The other day I watched a video posted by some of my little brother's friends. The video showed my hometown's city basketball tournament. There are always four competing teams and it's a pretty big deal for our high schools. During the halftime performance of my former high school, the entire student section simultaneously broke out in a dance to the Black Eyed Peas that matched the performance occuring on the court by their poms squad.
Later my little brother told me he was mad that his high school might not win the student award for team spirit because some girls were caught drinking at the tournament. "That's so stupid," he said. "It was a Thursday night, why were they even drinking?"
As a college student, my first response is "Well, Thursday IS the first night of the weekend." But it got me thinking. I currently drink alcohol when I got out on the weekends and I enjoy it. In high school, I never drank. Why is it that alcohol has become NECESSARY to the college experience.
I was kind of jealous of my little brother for a moment becuase I thought that that basketball tournament actually looked fun. I would love to go out with all my friends, watch a game, and even participate in a game like they did during that poms performance. Then I remembered that would never be possible at my university. It seems that sports have become an excuse for tailgating. Our concerts all take place at bars, and you wouldn't catch half of the student population dancing unless they had lined up the shots beforehand.
Am I critical of this college experience? No. After all, I've taken part in it. I think I just miss the days when we were able to say "That drunk girl ruined the party" instead of "That drunk girl really made the party."
Here's the Video of their high school tournament performance....it's actually pretty cool!
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