Manual Labor All Night Long Analysis

Throughout history, students have been pushed to their limits by the government’s standards of living, and today’s college reality is no exception. In Alana Semuel’s article called “Manual Labor, All Night Long: The Reality of Paying for College,” we meet Alexis Mclin, a college student struggling with the burden of pushing herself past her limitations. Mclin works at a UPS facility between midnight and four in the morning. All the while proceeding to go observe an elementary school like setting and attend a lab for her class, not only is Mclin running on a lack of sleep but she’s endangering her future by pushing herself too far. What are the consequences of this harsh unredeeming lifestyle? Understanding the challenge Mclin faces raises the …show more content…
While this topic is mildly addressed in the previous point, I feel as though this is an important topic that deserves recognition in its own paragraph. Unintentionally, by always being on the run and constantly cramming for that spectacular test score, an excessive number of students are beginning to have psychological impediments. Some of the more commonly brought up concerns that I personally observe is crippling anxiety and in fewer cases, depression. Due to social media, it is widely known that college students are one of the most likely groups of people to get diagnosed with a mental health condition. The main issue that faces students with a mental health condition is the stigma attached, often they will be too afraid to get diagnosed. The stigma is what pushes the teenager or early adult to not get diagnosed and the unfortunate fact is that eventually, without treatment, their grades have the potential to drop significantly. Nevertheless, this is a ginormous problem with a simple …show more content…
For the majority of college students, their social life is one of two situations, either a blooming social life or in most cases of being busy constantly, a significant loss of friendship or family life. Being involved as a student is so important as its been a tradition in colleges across the world for decades to be involved in something. Be it a special club or a wonderful tumultuous relationship. However, being stuck in an endless loop of trials to receive a piece of paper saying that you are allowed to be paid more than someone without that modest piece of paper. That’s all high and mighty until you look at where you are at the end after obtaining a paper of the highest degree of