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Caution Ahead: Are Spring Break Travel And Entitlement Connected?
Whether they are or not, if you are complaining about the cost of college, you shouldn’t go.
Even though I went to college in the mid-80s, at the height of the spring break craze, I never went on a trip during the week-long hiatus from classes.
I should clarify and say that I did travel once to my roommate’s grandparent's house on Long Island where we had a traditional Italian Easter Dinner complete with artichokes and eggplant parm.
Another year, I hosted all of my apartment mates at my parent's house, two hours away from school for the weekend.
But I never had the privilege or money to go to Florida or somewhere warmer than New York State on spring break. I was envious of those who went but did not go — I was also not a big partier. I also knew that the trip was something I did not “have to take.”
Times change
Honestly, I don’t understand college or college students these days. I’ve been a college student three different times in my life. Once in the early to mid-1980s…
