College Stress in the UC system

Headline story in LA TIMES

SUICIDES A SYMPTOM OF LARGER UC CRISIS

"As more students with mental health problems enroll, campuses lack the resources to cope."

First and foremost....any pressure that is being applied to a student is most likely being generated from the individual families. I would like to announce right now that any student I personally know that is either in college or getting ready to attend college.....HAS PERMISSION TO FAIL....or.....TRANSFER to another institution.


COLLEGE IS SUPPOSE TO BE A FUN EXPERIENCE.....because learning should be a fun experience.

I understand the pressure to succeed but success can be measured in so many ways.
My job might be to point out how many different ways there are to be successful....so that any student I love will never feel the type of pressure that causes them to even think about taking their own life.

Now if Cal turns around and beats USC four years in a row.....I might just engage in termination thoughts....but since that could never happen I don't think it's anything to worry about.....

.....just like failing a class in college....or if an A personality is involved.....just like getting a C on a test.

WE APPLY PRESSURE TO OURSELVES. THE JOB OF A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY IS TO REMIND EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT WE LOVE THEM.....NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

IT SEEMS TO BE A LESSON THAT IS NOT BEING ADHERED TO ON SO MANY LEVELS

AND

WE

NEED

TO

FIX

IT....

NOW

Families that constantly work towards that goal....don't really know how dysfunctional other families can be......AND families that are dysfunctional need to recognize the huge amount of work required to construct tiers of harmony....

......and even little tiny tiers help.....and everyday another tier can be developed.....until one day so many tiers have been constructed that no real tears need to be shed.

IT'S FREAKIN COLLEGE

HAVE A GOOD TIME AND DON'T FORGET THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE

WITHDRAWAL FROM A CLASS EARLY IN THE SEMESTER IS THE BEST THING ONE CAN DO WHEN FACED WITH GETTING A BAD GRADE. THE CLASS CAN ALWAYS BE TAKEN AGAIN and again and again and again and again.

There will be times that everything seems overwhelming but that's why they created College Football.....and why they have football in the fall. Those Saturday afternoons are the greatest stress releases ever invented. Use them wisely and have fun.....and try not to drink so much beer that someone has to carry you back to your dorm....unless it's a Rhodes Scholar Quarterback

IT'S FREAKIN COLLEGE and those of us who went OR didn't have the chance to go .....would trade with you in a heart beat.

Fight on!

MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY