Essays on New Students

Introduction

In the field of social and psychological research, the development of research tools to measure phenomena by attributing quantitative values to them and developing them into continuous variables is a crucial part of data collection and understanding of the phenomena. The reliability and validity of the measuring instruments thus developed is of utmost importance in establishing the value and capability of the constructs. We all can relate to our personal or friends and peers’ childhood experiences of anxiety as a child. The children are more vulnerable as a result of anxiety situations as they have little or no idea ...

1.0 Introduction of a Developmental Issue Hong Kong primary and secondary school students are under constant academic pressure since they have no spare time to relax leading to psychological stress. In fact, it is difficult to change the education system. Since the beginning of the school year to the present day, the number of Hong Kong students who committed suicide rose to the highest levels. According to most of the students, school workload is just a fuse with “no joy, no hope, and no help.” There is a case that happened in a middle school in Hong Kong. The ...

Much of the stress that is present during college is common knowledge, though a good deal of it becomes exaggerated and blown out of proportion for those who have yet to experience such a venue. Movies, television shows, and even the words of friends and family that have been through the college experience often tend to paint vivid pictures in the minds of future students. For many that picture ranges from viewing college as a place that is either made for hard work and great sacrifice to a place of non-stop partying and debauchery that is borderline illegal in ...

In the past, the major target market for new students at Regional State University in the Gulf Region was high school seniors. Recent statistics state that there will be a steady decline of high school seniors over the next ten years. Our goal at Regional State University is to develop three new market segments to fill our educational rosters. The three target segments we will focus on are 1) new graduate students, 2) transferring community college students, and 3) online students. New market strategies will focus on increasing these market segments while continuing to bolster programs to interest incoming ...

Reading Reflection:

“It All Just Clicked: A longitudinal Perspective on Transitions within University” READING REFLECTION: TRANSITION TO COLLEGE 2 Reading Reflection: “It All Just Clicked: A longitudinal Perspective on Transitions within University” The article I am read is a longitudinal study from a scholarly journal. The researchers were interested in the transition of students in a university educationally, socially and psychologically. They state, “Much of this has concentrated on the first year of university study, and has focused on investigating students’ knowledge of, and engagement with, a new learning community” (Hazel et al. 2014). The aim of this study was to follow ...

The transition from high school to college can be daunting for freshmen. Perhaps this can be attributed to the fact that many freshmen attend colleges in different towns or even countries, or maybe, the fact that one is suddenly surrounded by a sea of unfamiliar faces. Regardless, the transition forms a trying period for most first-time undergraduate students and colleges are sensitive to this fact. This is evidenced by the growing number of programmes developed by colleges to meet special needs of freshmen, including; campus orientation, on-campus accommodation, freshmen meal plans, special counseling services, career services, student mentorship, freshmen work opportunities, ...

The term freedom can be used by individuals in various aspects. In speech, freedom is the right to speak freely; in movement, freedom is the ability to move freely; and in society, freedom is the absence of slavery and captivity. A country on the other hand may look at freedom as the right to self rule, without any interference from another country. Human actions, when not restricted or monitored properly, can greatly result in lack of freedom. Susan Faludi in her article “The Naked Citadel” writes about men who do not want the citadel to go coed. She discovers ...

My inspiriting thoughts

Each event that happens in a person’s life leaves some significant impact that helps him or her in future when subjected to a similar situation. However minor a situation might seem to be, there is always a consequence, whether positive or negative, in the lives of the people who experience it or are otherwise affected by the occasion. This, I have to admit from the outset otherwise my narration of a significant occasion in my life will not make an impact. I could argue that the situation I found myself in at this particular time was quite embarrassing but I later realized that ...