STRESS IS A PEST
If we could manage stress how great life would be. It isn't so much the things that happen to us that do us in.... no... it is our reaction to the stressor. Now at 55 I can get this. How do we get through to our students and kids that we have the magic answer and get heard? Good luck to all my fellow teachers. Let's go in there and share our pearls of wisdom. We learned that, "Stress promotes thoughts driven by how many resource reserves remain for coping. The greater and more prolonged the stress, the fewer reserves remain, and the greater the psychological pressure to escape. Academic Erosion (feeling unimportant) and Academic Stagnation (feeling dead-ended) are the strongest specific influences on attrition, and their effect is increased or decreased by the perceived level of School Commitment. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A GREAT RESOURCE. GOOD TEACHING!!!
Joseph, what are implications for financial aid if the school offered more semesters and less classes? Have you investigated coordinating major assignments with other instructors to even out stress for students?
Loren Kroh
having the right skills and education still doesn't answer any work or academic related stress situation.
An environment that increases the demand for performance and excellent performance is where stress begins to make its way into the cranium. The gun-ho attitude at the beginning of a first year semester turns into, "I can't handle all this work at the same time."
I always hear why don't the different classes coordinate their assignments so it is less stressful for the student.
If that was the case then a student would really only be able to take one class at a time.
Maybe that is the only option for that student that knows willingly that handling stress is difficult and will probably be the demise.
I always give the suggestion "who says you have to finish at the same time as your classmates." You are in this for yourself not to impress people you just met.
In the class-room competition has a very dominate stage setting presence.
1. Eliminate the competition
2. offer more semesters and less classes at the same time
