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How to Cope With Stress at School

The school year can be hard on anyone. Academic stress can build upon self-esteem issues, your family, friends and even yourself. When not taken care of, your performance suffers, your morale suffers, and life just suffers. Instead of being on the brink of a constant freak out, grab life by the horns and get to relaxing. It may be easier than you think.

Learn to manage your time more efficiently. With piles and piles of homework staring at you, sometimes being told to "calm down" or "relax" seems like a big joke. To cut through the heap of work you have to do and to make it seem more manageable, start planning out your time accordingly. Conquer a little bit every night so you're never left with a tower of work to climb by tomorrow. Start with the hardest things first. You don't have to finish the entire task now, but just getting the ball rolling will make it seem so much more manageable when you go to finish it in a few days. Take little opportunities to get work done. If you're waiting for the bus, whip out those flashcards. When you go to review tonight, that 5 or 10 minutes of prep will help you finish that much sooner.

Get organized. If your locker looks like a tornado blew through it, or your study desk at home is really just a horizontal closet without hangers, it's no wonder school stresses you out. It's just too hard to figure out what you have to do, much less do it. So take 15 minutes to put everything where it needs to be and organize it so you remember. When you don't spend all night searching for your syllabus, you can concentrate on the actually important stuff.

Everything you need should always be within arm's reach, not everything you have. If you never use white out, it doesn't need a prominent place on your desk. If you always use highlighters, make sure they're in your top drawer. Be logical about the importance of the materials you're using. If you don't need 'em, don't let 'em clutter your studying area (and your brain).

Study Earlier, Don’t Procrastinate.

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Technology, Media, and The College Student:

Technology is a big part of the life of college students today. We all have some combination of tablets, laptops, and smart phones. These devices have becom crucial to our lives and make being a student and accessing material so much easier than it use to be. A lot of our schools and professors utilize technology to distribute and receive class materials and communicate with their students.Technology is not doubt important and necessary for being a college student today, but it, like many other things, has its downfalls.

It is important as a college student and as a young adult to be aware of the dangers and risks that technology can have. While technology can be very helpful, it can also pose a serious threat to concentration and preformance inside and outside the classroom. Having access to social tools outside the realm of study such as social media sights and forums can be dirtacting and time consuming keeping us from acheiving a high level of preformance. As college students we must also be wary and skeptical of the information that is on the internet and how technology is targeting us and others. This includes news, advertisements, and even TV and movies that can provide us with false information and influence us to an inaccurate vewi of the world. Technology and the internet and some of its big players have the ability to produce content that is is benificial for owners and stockholders, rather than for the people. This because the media industry today is a market model and not a public sphere model. This means that the output of media is not for the betterment of the people but instead for the the industry.

As smart college student is critical of the things they watch and read and keeps an eye out for good sources when writing papers or even browsing. It is extremely important that we understand the good and bad things technology brings to our lives. But also it is important to understand how we as students and young adults can use technology the right ways, When researching content, sharing content, and being generators of of content. We are the future of the technological world. It is our responsibility to share our knowledge of technology to others and use it in a responsibly way as well.

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Society's high expectation for college students in conflict with increasing college costs

On the TV show, Adam ruins everything, in one of the episodes, “How College Loans Got So Evil”, Adam talks about how sally May partners with universities, and the government inducing students into getting more, and more loans, with tremendous consequences afterwards where students pay an immense amount of interest on their loans. This particular episode, relates to the conflict theory, where society forces you to act according to the norm because it is the right thing to do, but the norm doesn’t benefit you. Society gives you the allusion of a helping hand, while at the same time it unrealistically overcharges, and chains you into life cycle of debt. The system is designed in way to put you into a debt cycle that never ends. The conflict theory entails how power is unevenly distributed between groups in society. The conflict between the rich, and the poor, the colleges astronomically increase tuition in order to exponentially maximize profits. Sally May skies the interest on your loans beyond a reasonable margin, and the government turns a blind eye, because they are also making a profit. You have to utilize four longs years of your life, invest an astronomic amount of money that you don’t have, to at the end not even make middle class wage while paying an astronomic amount of student loans debt. The system’s ultimate goal is to make sure you have more debts. Most individuals can’t deviate from those debts, making it the reason why American students have over a trillion dollars in student loans debt. The conflict theory kicks in when students are overly oppress in a disguise of helping hands, the system gives you temporarily, while having to struggle to reach your goals. College education is seeing as the ultimate course for success, but the conflict rises when college cost are at mortgage level costs.

