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Issues
Students May Face In the Month of February
- Hourly
exams and other academic pressures approach.
- Depending
upon the weather, some people will experience cabin
fever if the weather forces them to stay inside
for a lengthy period of time. With the lack of organized
activities to compensate for this, anti-social behavior
sometimes occurs, such as excessive property damage.
- Vocational
choice anxieties set in with the onset of job interviews.
- Worry
of hunting for a summer job begins. This is especially
high for students who were unable to find work during
the Holiday break.
- Relationship
anxieties increase as either couples begin to strengthen
their ties (engagement) or experiencing weakening
relationships.
- Fall
housing planning begins with trying to tentatively
decide about living arrangements. March ¨ Increasing
thoughts/deliberations about suicide occur from
an inability to cope with the pressures of academic
and social expectations.
- Academic
pressures increase with the approach of mid-term
exams.
- With
the pressures of the end of the semester approaching,
many students start to increase their use of alcohol
and drugs. This can cause them any problems, both
biologically and behaviorally.
- Existential
crisis for seniors - Must I leave school? Is my
education worth anything? Was my major a mistake?
Why go on?
- Living
arrangement anxieties occur with the forcing of
decisions - Should I move out? Live in the same
building? Stay with the same roommate? Will a friend
e left out of the plan?
- Summer
job hunting will be heavy over spring break. Worry
about finding a job or not finding one will cause
severe anxiety.
- Trying
to find money to use for spring break is a problem,
especially when your peers are going to a place
other than home and you are not able to join them.
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