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New Concerns Arise About Mental Health Of College Students

Celebrity said:
If anything, you are less tough and less smart than these new kids. But keep on pretending and reliving those glory days, who knows, maybe it's all you've got left.
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Yep that is why they need free speech zones.
 
ludin said:
We were more mentally tough.
Most of us were taught to handle disappointment.

We learned to press on and continue to try harder.

These new kids were never taught that. So it makes sense that they can't handle it.
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There have been pampered kids since the birth of civilization. Nothing new here, just a changing of the guard.
 
chromium said:
Because they don't see themselves with much of a future no matter what they do. Job market for new grads blows

Or divorce rate is so high many grew up with single parent in poverty take your pick
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Life is Full of Choices, it is Your Choice on what you do, where you go, and even how your day will go. All one has to do is take of the blinders off and realize that your life really is yours to live as you wish. We are exactly where we want to be, or we would change it, right? Where do you want to go and who do you want to be, once you answer that question to yourself honestly, then you should get there. FYI: it take practice, and it is not always easy to do, but when you do you will be far happier going through life. Trust your instincts, the first answer is usually the best one, and Good Luck.
 
NonoBadDog said:
New Concerns Arise About Mental Health Of College Students « CBS Boston


I can't get my head around this. Is this a new phenomena or did we just not know it and grew through it?
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The big drug companies aggressively push their drugs. Think of all the drug commercials you see on TV today. Just pop the pills and you will feel better. The other thing is it seems to me that there are so many young kids taking meds. Grade school and up I don't think that can be good for the development of your brain. I think if you are suicidal and you need something that will keep you alive till the pros can help get you back on a even plane is Ok. But I don't think you should be taking meds because life is just tough for you or you broke up or...... Just my 2 cents worth.
 
Celebrity said:
If anything, you are less tough and less smart than these new kids. But keep on pretending and reliving those glory days, who knows, maybe it's all you've got left.
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It depends on the definition of "these new kids". I had a lot of young people working for me and some of them were tough. The ones that were there for the college were earning their tuition. They were taking courses in engineering and computer sciences. Not one of them was majoring in liberal arts or classical basket weaving.
I started working when I was ten. I bucked hay when I was 14. I took any paying job I could get. I had a full time job at 16 while going to high school. I left home and supported myself when I was 17 (still in high school). Throughout my working life I was an aircraft mechanic, roofer, framer, painter, electrician, carpet layer, worked as a sheet metal apprentice and I retired as an aircraft maintenance supervisor with 28 years in the Army after we got back from Iraq. I live in the mountains in a pretty nice home with ten acres. Our income is more now than before we retired. We saved our money and invested it. I have a little bit of a problem comparing that to the life experiences of a person that lives in their parent's basement and fails to get a decent paying job after four years in college with a huge school loan. I work harder now than I did before I retired, doing what I want to do. I have a real hard time trying to relate with someone that needs a safe space.
 
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NonoBadDog said:
Nope, not allowed. It was an automatic suspension for three days and a fail for the day. We had to do it on paper and turn in our worksheet that we used to do the calc.
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That seems odd the most current generation.

Do the work on paper. As if.
 
reinoe said:
I think it's a combination of drugs, a sense of self-importance, and peer reinforcement creating a bubble for college students.
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If they are depressed in college, wait until the get out and find what they learned in school can't get them a job, no matter what they studied.
 
NonoBadDog said:
New Concerns Arise About Mental Health Of College Students « CBS Boston


I can't get my head around this. Is this a new phenomena or did we just not know it and grew through it?
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That description is 100% accurate for almost ALL kids in the 15 to 25 age range.

Nothing new here.

Peggy Sue breaks up with you and it is the end of the world as you know it.
Finding $100 on the curb is akin to winning the lottery.
Your old used 63 Ford Fairlane with a 289 is the best and fastest machine on the road.

The world is seen through different eyes and perspectives at that age for sure.
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
That description is 100% accurate for almost ALL kids in the 15 to 25 age range.

Nothing new here.

Peggy Sue breaks up with you and it is the end of the world as you know it.
Finding $100 on the curb is akin to winning the lottery.
Your old used 63 Ford Fairlane with a 289 is the best and fastest machine on the road.

The world is seen through different eyes and perspectives at that age for sure.
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I was laid off several times. I had a bunch of relationships that didn't work out. My car in high school was an old broke down Corvair that had a nasty habit of throwing the fan belt whenever I went out on a date. We called that "life".
 
TheGoverness said:
Well that sucks. Without a calculator I would've been screwed in Algebra.
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+1 on this.

In 1991, I had a programmable CASIO fx-8700GB and learned how to program it BEFORE I started school, and let me tell you, it made all the difference.

I only had to plug in the variables and POOF! the correct answer was there.

Got 100% on my Algebra final.

When I made the honor society I put the pin on the cover of the calculator. It is still there, and I still have the machine and wrote out all the programs.

Earlier, when I was in Navy tech school we had to use a slide rule, and studied vacuum tubes and transistors.

Funny how the world has changed so much since 1974.
 
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NonoBadDog said:
It depends on the definition of "these new kids". I had a lot of young people working for me and some of them were tough. The ones that were there for the college were earning their tuition. They were taking courses in engineering and computer sciences. Not one of them was majoring in liberal arts or classical basket weaving.
I started working when I was ten. I bucked hay when I was 14. I took any paying job I could get. I had a full time job at 16 while going to high school. I left home and supported myself when I was 17 (still in high school). Throughout my working life I was an aircraft mechanic, roofer, framer, painter, electrician, carpet layer, worked as a sheet metal apprentice and I retired as an aircraft maintenance supervisor with 28 years in the Army after we got back from Iraq. I live in the mountains in a pretty nice home with ten acres. Our income is more now than before we retired. We saved our money and invested it. I have a little bit of a problem comparing that to the life experiences of a person that lives in their parent's basement and fails to get a decent paying job after four years in college with a huge school loan. I work harder now than I did before I retired, doing what I want to do. I have a real hard time trying to relate with someone that needs a safe space.
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Luckily, I don't have that problem. But I face many more problems from a previous generation destroying the planet in their pursuit of militant, economic world domination. There are also more people on the Earth now, and the number of people competing for limited resources (civic or natural) is growing. Not that sharing makes us tough, but enduring old farts who argue "when I was your age, we raped and pillaged for blood money and freedom" while trying to live on a vegan diet sure does. Meat is expensive. With that new JASTA, I don't think war for oil is going to be as profitable as it once was. Now, profitable business means a college degree is now what a high school diploma was then, shafting college graduates, and blaming them for their economic failure.

There is now more student loan debt than credit card debt. And the consequences will be severe for the debt slaves who are unfortunate enough not to have a basement to live in.

Why Student Loan & Debt Crisis Is Worse Than People Think
 
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