In America, how much has college tuition increased from the 1990’s to 2017?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

GOP Tax Plan Can Affect The People’s Healthcare

In the recent viewing of the GOP tax bill can cause the American people to lose their healthcare coverage. The tax bill has a build in section where it can eliminate the individual mandate which will result in many people losing their healthcare coverage through this tax bill. The way it causes change is “Eliminating the individual mandate and having far fewer people signed up for insurance saves money because many of those people receive federal subsidies to buy coverage”(Washington Post). The combination of lack of advertisement and the loss of individual mandate which gives some federal funding to help the people afford healthcare. It would cause many people to lose their healthcare (about 13 million people be uninsured) are going to be hurt by this bill. It is something that will cause many people unable to attend to their sickness because they cannot afford the private insurance.

#ACA #obamacare #family #healthcare

How has College Basketball Changed?

Anyone who has been watched basketball for more than 5 to 10 years has noticed that the game has changed. Why did it change so drastically? Basketball fans know that the game has continuously changed ever since it was established by the NCAA in 1939.

In 1939 There were no three point lines, referees were a lot more lenient towards fouls, players played most of the game with their backs turned away from the basket. People who have kept up with the sport have sen a noticeable change especially in the past few years. Players nowadays have increased the amount of three point shots taken by a lot. This has happened for a few reasons, players have mastered the art of three point shooting and with an efficient three point shooting percentage, offenses have been more powerful than ever.

The second reason why players have increased the amount of three point shots taken is due to an effect of media called cultivation theory. This theory “ Argues that television has long-term effects which are small, gradual, and indirect, but cumulative and significant—heavy viewers are more likely to be influenced than light viewers “ ( Lecture (10): Processes & Patterns of Cultural Consumption). This phenomenon has has a much greater impact recently since Stephen Curry has joined the Golden State Warriors and crushed the single season three point shooting record for the NBA. Young players watch the current Golden State Warriors play and many of the emulate the style of play by shooting quick release three point shots. This has been a positive change since as a consequences offenses are much more powerful and impact-full.

#College #NBA #3pointer #GSW #stephen curry #Cultivation Theory #NCAA #Basketball #Hoops #Shots #Record

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Socializing at a Commuter School

Commuter schools are one of the toughest schools to actually develop a friend group in. People are coming from either really close by, or several miles away, and most of the time people end up going on campus just for class, and then going home. Finding the time and the opportunity to actually connect with your peers can be pretty difficult, especially if you have a busy schedule and can’t attend movie nights or club events. Your best resource is going to end up being your on-campus student organizations. Most liberal arts campuses will have a black student union, a latino student union, a women’s center, and a queer student union. These are great places to network if you have a hard time actually meeting other like-minded individuals during class. You can stop in even for just a couple minutes to see who else is there, and you’re sure to find a place thats comforting and welcome for you. The best part is that you’re getting together with individuals who are similar to you, and understand your experiences, and that in itself can be therapeutic during the stressful school year, especially when you’re struggling with things outside of your school life. It’s a nice way to escape, and find a family outside of the one at home. For me, at least, it is.

Before we entered the college world, many of us had a idea of what college would be like. Some of these ideas stemmed from movies or TV shows and others were from stories our older siblings or family members told. Either way, we have a pre conceived notion of what our future college lives would look like and our bright eyed, bushy tailed freshman selves were ready to tackle it. For me it was all of the above that shaped what I thought college was gonna be like. College as protrayed by the media looked like little study and a lotta party. My veiw of college as was summed up as the effects of Cultivation Theory( which is basically is theory that states that if you watch enough television you may start to believe that, that is what life is really like). Well in my case, I was sold. I was tricked into thinking my college life would be something out of the movies.

