Hold students to a higher standard, he suggested, and they might hold themselves to it, too.

Education at an early age was another theme.

“I think it needs to start the minute they hit kindergarten,” said Marissa Miller, a recent graduate. “It’s a matter of learning the responsibility and the consequences of their actions.”

Still, that educationshouldn’t say that all drinking is bad — only when it’s excessive or underage.

Instead of aiming for alcohol abstinence, Andrew Miller said, schools should be teaching “how to drink safely.”

And when education is happening, it pays to listen.

Marissa Miller recalls her elementary school D.A.R.E. class, and the students who weren’t paying attention.

“To this day, they’re the ones experiencing high-risk drinking,” she said.