http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2318/Personal-Psychological-Problems-College-Students.html
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In my opinion, it's quite predictable that college students will have psychological and personal problems when they start to attend college itself. They transition into an important part of their life, and this determines what they will do to contribute to the economy and society when they reach graduation and get employed in their field of work. College life is indeed very stressful, and it does change the mindset of many students who are not used to this type of lifestyle. While in High school, or in a GED program, the student is used to a certain workload size.
In almost every college, however, the workload accumulated for each semester exceeds that of a normal high school semester. I think that is true because i have had so many relatives tell me how much harder college life is when it's compared to high school life. "All nighters" are a constant during undergraduate and especially graduate studies. Therefore, personal and psycholological problems have a high chance of arising during college. For example, depression affects many college students that are disgruntled by the arduous work. The students might feel even more depressed when they have worked hard for a good grade and they had a shortcoming of some sort. For example, if they worked for a "A" grade and they received a B or maybe even lower, they most likely will be affected heavily. I agree that depression is obviously unhealthy for the mind and body. Weight loss, decreases energy, appetite changes, and sleeping changes are all symptoms of depression.
Of course, depression leads to hasty decisions and they don't always have good outcomes or results. There are a lot of suicide attempt cases during college due to all the stress and depression. Also, students start to abuse substances as well, both legal and illegal. "There's a place for everything, and it's college" is a saying used to refer to students trying all sorts of new things in college. I understand why students would try to abuse substances such as Marijuana, Cocaine, Ecstasy, Xanax, Adderall, Mylanta, Lumina, and such. These, in my opinion, are used mainly for stress, concentration and studies, and of course, fun. Drinking Alcohol and smoking tobacco also contributes to this form of stress relief. Obviously, it is very unhealthy and it can lead to death. Obtaining a college degree is one of the best things that can happen in your life, but actually obtaining the degree itself is a huge obstacle course. This is why i believe these problems do exist among students.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Education: An ongoing crisis in the U.S.?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/179750/three_serious_problems_with_the_current.html
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This is quite the thesis about the somewhat useless components of the education system of society today. I was oblivious to the obvious, it seems. Sure, homework is kind of useless if it's simply a chore and it doesn't challenge you academically. It's quite simple; homework can be copied beforehand and submitted to the class teacher with ease. But, you have to look at it from both sides. You can't be biased about this. Most teachers would see homework as a means of understanding and actually remembering the lesson learned in class. It is true that some students really are dependent on homework assignments to actually understand what was discussed in class, but some of the other peers that are above average students, know at least 80% of the material without actually committing theirselves to studying the homework.
I agree with the author of this article. The regime of all curriculums in school should be consisted of mainly tests, projects, and actual discussion. Drilling this information into our heads doesn't exactly make us think about it. Infantilizing the student body does not allow to mature mentally. Every class should have in-depth discussions and how the said topic is applied to actual life. Isn't school supposed to prepare us for life itself? Why are our curriculums consisted of classes such as psychology and philosophy? And mind you, most students don't even take these classes anyways. Teachers make classes nowadays so bland and dull to the point where students don't even bother to show up, which leads us to another problem in the school system.
What the article's author indicated about attendance and how it's a huge part of your final grade for a class can be quite the bother. If you can get really high test scores and project grades, and you take about three-fifths of your time in school doing it, why should showing up for all the classes even matter? I am one of the many victims affected by this harsh attendance policy. I don't like to boast, but i could breeze through many courses and get above a 3.4 overall GPA if it weren't for this annoyance. However, if they lightened up on the attendance policy, students would abuse this privilege and not show up anyways. There are just too many flaws in today's education system. I also urge for immediate education reforms.
Detailed Reaction:
This is quite the thesis about the somewhat useless components of the education system of society today. I was oblivious to the obvious, it seems. Sure, homework is kind of useless if it's simply a chore and it doesn't challenge you academically. It's quite simple; homework can be copied beforehand and submitted to the class teacher with ease. But, you have to look at it from both sides. You can't be biased about this. Most teachers would see homework as a means of understanding and actually remembering the lesson learned in class. It is true that some students really are dependent on homework assignments to actually understand what was discussed in class, but some of the other peers that are above average students, know at least 80% of the material without actually committing theirselves to studying the homework.
I agree with the author of this article. The regime of all curriculums in school should be consisted of mainly tests, projects, and actual discussion. Drilling this information into our heads doesn't exactly make us think about it. Infantilizing the student body does not allow to mature mentally. Every class should have in-depth discussions and how the said topic is applied to actual life. Isn't school supposed to prepare us for life itself? Why are our curriculums consisted of classes such as psychology and philosophy? And mind you, most students don't even take these classes anyways. Teachers make classes nowadays so bland and dull to the point where students don't even bother to show up, which leads us to another problem in the school system.
What the article's author indicated about attendance and how it's a huge part of your final grade for a class can be quite the bother. If you can get really high test scores and project grades, and you take about three-fifths of your time in school doing it, why should showing up for all the classes even matter? I am one of the many victims affected by this harsh attendance policy. I don't like to boast, but i could breeze through many courses and get above a 3.4 overall GPA if it weren't for this annoyance. However, if they lightened up on the attendance policy, students would abuse this privilege and not show up anyways. There are just too many flaws in today's education system. I also urge for immediate education reforms.
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