Essays on Being A College Student

Abstract Mental health stigma is not an issue specific to college students, but it can mean the difference between persistence and dropping out if students do not receive the help or treatment that they may need. This review of literature examines the perceived stigma and personal stigma surrounding mental health for higher education students. Mental health literacy has been found to lessen the stigma surrounding mental health, as well as interventions. More importantly, studies revealed a need for university staff…...

Sleeping deprivation occurs when a person does not get enough sleep. Sleep is very important because you need to get enough sleep so that you can be refreshed for the next day. For a person to get enough sleep and function very well, depends on ages. According to experts, lack of sleep in very harmful to your body and sleep gives our body a chance to overcome tiredness and fatigue. According to Kathleen Davies (2018), define sleeping deprivation as normally…...

Being a student in today's society holds a vast quantity of pressure to try and do one thing: graduate. Thirteen years of going to school every day prepare students for future major steps in their lives. Every student faces several struggles and frustrations before graduation day arrives. One may build assumptions on a student by just looking at his or her seating position. Motivation, determination, and concentration can establish a student's quantity of success. The three most common types of…...

Being a high school student in Canada and living here for my entire life, I've learned about Canada. I know that Canada has beautiful landscapes and a clean environment. What doesn't make Canada clean is its oil extraction, more specifically the plan to build a trans-mountain pipeline expansion from Albert to Vancouver. The best decision that will benefit Canadians is to not build the pipeline expansion. Building the pipeline will disturb our beautiful landscapes and wouldn't sustainable for the future.…...

When looking at the work done in schools around the promotion of wellbeing, there are many different state and national frameworks that inform school-based practices. I have chosen to discuss the Framework for Student Support Services in Victorian Government Schools (Department of Education 1998) pictured below. This framework outlines four major principles or levels of activity, grouped together with the ‘resilient student’ at its centre. The major principles are primary prevention, which is presented in the framework as the largest…...

We all experience some sort of education during our lifetime, whether we succeed or fail depends completely on ourselves. To be a successful student there are a few guidelines you should follow. Attend all classes wherever possible, manage your time efficiently and put drive and effort behind your learning. Following these three guidelines will help to ensure a successful and fruitful educational career. The first step to being a successful student is attendance. Regardless of the teaching format, whether it…...

“In the long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. (Eleanor Roosevelt) Being responsible is a learned behavior. Sometimes we want everything to be easy. I often hear some students say "Bakit may P.E tayo,hindi naman natin magagamit pag nagtrabaho na tayo”. We have so many complaints in terms our studies. As Mr. Olarte once said “Kapag nag enrolll ka siguraduhin…...

Have you ever gotten mad for being a student? In fact, being a student is having a lot of fun, lots of wonderful and useful things to learn. However, it is not easy to be as most of people think, especially you are an international student. Living and studying in a foreign country may cause some pressures from many sources. There are three main pressures that most of international students have are financial pressure, social pressure, and family pressure. First,…...