College is often seen as the place one goes to receive a higher education and a leg up in the working world, but with mental health issues and student debt on the rise, what are students really receiving? Once these issues are classified, it becomes easier to understand what is really happening. The course loads many students face, are not only time consuming, but induce incredible amounts of stress with what is expected of them. The high demands each class poses, mentally taxes the students at an astonishing rate. Add to this, the ever rising costs of college, it is no wonder students are reporting constant physical exhaustion.
Once a student receives their course load, they are often left wondering how they will get everything done. The time the students spend studying obviously varies depending on their chosen major. Students majoring in architecture in 2011 spent an outstanding average of 23.7 hours a week studying. Nursing students had an average of 18 hours a week studying, those majoring in mathematics averaged 16.4 hours a week, and the list goes on (Statista n.d). Many of the study times were equivalent to that of a part-time job, and would be exhausting in itself. Now, add to the equation that many students are not only going to school full time, but one in five of the 19.7 million undergraduate students were working at …show more content…
The properties of stress can lead to ulcers, high blood pressure, and muscular tension. Anxiety and depression often lead to gastrointestinal problems, chronic pain, and loss of sleep. College also physically exhausts students with actual physical demands. The never ending labs which leave little time to sit. The insane number of gigantic books students must get across the enormous campus. These are only some of the ways in which colleges mentally tax, induce stress and physically exhaust the
Once a student receives their course load, they are often left wondering how they will get everything done. The time the students spend studying obviously varies depending on their chosen major. Students majoring in architecture in 2011 spent an outstanding average of 23.7 hours a week studying. Nursing students had an average of 18 hours a week studying, those majoring in mathematics averaged 16.4 hours a week, and the list goes on (Statista n.d). Many of the study times were equivalent to that of a part-time job, and would be exhausting in itself. Now, add to the equation that many students are not only going to school full time, but one in five of the 19.7 million undergraduate students were working at …show more content…
The properties of stress can lead to ulcers, high blood pressure, and muscular tension. Anxiety and depression often lead to gastrointestinal problems, chronic pain, and loss of sleep. College also physically exhausts students with actual physical demands. The never ending labs which leave little time to sit. The insane number of gigantic books students must get across the enormous campus. These are only some of the ways in which colleges mentally tax, induce stress and physically exhaust the