Grow Up College Students!!!!!

It's time for me to get on my soap box and rant about how pathetic some college students can be.  I know this isn't the time of year to be bitter, but please let me have my moment.  I promise I'll go back to  humming Christmas Carols after I let off this steam.

The video of University of Oregon Students having a snowball fight sickens me.  Too many "What Ifs" shoot through my brain.  These immature college kids had no idea who was in that car they pelted with snowballs.  They'd be the same kids crying to mommy or daddy if one of them was run over because the driver decided to hit the gas pedal instead of the brake.  Yes, part of me wishes the driver floored it to teach them a lesson, but I'm sure they would have just complained and cried tears of, "We were just having fun. "

So what really happened?  The poor man who got out of his car tried to get these losers to stop hitting cars.  He was trying to educate them about their character.  Be good people.  Don't throw things, yes even snowballs, at someone else's property.  Have your snowball fight with each other.  Blast each other with snowballs.  Make snow forts and have a good ol' fashion snowball fight.  But seriously, leave the innocents out of it.  I can only imagine if a woman with a stroller walked by, or an elderly woman or man with a walker.  I feel like these college jerks would be vicious enough to harm anyone without any remorse or concern.

My hope is college students are identified, they are prosecuted to the fullest degree of the law as hoodlums and reckless citizens.  I also hope it goes on their permanent record; maybe something that says, "I'm a complete idiot and enjoy being part of a mob."

Hold on, did I just type all of that?  Don't I remember what it was like to be young and carefree?  Didn't I engage in reckless activity like cannonballing into a soda machine one night or taking a shovel and damaging some streetlight bulbs?  Am I not the thief who abducted Christmas ornaments from a tree and also a stuffed bird?  Wasn't this me back in the day ..... possibly.
So let's say, I did all of the above in my "stupider" days.  Where would I be today if I had a permanent record showing my lack of care for the property of others?

The answer in these situations is never simple.  I respect the retired college professor who got pelted.  I respect that he is not pressing charges because he understands kids do stupid things in the heat of the fun.  He doesn't want to see futures damaged because of what was meant to be innocent recreation.  Still, an apology from each student and maybe even the consequence of having to shovel that retired professor's driveway, front porch, sidewalks and cleaning off his car after every snow storm this year would be a nice gesture in good character.

Ahhh,...I feel better already.  So here's a nice Christmas video that will calm you down.  Enjoy