A lot of time is spent focusing on school, and the expected outcome of receiving a degree
in an intended major. School, from kindergarten up to college takes at least 16 years to complete.
For the average person, that’s around 20% of your life (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention). People also go to school and work, which leaves very little time to take care of
everything else going on in their personal lives. Sometimes people cannot get a day off to attend
a baby shower or a wedding. Sometimes people may not be able to attend birthdays or weddings
due to their jobs or because of school. For other students and myself, it is difficult to balance
work, school, and a personal life [Does this seem like the problem I am addressing?]. Most of the
time many …show more content…
A lot of students have to squeeze in their other personal obligations around
their work schedule. This can also lead to a conflict of interest. Not only do students miss out on
things that will never happen again, but this in turn affects them beyond the scope of what they
realize. Missing out on events, homework, and even skipping work can lead to elevated stress
levels, anxiety, and doing poorly in classes (Macan et al. 760). Coming into a UC that uses the
quarter system as a transfer student from a community college that was on the semester system
has proven to be difficult for me and other students. On top of that, the routine I grew
Singh 2
accustomed to has been completely turned on its head. Adjusting to living on campus has been
its own challenge, on top of adjusting academically to a new system.
With all of these things weighing heavily on students, they might also begin to
experience lower self-esteem, guilt, and other negative emotions that would stem from not being
able to perform the way that they would like (Macan et al.767). In order to combat this,
in an intended major. School, from kindergarten up to college takes at least 16 years to complete.
For the average person, that’s around 20% of your life (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention). People also go to school and work, which leaves very little time to take care of
everything else going on in their personal lives. Sometimes people cannot get a day off to attend
a baby shower or a wedding. Sometimes people may not be able to attend birthdays or weddings
due to their jobs or because of school. For other students and myself, it is difficult to balance
work, school, and a personal life [Does this seem like the problem I am addressing?]. Most of the
time many …show more content…
A lot of students have to squeeze in their other personal obligations around
their work schedule. This can also lead to a conflict of interest. Not only do students miss out on
things that will never happen again, but this in turn affects them beyond the scope of what they
realize. Missing out on events, homework, and even skipping work can lead to elevated stress
levels, anxiety, and doing poorly in classes (Macan et al. 760). Coming into a UC that uses the
quarter system as a transfer student from a community college that was on the semester system
has proven to be difficult for me and other students. On top of that, the routine I grew
Singh 2
accustomed to has been completely turned on its head. Adjusting to living on campus has been
its own challenge, on top of adjusting academically to a new system.
With all of these things weighing heavily on students, they might also begin to
experience lower self-esteem, guilt, and other negative emotions that would stem from not being
able to perform the way that they would like (Macan et al.767). In order to combat this,