Is the United States too Strict on Drinking Age?
"How Bingeing Became the New College Sport," is an essay written by Barry Seaman that appeared in the August issue of Time Magazine. Seaman begins the essay by talking about the rituals of campus life and sometimes consequences of students drinking too much. Seaman also writes about the drinking age being set too high, how it got that way, and proposes what would happen if the United States lowered the legal drinking age?
Seaman's purpose in the essay is to get the reader thinking about what if the drinking age was reduced from 21. He thinks that the college epidemic of drinking too much may be reduced drastically. Seaman's audience is students, college and university officials, and the parents. The main idea that he is trying to get across is that if students under 21 could drink in public legally, they would be better supervised and not binge themselves by consuming too much alcohol.
Seaman starts the essay off by......
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