Its no suprise that people drink underage when there are almost no consequences.</p>
<p>i just had a crazy weekend...</p>
<p>One of my best friends decided to throw a party at her house. What started as a "girls night" quickly turned into a rager with over 80 people present. At 11:00 three cop cars showed up and everyone was asked to leave. I was supposed to spend the night there but we didn't want the party to stop so we moved it to another friends house. There were only 20 of us or so but a couple of the boys were really really gone and ended up getting in a fight which resulted in one of the passing out on the ground after geting hit. We left after that and went to another friends house where we drank more. Finally all the drugs and alcohol that had been ingested that night got the best of us and we all fell asleep around 3:45. Someone woke me up at 6 and we went back the original party house where we slept until 8. We decided to go out for breakfast and were feeling a little hungover so we decided to numb ourselves by hotboxing my friends car. So we sat in there for an hour and a half (imagine the result) and went to go watch The Number 23 (worse movie ever). That night I went to a friends house to watch Eurotrip and was still feeling the affects. Luckily, by the time I got home that night, I was feeling completely sober, and very very tired, again.</p>
<p>My friday was interesting, it wasn't a party but I had fun, and it's an example of responsible drinking. I went with my friends to see 300, and had some alcohol while watching the movie. Speaking of 300, it was a great movie, and no, I don't just say that about every movie. I'm actually a bit of an amateur movie critic. But anyway, after that I went with them to the bronx, where I decided not to have any more liquor because it was extremely strong(I usually don't go above 40%, and I think this was around 60), and just the smell was making me queasy. Actually it was better not going overboard because I did have to go back to Queens and if I had drinken too much I would've wound up in Brooklyn at 6 in the morning.</p>
<p>"drinken" too much? do tell.</p>
<p>Yeah I've gotten wasted a couple times. There have been times where the cops come, it sucks =/</p>
<p>Last night I was wasted, it was ok. The best part of the night was striking out with this extremely hot girl (sucks but worth the shot).</p>
<p>Can this thread please be deleted?</p>
<p>i can have a good time without the use of social lubricants! doesnt mean id ever pass one up though</p>
<p>Ah, mocking a grammar error, you're hilarious. If you don't like this thread that much, why do you keep posting in it?</p>
<p>i've been to plenty of these "stereotypical" parties, and at almost any large party the cops inevitably show up. why? noise complaints, regular patrols (it can be difficult to hide 50 parked cars), word of mouth (narks). it is very rare that people actually get in trouble with the law.</p>
<p>only one time have i actually run from the police, and looking back at it, i wouldn't want to do it again. that being said, i'm actually glad i experienced it. not only was it a rush, but i feel like it's part of growing up. you have to learn the boundaries and understand the consequences of breaking the rules. sometimes you have to "live a little." as long as you're not endangering your life or someone else's, then i don't see a moral problem with it. </p>
<p>as far as my parents.. they don't have a moral issue with it, they unselfishly care about me. they don't want me to get kicked off a sports team, or get denied from college. for that reason they punish(ed) me for doing irresponsible things and i can't blame them for that.</p>
<p>that being said, the safest (and most fun) parties i've been to have been parent sponsored. they can get in a great deal of trouble for harboring underaged drinking (thus i applaud their heroic feats), but at the end of the day it creates a safer experience. </p>
<p>i feel like kids who haven't experienced this aspect of high school social life are going to get to college and have bad experiences. of course, this is a generalization, but i see people falling into two groups. the first group won't want to be part of college social groups (drinking) because it is foreign and awkward to them. the second group won't know how to handle the situation and alcohol will take over their lives.</p>
<p>my basis for this is looking at the drinking ages of countries. in canada, where the drinking age is 18/19 (and loosely enforced at that), there is little binge drinking like there is at US colleges, because they've been exposed to alcohol at a younger age. </p>
<p>alcohol and marijuana get a bad rap in this country. in reality, the quarter pounder with cheese and bowl of ice cream you eat while you sit at home on friday night is doing more harm to you. just do things in moderation, and think hard about the consequences of whatever you're about to do. if you're not ready to accept them, than don't do it. </p>
<p>and don't patronize people who do "party." in these peoples' minds, drunks are weak minded, and potheads are lazy. the people you're criticizing don't care about your opinion, so don't waste your time condescending them.</p>
<p>lol....its nothing new in society....i attend parties with white lines everywhere and hotboxed rooms.....ive had the 5-0 attend once....but there pretty fun....especially ragers....cuz they get b.i.g</p>
<p>It is impossible to throw parties in my town without being busted by the cops. There's no crime here - old ladies and rich people don't go around robbing banks and making threats - so the cops pretty much have nothing better to do than drive around looking for something to bust. </p>
<p>The first (and only) party I've gone to was busted by the cops at about 10:00. Not fun. There were about thirty people there, some alcohol, no drugs. The cops just told us that we had to call our parents and go home. I had a friend pick me up and spent the night at her place. Some people freaked out and ran - we had to go collect some friends from the bushes down the street.</p>