As a student, I understand the student life. Not completely - or fully, but I do have some sort of perspective and understanding as to how we think and as to why we do things.
I'm not saying I'm a guru of the student mind or that I even know as to how it really works. But what I do know, is that we are completely unstable... For the most part. There is not a student that I know that doesn't like to go out with their friends and get drunk or smoke weed. I'm not a smoker - nor will I ever be. But I am a drinker... When I can afford it and or when I feel irresponsible enough.
The silliest part about being a student is that no matter how broke we are, there always seems to be money that enables our drinking habits or allows us to go out and have fun. There may not always be money for weed or a person to roll a joint or someone who has a lighter - but alcohol is never an issue.
Even if we don't have money, we know someone with money; that friend who is just tipsy enough to feel generous when they're the only one feeling good so they're willing to give to the "needy poor student." In that aspect, having that label is not always a bad thing. Even parents, they are probably the best enablers - giving us money for grocery's. But the best part is that - they don't know where it goes!
I'm not proud to fit this role, nor am I proud to believe that sometimes alcohol fills me better than groceries. I am not forever young, but at this age my train of thought is that I have my youth - this is the time to mess up if I want to. I don't have a boring life, which will make for memorable memories.