So convinced in fact, that I really didnt care where I went or what I studied, because I Just wanted to have fun. So fast forward 2 years later and I’m sitting in accounting class completely lost and probably failing. No. Definitely failing. Okay so my point is... We probably all had an Idea about what college was going to be like and for many of us it may not have turned out exactly the way we pictured it. May it be we ended up in the wrong major, headed down the wrong path, or just kept having to repeat that one class for the 3rd time, it happens. For those lucky few of you whose college expeirence was perfect and everything went your way. Your lucky and you can stop reading this post, its not for you. But for those of you who had a completely different idea of college or its just not going the way you planned. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! We don’t all graduate in 4 years and we don’t all end up in the same major we started in and we dont all make straight A’s. In fact, we sometimes fail with a big fat F! And I’m here to tell you that it’s okay, and your normal, and your just like the rest of us... except the 10% who had a perfect college expeirence, we are nothing like them. But that’s okay!

So no matter if you are a freshman or a senior, college is hard, try to stay focused, keep yourself on track, and try to stay healthy. And if your having a rough patch, and things are just not what you expected, just hang in there bc your not alone in this crazy college world!

#college #studentlife #collegelife #study #the life of a college student

The American Health Care Act

If GOP healthcare plan goes through and appear ACA these are factors that will happen. The GOP plan will make 13 million people lose will no kind of health care coverage if this bill goes through. These would include two of the critical issues “it would result in 13 million fewer people having health insurance, according to projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.The CBO has also projected that repealing the individual mandate would drive up insurance premiums for many Americans by roughly 10 percent”(Washington Post). This would cause a substantial financial burden for families, but folks with pre-existing health problems would lose coverage. The cost of any pre-existing health care problem may not be able to find another insurance to pay for their treatment. There have many been stories as to why the ACA has a been tremendous help for families have pre-existing in which people it saves their life. Healthcare should not be something that factors in money, class status or any other variable. It is something that can save the lives of many people in this country and should equal access to it.

#ACA #obamacare #healthcare #family

Lack of/ opposition advertisement

The reason why the average would not know if the ACA is available because of lack of advertising for it. The applicant for enrollment become available in November but have no clue that it open or through the law was the appeal and was going to be replaced. Another issue is the negative news surrounding the ACA such as the cost has been increasing over of a couple of years. These kinds of negative coverage of the healthcare bill also play a huge factor in which why people do not want the ACA. The combination of lack advertisement and negative news coverage plays a massive role as to why not more Americans cannot benefit from this ACA. One must be able to educate themselves such visiting (Healthcare.gov) and to find there a right amount of benefits that can help many people condition. Everyone has a right to see a doctor to check health condition no matter of what class status you may belong to. It is a matter that healthcare affects everyone, and we should be cover.

#ACA #obamacare #healthcare #family #life

Society's high expectation for college students in conflict with increasing college costs

On the TV show, Adam ruins everything, in one of the episodes, "How College Loans Got So Evil", Adam talks about how sally May partners with universities, and the government inducing students into getting more, and more loans, with tremendous consequences afterwards where students pay an immense amount of interest on their loans. This particular episode, relates to the conflict theory, where society forces you to act according to the norm because it is the right thing to do, but the norm doesn’t benefit you. Society gives you the allusion of a helping hand, while at the same time it unrealistically overcharges, and chains you into life cycle of debt. The system is designed in way to put you into a debt cycle that never ends. The conflict theory entails how power is unevenly distributed between groups in society. The conflict between the rich, and the poor, the colleges astronomically increase tuition in order to exponentially maximize profits. Sally May skies the interest on your loans beyond a reasonable margin, and the government turns a blind eye, because they are also making a profit. You have to utilize four longs years of your life, invest an astronomic amount of money that you don’t have, to at the end not even make middle class wage while paying an astronomic amount of student loans debt. The system’s ultimate goal is to make sure you have more debts. Most individuals can’t deviate from those debts, making it the reason why American students have over a trillion dollars in student loans debt. The conflict theory kicks in when students are overly oppress in a disguise of helping hands, the system gives you temporarily, while having to struggle to reach your goals. College education is seeing as the ultimate course for success, but the conflict rises when college cost are at mortgage level costs.

In America, how much has college tuition increased from the 1990's to 2017?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

#college costs #conflict #expensive #college #studyblr #student

Market Model vs. Public Sphere Model

Which model is best to implement in the media industry? This blog will show you why the Market Model, even though it is flawed, is the best model to implement in the media industry. First off, to whom is the media ultimately accountable to under each model?

