Irresponsibility makes me want to take something like a very large glass vase and throw it off the roof with all my might. It's another reason why I admire health care professionals who manage to treat idiots without throwing up their hands immediately in disgust.
At the beginning of my sophomore year I signed up for a "health advocate" class where I got to learn emergency first aid procedures like CPR, delivering babies, and caring for people who get physically injured. I thought that was cool, and still do. I don't mind treating people who've been cut or burned or otherwise accidentally hurt.
What I do mind, however, is injury due to stupidity--particularly people who've gotten themselves smashed with binge drinking. I don't like it when people start pounding my door in the middle of the night, panicked because someone is passed out somewhere. Instead of calling 911 or driving to the hospital, students usually go to other students first. Why? Because they're afraid that if some sort of authority is called in, the incident might somehow get back to the administration.
I am not against drinking. But they wouldn't have to face this situation if they drank in moderation. If drinking was portrayed as a fact of life like eating spinach or going to the beach instead of something that is cool or a rite of passage, I wouldn't doubt that this particular problem would be reduced.
