Post-secondary is a place where students go to gain knowledge and acquire a degree, what students do not know is that it is also a place where students can develop many different mental illnesses which usually leads to dropping out or even worse, suicide. In Campus Crisis by Kate Lunau it states, “some wonder if today’s students are having difficulty coping with the rapidly changing world around them, a world where they can’t unplug, can’t relax, and believe they must stay at the top of their class, no matter what”(Lunau, 2012, p.2, para.5), 7.5 percent of students that have post-secondary education usually develop a mental illness as a result of stress from moving away from home, course loads, social pressures, and parents’ expectations.
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Queen’s, Cornell and others instruct faculty and staff on how to look for warning signs that could signal a student in crisis, making it a campus-wide effort… Bounce Back, at Carleton University, which sets up undergrads who receive less than a 60 per cent average in their first semester with an upper-year mentor… Canadian Association of College and University Student Services … partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association, to study best practices in Canada and abroad… University of Alberta, is producing a report on campus mental health services and best practices elsewhere” (p.4, para.7).
This supports Kate’s solution because the schools started researching and supporting the students without the need of spending money, long waiting lists, and counsellors. All they needed where programs they can get help from student to student from their own generating and researchers to research techniques from students to cope with their …show more content…
With gr.12 students, including me, already experiencing stress now, it is hard to imagine how the stress is going to affect us in post-secondary. With that being said, post-secondary is not for everyone and with many opportunities other than school that have been created, this is a wide field for graduates to continue on with their life. In my placement class, many students unfortunately suffer with a learning disability of some sort, that causes them to usually stress out and they lose control of themselves. Fortunately we have a program at laurier where we have dedicated teachers/assistants that help out and help the students develop many coping strategies that help them control their stress and enjoy school and learning. This is my idea on how universities should respond to this crisis, they should create a program that has dedicated personals that help students practice and train their brain to cope with their emotions and
Queen’s, Cornell and others instruct faculty and staff on how to look for warning signs that could signal a student in crisis, making it a campus-wide effort… Bounce Back, at Carleton University, which sets up undergrads who receive less than a 60 per cent average in their first semester with an upper-year mentor… Canadian Association of College and University Student Services … partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association, to study best practices in Canada and abroad… University of Alberta, is producing a report on campus mental health services and best practices elsewhere” (p.4, para.7).
This supports Kate’s solution because the schools started researching and supporting the students without the need of spending money, long waiting lists, and counsellors. All they needed where programs they can get help from student to student from their own generating and researchers to research techniques from students to cope with their …show more content…
With gr.12 students, including me, already experiencing stress now, it is hard to imagine how the stress is going to affect us in post-secondary. With that being said, post-secondary is not for everyone and with many opportunities other than school that have been created, this is a wide field for graduates to continue on with their life. In my placement class, many students unfortunately suffer with a learning disability of some sort, that causes them to usually stress out and they lose control of themselves. Fortunately we have a program at laurier where we have dedicated teachers/assistants that help out and help the students develop many coping strategies that help them control their stress and enjoy school and learning. This is my idea on how universities should respond to this crisis, they should create a program that has dedicated personals that help students practice and train their brain to cope with their emotions and