Sophomore slump

extended period of time and felt like there was no reason to continue living in the continuous cycle of anger and hostility. However, gradually I began to pull myself out of the slump I previously felt trapped in. I attribute a very large part of this recovery from depression and suicidal behavior to a friend I had met my sophomore year in high school. Meeting this very close friend allowed me to talk with somebody about the issues I was facing at home and the way that they made me feel. Instead…

that I showed in order to be honored with the title of soccer captain. My academic past was not always easy. My last year of high school was very difficult for me. During that year, I lost a lot of important people in my family and I fell into a slump. I had depression and had to miss many of my classes in order to help out my mother and father. I realized that I was very close to failing my classes and I realized I needed to get back on track. It was very hard to catch up on school work and I…

College retention is a major issue for students, universities and society in general. The problem has existed for years and is still a topic for many to research and understand. It is in the best interest of all three parties to reduce the dropout rate. Factors to be dissected are lack of money, being academically unprepared, and the metamorphic life changes encountered by freshman which are stressful. For those unable to obtain academic or athletic scholarships, government funding such as…

Anxiety in today's world is not uncommon; it is more common that people are diagnosed with it now than ever before.Anxiety can make a person overthink every single thing, makes you leave the things you love behind, becoming freaked out over something for no reason, etc. Anxiety for me feels like I am locked away in a cell that won’t let me experience adventures that I might enjoy; that I know I will enjoy. Instead of enjoying though, I generate a continuous list of all the wrongs that could…

I asked my maternal grandparents Ronnie Miles and Yvonne Miles about their experiences and what they thought about the changing times and how they reacted to major events in the past. M=Yvonne Miles ("Mimi") P=Ronnie Miles ("Papaw") Do you know anything about the Great Depression time period? M) “Mother talked about it. The food was rationed. You had to stand in bread lines, gas lines. How mad it was. People out of work. Couldn’t find work. It affected rich and poor. Some of the rich lost…