tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705432279177203509.post1432694962238046070..comments2024-03-19T04:04:16.798-07:00Comments on Budd's Blog: College Student Anxiety - A Research Finding, And A Challenge To Be MetBuddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893224951099943306noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705432279177203509.post-28890747169055590442019-07-03T01:53:17.316-07:002019-07-03T01:53:17.316-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705432279177203509.post-12212144412018693652019-05-06T09:01:31.878-07:002019-05-06T09:01:31.878-07:00Thanks for sharing, Jon. You are exceptional in y...Thanks for sharing, Jon. You are exceptional in your abilities and persistence. What about all those people who couldn't withstand all that hardship? It's ridiculous what we do to young people who are seeking to renew our society. If I ran the zoo, I'd abolish all this hardship and nurture our young people, along with teaching them survival skills step by step. As it is, universities are far too self-interested. Thanks for reading and responding, dear friend!Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893224951099943306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705432279177203509.post-42524296840074606452019-05-05T13:02:25.210-07:002019-05-05T13:02:25.210-07:00Budd,
Sounds like "Form a Committee" to...Budd,<br /><br />Sounds like "Form a Committee" to me. <br /><br />It seems like most of the anxiety is triggered by financial insecurity. The colleges and universities need to face facts. They are way too expensive and the cost is no longer justifying the value. The broken college loan system has only served to accelerate the cost-push inflation of higher education. Colleges need to lower tuition. I am proud to be an NYU Medical School graduate and my alma mater just this year decided to go to a tuition-free school. It didn't happen overnight. It took ten years of fund raising to do it. The endowments at many colleges are large enough to support this. They should be threatened with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they don't do this. How is that for socialism?<br /><br />Improving Mental Health services at the college is treating the disease after it has already been established. I prefer "immunization" at he High School level.<br /><br />1. Many college students are ill-equipped to handle college life and "adulthood".<br /><br />2. High Schools should do a better job of preparing students for adulthood, college or a different pathway.<br /><br />3. Sometimes college is not the best choice for a particular student. There should be no stigma attached to those who choose another pathway. Some would even be better served by a year or so in the military or public service immediately after High School.<br /><br />4. Students need to be taught strategies to handle "stress", ie, disappointment or failure.<br /><br />5. Students need to be taught to be more self-reliant. Don't expect someone else to fix all of your problems.<br /><br />6. Students need to learn to "Delay Gratification". Set your goals and learn the discipline to achieve them regardless of the obstacles in your way.<br /><br />To me a college degree was a tool, not a specific goal in itself. It was merely a step (obstacle, if you will) to my acceptance to Medical School, then Residency and finally practice. <br /><br />In college I had to find off-campus housing my sophomore year as there was no on-campus housing unless you joined a fraternity. Two friends and I rented an apartment. For food I became a dishwasher and was later promoted to waiter, in exchange for lunch and dinner...no money. For my rent money I got a part-time job working in a clothing store after class and in the evening. Studying was done in between.<br /><br />My father passed away my second month of Medical School. So, I had to finance all 4 years with loans. I pretended to be a resident and got free meals from the cafeteria in the basement of Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital across the street from my dormitory. In my 3rd and 4th year I worked as a phlebotomist at Bellevue Hospital, performed Stat and Pre-Op EKGs at Beth Israel Hospital in the evenings and worked the Night/Overnight shift at the downtown Student Health Service at the undergraduate NYU campus. If I wanted to take my wife out for a special dinner I would donate a unit of blood at the NYU Hospital Blood Bank as they paid $25. which was a lot in those days. <br /><br />To me that was nothing special. I didn't whine about my circumstances. I had to provide my share so I just did it. Period. My parents laid the groundwork by teaching me the importance of discipline and hard work. Any success I have had in life has all been a consequence of that. <br /><br />Somehow today's youth seems to have lost that skill set. <br /><br />Jon Caine MDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278675076903843900noreply@blogger.com