Under the market model, the main goal of the media is to profit. Some may argue that because of the profit incentive, media companies are dependent and ultimately respond to advertisers and shareholders; but do they? Let us take a closer look. Under the market model, the media needs to profit in order to operate, but would they profit if they had no viewers? Would advertisers and shareholders choose to invest if people were not watching their content? The answer is no! This is why under the market model, media companies are ultimately accountable to the people (market).

Under the public sphere model, some argue media companies are accountable to the public and government representatives. Now, those are two very different groups of people. Only because a government representative was elected by the people, that does not mean he/she will represent the people. Is the public sphere model a good idea? Is the public interest what is inherently in politicians’ hearts as an objective? Should we allow the government to decide what messages are allowed to be put out by the media? By looking at history it is very easy to see this is not a good idea, and it is often the first step taken by a totalitarian government. This brings us to the next topic, regulation.

Under the public sphere model regulation is seen as a useful tool in protecting the public’s interest. While under the market model regulation is seen as something negatively intervening with the market. There are obviously truths to both sides regarding regulation. It obviously depends on the case specifically. However, when it comes to the media and regulations, the topic today is usually revolving around limiting people’s right to speak, which is granted by the first amendment of the constitution. This is dangerous, and no further regulations should be made on the ability of the media to exercise the right to free-speech. The first amendment is so important because it acts as a sort of bipartisan political compromise. If the Democratic party was able to regulate free-speech, they would regulate it in a way where only their platform and agenda was put forth. The same would happen if the Republican party could regulate free-speech. This is why the market model today, is the best model for the media industry to follow, it actually serves the public interest, and there are currently enough regulations in place.

Why is this important to college students? We should be aware of how these two models affect our quality of education. When there is an incentive to profit, there is also an incentive to innovate and provide a better quality product/service. When an organization is run by the government, or funded by the state, there is no incentive and very little people actually care about the quality of the product/service. So when you decide what college to attend as a freshman or a transfer, keep in mind that private will most likely provide you with a better quality education. The best private colleges in the United States are: Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, MIT, Yale, Brown, and etc...

When you pick a college, GO PRIVATE!

#media marketmodel publicsphere #free-speech regulation government profit advertisement

Relationships and College

Relationships, and school. Two immensely time consuming, energy demanding activities which college students inevitably juggle at the same time. When one begins to demand more energy of you, the other can start to fall to the wayside. It doesn’t help that, depending on the media you’ve consumed growing up, you’re probably familiar with two very common tropes in TV and Film: The individual giving up all social life and interactions with others for academic success, and is rewarded in the end; and the individual giving up on academic or career hopes and dreams in order to pursue fruitful and fulfilling relationships completely, which is also rewarded in the end. Rarely are the consequences of not attending to the other aspect addressed, except in more nuanced media. Not to say that this doesn’t happen in real life--I’m sure it can--but usually, when we find ourselves alienating from our friends, families, and loved ones in order to dive into our schoolwork, we miss out on social gatherings, events, and the lives of our loved ones, and sometimes we even lose friends. On the flip side, if we neglect our academia and our career in order to focus solely on our loved ones, our significant others, hanging out with our friends, seeing family members, etc., we can see our grades start to slip, opportunities for growth and improvement pass by, and it may be difficult to catch up again. Certainly, mental illness only COMPOUNDS these difficulties. Having this happen doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing anything wrong, per se--but we have these pervasive models in our society that tend to reinforce this kind of polarized behavior. Finding a healthy medium is a difficult process, especially when you don’t really have good references for people who do manage this: usually it comes from somebody portrayed as perfect, able to effortlessly balance everything in their lives without issue. This is never the reality.

Heres the thing: you can maintain healthy relationships with your peers and loved ones while staying focused on school/work, but it requires a bit of a mindset change. The first step is to understand that it is OK to step away from either thing if they are becoming too overwhelming. If you’ve done nothing but work on assignments for 2 weeks straight, and can’t remember the last time you talked to another human being about something other than how stressed you were, then it might be time to take a step away. Meditate, watch your favorite TV show, eat your favorite meal. Plan a date with your partner, hang out with your friends, go visit your loved ones. On the flipside, it is also okay to say no to spending time with people if you’ve been overdoing it. When your friends ask you to hang out when you know you have an exam the next day you haven’t prepared for, and you don’t really want to go out, it is absolutely okay to say no. If they give you grief about it, then talk it out with them at another time and try to get them to understand your perspective. If they refuse, they’re not doing a good job on their end of the relationship either. This goes for partners, friends, and loved ones.

