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How the Movies Get Spring Break All Wrong
spring break has arrived. A time when college kids buy a plane ticket to Miami, Mexico or maybe Hawaii, right? Maybe on a movie set in LA or in an episode of Gossip Girl. But what would a real Spring Break movie be about? Less vodka and hotel rooms and more cats and sweat pants. Amy E. Lukac, from College Magazine, describes how movies breed unrealistic college spring break expectations. For example, in movies you see one rowdy group of best friends take up a good portion of a plane to Cancun and split an entire row of hotel rooms, turning it into a party floor. Once these excited students get to their vacation destination, they’ll probably head to the closest liquor store, then down to the hot tub. When in reality for a lot of people, the local movie theater, adult coloring books, and downtown bars are more likely activities. Lukac quotes York College graduate Kristy Yenchik, "On spring break, some of my friends would go to places like Vegas and New Orleans, but I worked so I stayed home and then went out and hung out with my friends later. It was just another day, or week. I didn’t have the money for it.
All of my money went to my bills and summer Dave Matthews concert tickets.” Then there's a completely different reality, where some students say they’ll commit the beginning of their break to homework. You’ll make a cup of coffee and organize your desk so you could get everything done in order. A few minutes later, you find yourself browsing Facebook or shopping on Amazon. Nice try. “I was never like everyone else, especially with partying. My first spring break of college my best friend and I flew to Texas to visit with my family. It was one of the best trips in my life. To me it’s not about partying. It’s about relaxing and being with the ones you love,” Amanda Lynne, a sophomore medical student at Raritan Valley Community College said.
Lukac closes by saying, "spring break is for us hard-working college students to take a break and relax a little. If you can afford, and have the stomach capacity, to do all of the things I listed earlier, then more power to you. But, for the people that will probably be more like me, enjoy your blanket forts."
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