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
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
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
College life for most people can be very stressful. It can be even more stressful when he or she suffers from anxiety and staying focused on things. A person who struggles with anxiety or has bad test - taking strategies there is a long list of things they can do. Preparing for the exam is the biggest thing he or she could ever do. If he or she prepares properly for the exam with their strategies they have chosen, it can prevent anxiety and stress. Figuring out how to deal with anxiety during college
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” (Gandi) Education has been an essential element in building societies in the past decades. Education is vital to build up the student life correctly and create awareness for the student on how to deal with his life; so he can differentiate between good and bad things. Education either purposes as an tool which is used to simplify addition of the younger group into the sense of the present system and bring about traditionalism
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
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
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 we were being introduced
taxation, financial reporting, forensic accounting, auditing, business recovery, corporate finance and insolvency, or accounting systems and processes. An accountancy student has to learn how to deal with the different factors that they will face. School, colleges and universities are incomplete and useless without students. Students are
(Wrye and Pruitt 74 ). So, why do college students continue to drink despite harmful consequences? College students drink for a few reasons including “social motives, conformity motives, coping motives and enhancement” (Wrye and Pruitt 74). From fraternity parties to in-dorm drinking, students abuse alcohol and drink excessively. This decreases academic performance, threatens personal morals, and leads to injuries and sexual abuse.