Take care of yourself, y’all. Finals week is coming up, and it’s gonna get stressful. I believe in you!! You can do it!!

We’ve all been there. It’s Exam week, you are stressed and not getting enough sleep. All of a sudden you feel it coming, you are getting sick. It happens, and usually at a time when it is the least convenient. It’s annoying and can make you even more stressed and make studying even harder.

When we are stressed, not getting enough sleep or eating a proper diet, our immune systems dont function at their best. Getting sick can hit anyone at a bad time, may it be during a busy work week, during traveling, and even during exams. Whatever the circumstance may be, a fix is needed, and fast. While there may not be a quick fix to getting better fast, there are some things you can do to help speed up the healing process.

The first and most important thing that will help you get back to feeling better, is hydrating. I’m not talking downing a coke from the nearest vending machine. Water! Water! Water! and a lot of it is so important and very easy to do. You can also add things to your water to give it taste and benefits. Adding lemon to your water is a great way to help detox your system and flush all the nasties out. The second most important thing is sleep. This one is a little bit harder to achieved when you have 5 exams to study for and a few papers on top of that. Let me tell you though, sleep is important and will not only help your immune system but also help your performance. Make getting 6-8 hours a priority. In addition, taking supplements such as vitamin C can really help your system get back up and running at 100 percent. lastly, eating as healthy as possible (i know this can be hard during exam week) is a must. Even if that means buying pre packaged salads for lunch or stopping by your local smoothie place.

These tips will help you get back to 100 percent and allow you to preform your very best even when you may not feel it.

#sick #exam tips #exam prep #exam preparation #health #healthy #health tips #college #studentlife #collegelife #healthyeating

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Autumn Semester - Week 6, Sunday

This is a loooooong day! It’s nearly 6 pm, and today I finally finished reading Dorian Gray. My friends and I finished our presentation, which needed to be fully written and formatted. And guess who ‘volunteered’ for this? Yes, me. I had to write and formate over 4,000 words, in French and MLA… I also wrote my summary for another class. After a short break, I shall proof-read/correct the 2k essay I wrote yesterday. And after that, I think I can call it a day!

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Keep it up!

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College Eating Hacks That Are Cheap, Easy, And Healthyish

Get a microwave steamer.

Hoard the dining hall's free condiments to make tasty snacks.

Flavor your ramen with soy sauce and garlic powder instead of the included packet.

Keep chicken tenders in the freezer for snacks and meal toppers.

Stock your room with snacks to fall back on when the dining hall offerings are mediocre.

Keep sweet potatoes on hand for an easy, microwaveable snacks that can be savory or sweet.

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Habits for a Stress-Free Life

Visualize It

I believe that the Universe is always supporting us and providing us with what we need. Unfortunately, we’re often unclear about what we DO want or are accidentally giving the Universe messages of things we don’t want.

We constantly telegraph our desires - consciously and unconsciously- to the Universe with our thoughts, intentions, imagery and words.

When you find yourself in a stressful situation, pause for a moment and visualize the outcome you actually want.

Is it to have plenty of time to get your tasks done?

Maybe there’s a grievance that needs to be resolved easily and effortlessly - picture that.

Perhaps you want a specific outcome. Instead of thinking about what you don’t want to happen, try seeing what you do want - as if it’s already done.

Have Healthy Boundaries

It can be hard to say NO but this is a really important step in order to take care of yourself. The ability to say NO is directly related to boundaries.

Are you okay with taking on this project or do you already have too much to do?

Do you need more help at home because suddenly all the chores have fallen into your lap?

Another way to explore boundaries is to identify people and situations that are stress triggers. As much as possible, eliminate these. If you can’t, see if maybe you can adjust how you show up.

For example, if watching the news before bed makes you anxious and then it’s hard to fall asleep, watch something else, read, play a game or practice deep breathing.

Meditation — Start a Daily Practice

This can be as simple as five minutes in the morning. Meditating first thing will set your day and infuse you with energy, clarity and peace.

There are now apps designed to help you start a practice. They offer guidance, music, timers and reminders for you to come back to your practice. Some are free and some are not.

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