#struggling students

[casual-artist]

I digitized a doodle of mine from class. Meet Meowo, the struggle art student cat.

That’s all, scroll on!

[a-woman-apart]

Eggs in One Basket, Ducks in a Row

A lot of things have happened since I last wrote. For one, I applied to a college for my undergraduate program. I keep feeling like I should have a “back-up” college, but this seems to be the best one for me in the area so I’m going to go ahead and “put all my eggs in one basket”. Admission is guaranteed if you have a good GPA- which I do- so now I must figure out the logistics of attending. The commute is farther than the commute to my community college was, but the route is straightforward. The problem is getting from school to work, which, if I stay at my current job will take almost an hour. Traffic could play a role and it may take even longer on some days.

Another issue that I have is figuring out scholarships. I qualify for a transfer scholarship if I start in Fall 2019, and that would cover half of my tuition. I will have to make up the rest in private scholarships and student loans. At moments like these I really wish that I had joined Phi Theta Kappa. I thought that they were kind of exaggerating a little but being a part of them does guarantee you better scholarships, and it looks great as an extracurricular. I just didn’t know if it was all worth the effort. In hindsight getting a letter of recommendation from a teacher didn’t have to be as much of a deterrent as I had made it out to be and visiting a few extra meetings and doing a little work on the side wouldn’t have been a big deal. I feel like listening to my mom, who had expressed disappointment over having been a part of a sorority, and my boyfriend, who didn’t think it was worth it to pay the $100 admission fee (which might have been waivable) discouraged me from joining. Of course, I know that an honor society is nothing like a sorority and $100 isn’t chump change but it isn’t that much. In the end, the decision was mine, I made it, and I must live with the consequences. I think that I made a mistake but now I am just going to make the best of it.

The most important thing that I need to worry about is completing my coursework. To keep any scholarships that I do obtain, I must be taking classes full-time, a minimum of 12 credit-hours a semester. That’s a lot when I have almost two hours of round-trip commuting time between work, school, and home. I have been taking on more responsibilities at the job as well. I’m just not sure if full-time is feasible for me when I have a job, a mental illness and problems with fatigue. Despite knowing this, I don’t want to feel like a failure before I even begin. Just because it is hard doesn’t mean that I am incapable of doing it.  

One thing that would be able to help considerably would be for me to live on campus. My rent has been rising consistently this entire time, and soon it will probably be just as affordable for me to live on campus as it is for me to live out here. I have already decided to sign my lease for another year, because it simply isn’t convenient for me to move out right now, and my lease would be up this winter and I can’t go to school until next fall. If I leave here, there are no nearby apartments that will accept me because I probably wouldn’t meet income requirements. One of the most important things to feeling secure in life is having a consistent place to live. If I can live on campus that will be great, but I will have to at least put it off for now.  

Right now, I think that I have a glass half-empty mindset, and I need to start seeing the glass as half-full. If you were waiting for the “ducks in a row” metaphor, then here it is; I always want to have my ducks in a row. I want everything to be planned out to perfection, with no room for error. I want to always be right about everything and I want to always feel sure. These are impossible standards to live by, and so I think that I need to at least try to abandon them. Sometimes, I can be wrong. Sometimes, I can make a mistake. Sometimes- most of the time- things will not turn out as expected. Often that’s a very good thing because I often have very poor expectations. So maybe I can choose to imagine that maybe my worst fears will not be realized, that maybe things will instead turn out well in ways that I haven’t predicted.

[studynapz]

10.10.19

Happy World Mental Health Day

As it’s world MH day I think it’s so important to spread awareness about struggles with mental health especially among students. 

According to WHO (World Health Organization) there were close to 800,000 suicide deaths globally in 2016, that’s one death every 40 seconds.

It is so important that if you are struggling in any way, to talk to someone or seek help. Suffering in silence is never an option, there will always be someone there to help even if you think there isn’t.

Please speak to someone if you are suffering and always check up on your friends.

“Ask Twice” is a campaign created to raise awareness that sometimes when people ask if we’re okay we say we’re fine and it’s left at that.

The ask twice campaign wants you to ask someone who you may suspect is struggling if they’re okay twice, as asking again with interest may help someone open up.

As students we recieve an excessive amount of pressure upon us while trying to balance all aspects of our life. It’s important in these situations that we put ourselves and our mental health first.

Remember, it’s always okay not to be okay.

Please take care of yourself and those around you. Xx

[studynapz]

2.12.19

Happy December my lovelies ❄️

May December be a productive, lovely, gentle time of year for you all.

Just getting stuck into some study for my upcoming exams - does anyone else almost hate to open new stationery because it looks so pretty in the packaging? ✨

[studynapz]

10.10.19

As it’s world mental health day I’m opening my ask box to everyone to send me everything and anything. If you’d like some advice, ask me. If you want to get something off your chest, let it out. If you’ve achieved something and you’re proud about it, share it!! Anon or not anon, will do anything I can to help and if you wouldn’t like me to share it, just private message me! x

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[shivani381]

Growth Mindset-Tips for Motivating a Struggling Student

Ecole Globale International School is one of the best boarding schools in Dehradun. Ecole Globale School is meant for girls.

When observing a struggling student then, a tutor with a "fixed" mental attitude might even see a kid that's naturally talented in different areas; however, they can ne'er act in the space during which they're experiencing the problem. For a tutor with a mental growth attitude, this can be not the case – all that's required is a few developments and need to apply in this area, to grow and expand the part of the mind that deals with learning new ideas, and reaction to praise and failure.