09-02-2008, 08:52 PM
As for my opinion on the topic at hand...
I'd be ok with moving the drinking age down to 18, but I think that if it were to be done, there would also need to be some more serious teaching done about responsible drinking done to children.
I'm usually not one to say it should be up to schools to teach certain things to kids, safe drinking being one of them, but because I personally doubt that parents would do the proper job of it, I'd almost think that it would have to be up to the schools. A "Drinking Ed" class would be a good idea, but I don't ever see something like that flying.
When I spent some time in Germany after high school, I saw that it is possible for teenagers to drink, and to drink with responsibility. The key, though, is that most of the kids I met, had all been taught about the responsibilities needed when consuming alcohol.
I'd be ok with moving the drinking age down to 18, but I think that if it were to be done, there would also need to be some more serious teaching done about responsible drinking done to children.
I'm usually not one to say it should be up to schools to teach certain things to kids, safe drinking being one of them, but because I personally doubt that parents would do the proper job of it, I'd almost think that it would have to be up to the schools. A "Drinking Ed" class would be a good idea, but I don't ever see something like that flying.
When I spent some time in Germany after high school, I saw that it is possible for teenagers to drink, and to drink with responsibility. The key, though, is that most of the kids I met, had all been taught about the responsibilities needed when consuming alcohol.