According to Hara Marano, the author of the editorial titled “Crisis U”, anxiety is defined as “a byproduct of thinking, but it is incapacitating without the ability to apply critical thinking skills to emotional reactions” (2). Anxiety is not just being anxious about a certain topic or situations; anxiety is complex and many people experience anxiety differently. In the first part of her definition, Marano is stating that anxiety has a lot to do with the way a person defines a situation in their head; they think into it too much causing them to perceive situations are worse than they truly are. However, in the second part of the definition Marano adds that anxiety is the act of not being able to think about situations and look for solutions.
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I disagree with this statement. I believe that even if you treat your classmates as teammates there is still competition. Our whole lives are built around competition. Whether its competition for authority, a job, a scholarship or even a spot in the highly competitive nursing program here at South Dakota State University; it is all competition. The world would not last a day if everyone could get what they wanted; it would truly be a ‘catastrophe.’ However, I am not disagreeing with the fact that if students worked together as teammates it would help their mental health. Anxiety in college often times derives from competition. Whether that competition is when you apply for college, during college, or after college when you are trying to find a job. If Marano is implying by her definition of anxiety that the problem with anxiety is not that students feel it, it is that they do not know how to cope with it; then how are they supposed to cope with the anxiety that stems from this type of …show more content…
More often than not, stress and anxiety go hand in hand. Marano uses a metaphor that states stress it “The new badge of college attendance” (5). This metaphor is implying that if you are a college student you have to be stressed out. According to Neil Postman, “A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception” (286). The quote by Marano does in face make it seem like her metaphor is an ornament while simultaneously effecting the way a reader interprets college. As a college student, I can agree with the fact that college is indeed very stressful but not all college students agree. Personally, I believe stress depends on the kind of student you are. If you truly care about your education and grades there is a greater chance you will accumulate much more stress than a student that would rather go out and party every chance they get. Stress and anxiety are often directly related to a student’s priorities. “College students mostly regard stress as a plague” (Marano 4). However, stress and anxiety aren’t always negative. Having stress and anxiety make a student more aware of what needs to be done and when it needs to be
I disagree with this statement. I believe that even if you treat your classmates as teammates there is still competition. Our whole lives are built around competition. Whether its competition for authority, a job, a scholarship or even a spot in the highly competitive nursing program here at South Dakota State University; it is all competition. The world would not last a day if everyone could get what they wanted; it would truly be a ‘catastrophe.’ However, I am not disagreeing with the fact that if students worked together as teammates it would help their mental health. Anxiety in college often times derives from competition. Whether that competition is when you apply for college, during college, or after college when you are trying to find a job. If Marano is implying by her definition of anxiety that the problem with anxiety is not that students feel it, it is that they do not know how to cope with it; then how are they supposed to cope with the anxiety that stems from this type of …show more content…
More often than not, stress and anxiety go hand in hand. Marano uses a metaphor that states stress it “The new badge of college attendance” (5). This metaphor is implying that if you are a college student you have to be stressed out. According to Neil Postman, “A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception” (286). The quote by Marano does in face make it seem like her metaphor is an ornament while simultaneously effecting the way a reader interprets college. As a college student, I can agree with the fact that college is indeed very stressful but not all college students agree. Personally, I believe stress depends on the kind of student you are. If you truly care about your education and grades there is a greater chance you will accumulate much more stress than a student that would rather go out and party every chance they get. Stress and anxiety are often directly related to a student’s priorities. “College students mostly regard stress as a plague” (Marano 4). However, stress and anxiety aren’t always negative. Having stress and anxiety make a student more aware of what needs to be done and when it needs to be