2006 AlcoholEdu Student Experiences

11/4/2009

Want to know what actual students have said about their experiences with AlcoholEdu? Check out the quotes below!

*All quotes on this page are actual quotes from students who participated in the 2005-2006 AlcoholEdu Essay Competition.

Impressions of the Course

"I thought that being required to [sic] AlcoholEdu was just going to be a waste of my time, but after all the occasions I have used the information I learned, I know I was really wrong." Auburn University, Class of 2009

"To be honest, I wasn't too thrilled about taking this course initially. I was working as a bartender, and figured that I knew everything I needed to know about alcohol and its effects. This course, however, has undoubtedly greatly assisted me in maintaining a healthy and rewarding college experience." Texas Tech University, Class of 2007

"When I started the AlcoholEdu course, I assumed it would be just like all the other alcohol prevention programs I had experienced. To my surprise, it was not like other programs at all. Instead of advocating not drinking any alcohol until you reached the legal drinking age of 21, AlcoholEdu first asked you if you drink. According to your answer, it would simply try to inform you of better choices you could make." Baldwin-Wallace College, Class of 2009

"When first asked to complete AlcoholEdu by our fraternity's president, I thought to myself, 'What a lame request. This is going to be nothing but a complete waste of my time.' In retrospect, AlcoholEdu has probably made the biggest impact on my first-year experience at college." Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity, Class of 2006

"I took the class as a requirement but ended up learning many things I was unaware of which has helped me make decisions about drinking as well as providing me with information to give to my friends who were not required to take the course." Miami University of Ohio and Alpha Gamma Delta, Class of 2009

"I believe that AlcoholEdu is a must for all colleges to expose the issues of drinking and to present students with techniques regarding how to go about making sensible choices regarding the use of alcohol in college and beyond." University of Rhode Island, Class of 2009

"Prior to entering college, all students should be required to complete AlcoholEdu. This program helped me visualize the negative impact that alcohol can have on not only my academics but also on my physical and psychological state." Kappa Alpha Theta, Class of 2009

Relevance to Abstainers and Drinkers

"The AlcoholEdu program, I feel, has helped greatly in guiding students to make healthier life choices regarding alcohol… Even those who refrain from alcohol use can see they are not alone in their choices." University of Rhode Island, Class of 2009

"When I was first informed about participating in AlcoholEdu, I was less than thrilled because I am not a drinker and was not being personally affected by alcohol at the time. However, I did complete AlcoholEdu and learned a plethora of new information on alcohol prevention and consumption which equipped me to better deal with my best friend's new out-of-control drinking habits." Texas Tech University, Class of 2009

"AlcoholEdu has proven genuinely useful for students who…choose both healthy behaviors and active social participation." Phi Kappa Psi, Class of 2006

"AlcoholEdu is valuable to abstainers and drinkers alike because the program provides unbiased and accurate information about alcohol and responsible drinking." Texas Tech University, Class of 2009

Approach to Learning

"The best part about the program is the fact that at no point are students told not to drink, but rather encouraged to drink safely." Boston College, Class of 2009

"…What I loved about AlcoholEdu is that they were not trying to get everyone to stop drinking, they were realistic and providing everyone with some life-altering advice." Northwestern University, Class of 2009

"The course, unlike health classes I've taken in the past, was able to sway me away from drinking by presenting facts and real-life examples instead of preaching and trying to scare students away from alcohol." Central Connecticut State University, Class of 2009

"[AlcoholEdu's] greatest strength is a personalized lesson plan, based on individual drinking habits, that does not rely on preaching or scare tactics." Ithaca College, Class of 2009

"AlcoholEdu helps by not preaching that students should not drink, but rather encouraging students to make healthy and safe decisions involving alcohol and other drugs." Pi Beta Phi

"AlcoholEdu didn't tell me that I couldn't drink, or that drinking was wrong, it allowed me to make wiser decisions about how I consume alcohol." Towson University, Class of 2009

What Students Learned

"Taking the course alone on my computer gave me the ability to really take in what was being said and realize how self-destructive my behavior was going to become if I didn't make a change." Central Connecticut State University, Class of 2009

"I personally did not know half of what was on AlcoholEdu, and some of it surprised me very much." Goucher College, Class of 2009

"AlcoholEdu took me by total surprise; I had no idea that I was so uneducated about something so common in my society, alcohol." University of Scranton, Class of 2009

"I was surprised to learn what actually constituted one drink. I never knew that just one shot was equal to a glass of wine or one can of beer. Before this course, I would drink as many as six shots in one night… After I completed AlcoholEdu, however, I learned that I was consuming a lot more alcohol than I had thought I was." Baldwin-Wallace College, Class of 2009

"AlcoholEdu taught me skills on about [sic] how to handle people who are intoxicated and how to turn down a drink without seeming like a loser, skills I definitely used more than once." Auburn University, Class of 2009

"What [AlcoholEdu] has changed is the perception that underage drinking is the only way to have fun and experience college life." California State University Chico, Class of 2009

"AlcoholEdu did a really good job of reminding students what [sic] do in case of emergency and how to judge an emergency." Emmanuel College, Class of 2009

"Taking AlcoholEdu has helped me realize that...the majority of alcohol is drunk by a very small percentage of the students. I have found that I can go to parties and drink very little alcohol, if any at all, and still have a blast and meet a lot of people. On top of that, I remember all the fun I had and the people that I met." Delta Zeta Sorority, Class of 2009

"I have had an instance of being pestered to drink before an exam and other important school projects, but declined. In the past, I might have faltered, but AlcoholEdu illustrates similar cases and enlightens you to the fact that drinking can bleed over into your students and decisions regarding school in a negative way." Texas Tech University, Class of 2007