As a guest in the host culture, you are expected to adapt your dress and behavior to conform to local norms. Understanding a country's gender issues is part of getting to know another culture. The issues are often related to dress or appearance, the role men and women play in the society, religion, and interpersonal behaviors to name a few. Many students mistake a lower drinking age and easy availability of alcohol abroad as a cultural acceptance of drunkenness. However, Europeans and other cultures have a very different relationship to alcohol, and getting drunk is not considered socially acceptable.
Abuse of alcohol can bring a variety of serious consequences, including dismissal from the program.
Student Dismissal Program participants represent AHA and their respective universities while they are abroad. The program does not tolerate behaviors judged to be excessive, illegal or generally detrimental to the welfare of the individual, other participants or the program. AHA and the consortia of universities reserve the right to terminate the participation of any student in the program for refusal to adhere to the appropriate standards of conduct. Any additional costs associated with early dismissal from the program are expressly the burden of the student.