Hilliard
Student Alexandria ID #-112147394
Final Quiz
Culture-A societys shared and socially transmitted ideas, values, and perception, which are
used to make sense of experiences and generate behavior and are reflected in that behavior.
Since taking this class I have become more aware of the vast American culture that I am a
part of, but more importantly I have noticed and started to really think about the college culture I
am personally a part of and how I fit into it. Its interesting to see how college students interact
on a daily basis. The college culture has changed dramatically from how we interact to the things
students are doing to just to get that tough project done.
The college culture is one for learning, experimenting, and experiencing new and exciting
things. A lot of students take this opportunity and run with it; along with that they choose to use
and abuse the things they are experimenting with. I am not one to judge by any means, I believe
in trying everything once. Although, I have seen students go really down-hill when they started
out with so much potential and that is when experimenting is being abused. The most common
thing that college students choose to abuse is alcohol but there are many other things that get
experimented with.
Prescription drugs are the next most abused thing with Adderall and a many different
types of painkillers. For a majority of students they get Adderall to help them accomplish what
they need to get done for school. Adderall gets abused more when school becomes more stressful
(i.e. Dead week and finals week). Although prescription drugs are mostly used to aid in school
they are also used by some students to lose weight because they have been known to suppress
appetite. Adderall and pain killers are definitely not the only abused prescription drugs but they
are the more common choice of college students. I personally think that the college culture is
somewhat encouraging students to use stimulants such as Adderall. Although I also think that
once students use a stimulants they are want more of it and to try things other as well.
I have noticed that more students are doing illicit drugs on campuses. The most common
obviously being marijuana and each person has their own reason for doing it. The reason I think
that marijuana has become so much more popular on this campus is because it is becoming more
readily available. I think it is becoming more available because our number of out of state
students has grown, especially students from California and Oregon. I am not trying to be
stereotypical by saying that, but I have personally heard stories from people at parties or
wherever that talked about how easy it was for them to get medical cards. Another common drug
used by college students is Cocaine and just like marijuana and prescription drugs each student
has their own reason for doing it. A couple reasons that students try this particular drug are
because it makes you have more energy, feel happier, and be more social. These all sound like
good things right, because thats what exactly what I think when it comes to mind. But I like to
take into consideration that even though it would possibly make me happier, more energetic and
more social because I am shy, I realize that these affects would be very temporary.
Now I am not saying that this is the only thing that is going on in college cultures, it is
just what I have noticed has grown dramatically and what I think is the culture on college
campuses. There are still a good portion of students that havent tried any illicit drugs and just
stick to the good ol coffee and energy drinks to help them get through finals. Although, there is
that good portion of students who are trying to find Adderall or something else to help them
cram. Like I said before I am not one to judge because I believe in trying everything once and I
have experimented just like a lot of other college students have, but I dont believe in letting
what I try take over my life. I realize that I have so much more going for me and I dont need to
get wrapped up in something crazy that has the potential to ruin a lot that I have going for me.