Comments on: College Years No Fun For Some, Poll Finds

Most Students Report Feeling Stressed, But A Good Number Also Show Signs Of Depression

[displeased]

From my experience with student group projects, it seems most students create their own problems in the form of procrastination.

[ayatoldya]

Oh yeah, catch these students cramming for exams and your statistical results will be much different than before spring break or after exams. College may be hard but the daily work grind is far far harder. Regardless of what you do for living.

[Hermit1948]

Kids nowadays are sissies compared to their parent's generation--even more so compared to their grandparents. They should stop whining.

If college isn't fun, you're not doing it right. Try again or quit.

[Yes_ABWH_Fan]

The 42% depressed ones are those who've NEVER gotten up early in the am, gone to the gym that they are PAYING TO USE, and "rebooted" their bodies for the day! Most of the stress goes away after that, and you are better tooled to cope much easier with the remainder, both physically AND mentally. Your body tissues are sponges, and you need exercise to "wring out" accumulated poisons. Your digestive system needs bouncing to help push food down & out, and your joints need bouncing as well, to toughen up.

[credibility2]

College kids are clueless about being stressed. I was married, going to school FT, paying for it myself and working FT. Fun? I don't think so! Stressed? Big time. Guess what? It helped me to focus, achieve and mature. Many of today's overly entitled and pandered to college kids will hopefully grow-up one day, that is if their mommies and daddies force them to.

[Liz_Kelly]

Great story. There was a similar story on college suicide and depression on public radio on The Infinite Mind: http://www.lcmedia.stores.yahoo.net/infinitemind.html

[SAMTORRES66]

Engineering RULES!!! College was not fun........

[Henri_Rochard]

College was LOTS of fun for me. Maybe too much fun. I needed a minimum 3.00 to graduate and got a 3.0000001. :-(

I have to say, though, my degree did open a lot of doors for me. Both in the job market and probably more importantly in my interest in the World, different people, music and art, etc.

[element51]

I can sympathize with todays kids but, frankly to brag on myself, I put myself through college in the 60's. I was married, had one kid, managed a 52 unit apartment building and worked full time nights in a liquor store. I carried a full load every semester and had decent grades. I remember how I envied the frat kids who just went to class, cheated on ALL the exams and partied all the time. I guess things have changed but there were times when I didn't think I would make it. But I did and became a teacher for 26 years. It was hard but whoever said life was easy. Welcome to the real world. What a wonderful journey it has been for me. I wish you all the best.

[geminispyder-2009]

"Most Students Report Feeling Stressed, But A Good Number Also Show Signs Of Depression"

Of course students feel stressed and depressed. The college students that just have fun, drink, and don't stay in to study get booted out within the first two years.

College is stressful.
Life is stressful.
Welcome to the world after high school.

Deal with it.