When I first got to Spain I had the perception that drinking does not have a negative connotation with it. There are bars on every corner. In America teachers make sure that students and parents do not see them drink. But today at the school I am teaching at the headmaster took me to the market in the middle of the day to get supplies for the fiesta at the end of the day. After we purchased everything we walked right into the school holding campaign as parents walked by, and the refrigerator at the school has wine in it everyday! The drinking age is 18 however, anyone can walk into a bar (for the most part) and order alcohol without being carded. If not then one person who is 18 can buy a round for everyone under age and nothing is done. I have a friend here who goes to the high school and she said that her and her friends can walk into a store together, and the person who is 18 buys all the alcohol (with everyone next to him/her) and walk past the security guard without anything being done...But then I asked her "but kids here don't drink to get drunk, they just drink to drink don't they" she said "no they get wasted"...I always thought that maybe if kids in America could grow up seeing drinking in moderation then they would be less likely to get drunk...not so.
However, after talking with people they said that underage drinking is a problem that needs stricter law enforcement.
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