to obtain their degrees. This can cause the transition for them to be rough. 2.4.2 Financial Issues There are many students who have to work while they are attending college. Being a first-year student can cause adjustment to college to be even more difficult. Some students have to work in order to pay their way through college. This can pose a number of hazards for students. There are many times when students have to work late at night and then do not have the time to study. This can then reflect
were as kind as Chris. Unlike most college students, Chris had a nice car and an even nicer bank account, thanks to his generous parents. He was healthy, happy, and carefree. Fast-forward six years. Chris’s eyelids slowly close over his dark red eyes. He could pass for an amateur boxer with those deep purple, almost black, circles under his eyes. His head bobs down towards his chest and
Daily music at Early College will mentally benefit the students. The first benefit of music is that it lowers students’ stress levels. A majority of students at Early College suffer from high stress levels. However, listening to music after class will help them relieve stress. For instance, researchers at Stanford University states that slower tempo music can quiet a student’s mind and reduce their stress (“Releasing Stress”). Slow tempo music is an effective way to reduce levels of stress hormone
has not been put into the education system starting from kindergarten to graduating college. After high school, teens are under extreme pressure to join college, which can result in changing their personalities, possibly for the worst due to the pressure. Concluding, fresh high school graduated may get pressured by – increasing their worries about keeping up, having a fear of failure, feeling stressed causing anxiety, and having a lack of self-image and feeling socially pressured. Many
The amount of anxiety in teens seems to have been going up since the early 1930s and drastically within the last 5 years. Anxiety is defined in pediatrics as “a nervous disorder characterized as a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks,” but I would describe it as being extremely nervous and in a state where it's hard to function. It affects how we feel, how we behave, and has very real physical symptoms. Anxiety, just like sadness or
how to contribute in the transformation of their world. There should be an entrance exam to college
The correlation between a students’ SAT or ACT score and there chance of being accepted and succeeding in college is absurd. You cannot predict a students first year college grades based from a test that only provides questions over four main subjects: math, reading, science, and writing. There are a lot of factors that could contribute to a students inability to test well. The amount of bias towards race, gender, social status gives white, wealthy, individuals an unfair advantage. Endless articles
In the article “The Coddling of the American Mind” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt explain their beliefs as to what’s going on in colleges today. They believe a movement is being made to stop anything that may cause discomfort or offense to students on campus. After reading the article, I do agree with Lukianoff and Haidt because from my own experience in college I feel like certain subjects are kept from students because of the reaction it may cause. For instance, in an English class one semester
How is social anxiety different from shyness? According to Thomas A. Richards, Psychologist/Director of the Social Anxiety Institute, “Social Anxiety” (also known as social phobia) is a fear of interaction with other people that bring on self-consciousness, feelings of being negatively judged and evaluated, and can lead to avoidance.” While according to KidsHealth.org “Shyness is an emotion that affects how a person feels and behaves around others. Shyness can mean feeling uncomfortable, self-conscious
About two-thirds of the individuals with eating disorders had one or more lifetime anxiety disorder; the most common were obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia (Kaye et. al, 2004). This finding fascinates me because there have been countless times where I have had to de-escalate my best friend from a social situation that she found herself in that was uncomfortable. In the beginning of her college career, she needed motivation and a lot of support in order to go to a social gathering