Sam Spady paper

          Last week we heard the story about Sam Spady, a college student who had everything going for her, until it was all lost in one weekend. Sam's mother came to tell us about our daughter as a way to prevent he same thing from happening to us. Sam grew up in a small town in Nebraska. Her parents talked about how easy to raise she ways, and how good of a daughter she was. She was very involved in high school: she was a cheerleader and on the student government just to name a couple if the bigger activities.
          It's a shame to hear a tragic story about a life with so much potential to be wasted. Sam had literally almost everything going for her. This just goes to show us that nobody is immune from the poisen that is alcohol. It can be a an okay beverage when consumed by responsible adults; however, these days it is being heavily consumed by more and more inexperienced teenagers. A common flaw with these teens is a sense of "invincibility". College students may hear a story like this and not think anything of it because they believe that nothing like it would ever happen to them. This is the worst thing they can believe because with the use of alcohol, the student may do something very foolish that they may not normally do when they are sober.
         Personally, I can pride myself by saying in full honesty that I have never partaken in the consumption of alcoholic beverages. I have a very close group of friends who are all also very against it, so I have never felt pressured into it. It is stories like Sam's that make it all the more less appealing to me. Why would I risk throwing away the promising future I have ahead of me to have a good time for one night. It just seems completely unreasonable and selfish.