You will inevitably receive several difficult phone calls from your student during their first semester. Or, if they are living at home while in college, the stressed reactions when they get home. Some of these calls will relate to roommates, others to how he or she is “fitting in,” and others about how terrible […]
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I can’t tell you the number of times students have come onto the office saying “I haven’t slept in two days because I don’t have time,” or, “Actually, I don’t think I ate anything at all yesterday: I’m not sure.” There is a nasty rumor going around that success in college requires students to completely
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A significant transition for new students to college is when they have to take care of their problems themselves. This applies to such things as basic health issues, finding time to study, getting sick, or finding their residence hall room too hot or too cold. These are the kinds of things parents took care of
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