Analytical Summary: “What’s happening to college students today?”
In Tim Elmore’s Psychology Today article “What’s happening to college students today?” Posted on November 30, 2015, he addresses why college students want to commit suicide. Elmore’s exigence is from Madison Holleran who was the third of six Penn students to commit suicide within a year. His message is how suicide have become more common in the last decade. Elmore proposes to you some steps on how to lead some students well. Elmore insists that you don’t live life by comparing yourself to others.
Elmore feels that with the new generation every kid feels like they have to be someone they’re not. Elmore insists that kids are being alienated and feeling like their alone. Elmore argues that “we’ve not taught students how to evaluate mistakes or failures.” (Elmore Par. 6) One problem is that social media is very popular now. A lot of college students have some type of social media. If you do anything wrong in public and it gets out on footage everyone will see it and it will cause bad situations. Elmore says that “Sadly, today’s kids live their lives comparing themselves to the edited “fake” social media accounts of others.” (Elmore Par. 5) Students feel like they need to be someone else instead of being whom there are. That’s when you start to see depression or anxiety developing. Elmore is really clarifying that boomers today raise their kids with higher expectations. Elmore is emphasizing the fact that kids now days are more emotional. Kids and students have a higher expectations, therefore when they don’t reach it they have a mini melt down. The most common mental health diagnoses among college students are anxiety and depression according to the center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State. According to Elmore “Today’s student is part of common generational linage that’s set them up for disappointment and even depression” (Elmore Par. 7) the expectations are different for the new generation. Going back to the point I made earlier about social media. …show more content…
For example a young teenager of the name David Molak committed suicide because of cyberbullying he was only 16 years of age. He couldn’t take it anymore so he took his life away at an early age. In this generation a lot of people fake to be someone else on social media just to get attention or just to to fit in. Elmore argues that you should put social media in perspective when talking about suicide, it’s a main problem in society. Elmore admits that it is the parent and teachers fault as well because like I said earlier the expectations is so high when the students or kids fail they get disappointed. They start to feel down and depressed not knowing how to handle failure. Elmore says that you should even put failure in perspective as well when thinking about suicide. Elmore believes that you should motivate students when they fail. Give them some advice and stories of your failing times in life. Show how failing is actually learning, winning, and is a great way to succeed. You have to fail sometimes to understand what you really want and how to really understand. In conclusion Tim Elmore makes a great argument with multiple statistics and examples. The reader does feel a certain way for the teenagers who lost their life at such a young age. Emotional
In Tim Elmore’s Psychology Today article “What’s happening to college students today?” Posted on November 30, 2015, he addresses why college students want to commit suicide. Elmore’s exigence is from Madison Holleran who was the third of six Penn students to commit suicide within a year. His message is how suicide have become more common in the last decade. Elmore proposes to you some steps on how to lead some students well. Elmore insists that you don’t live life by comparing yourself to others.
Elmore feels that with the new generation every kid feels like they have to be someone they’re not. Elmore insists that kids are being alienated and feeling like their alone. Elmore argues that “we’ve not taught students how to evaluate mistakes or failures.” (Elmore Par. 6) One problem is that social media is very popular now. A lot of college students have some type of social media. If you do anything wrong in public and it gets out on footage everyone will see it and it will cause bad situations. Elmore says that “Sadly, today’s kids live their lives comparing themselves to the edited “fake” social media accounts of others.” (Elmore Par. 5) Students feel like they need to be someone else instead of being whom there are. That’s when you start to see depression or anxiety developing. Elmore is really clarifying that boomers today raise their kids with higher expectations. Elmore is emphasizing the fact that kids now days are more emotional. Kids and students have a higher expectations, therefore when they don’t reach it they have a mini melt down. The most common mental health diagnoses among college students are anxiety and depression according to the center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State. According to Elmore “Today’s student is part of common generational linage that’s set them up for disappointment and even depression” (Elmore Par. 7) the expectations are different for the new generation. Going back to the point I made earlier about social media. …show more content…
For example a young teenager of the name David Molak committed suicide because of cyberbullying he was only 16 years of age. He couldn’t take it anymore so he took his life away at an early age. In this generation a lot of people fake to be someone else on social media just to get attention or just to to fit in. Elmore argues that you should put social media in perspective when talking about suicide, it’s a main problem in society. Elmore admits that it is the parent and teachers fault as well because like I said earlier the expectations is so high when the students or kids fail they get disappointed. They start to feel down and depressed not knowing how to handle failure. Elmore says that you should even put failure in perspective as well when thinking about suicide. Elmore believes that you should motivate students when they fail. Give them some advice and stories of your failing times in life. Show how failing is actually learning, winning, and is a great way to succeed. You have to fail sometimes to understand what you really want and how to really understand. In conclusion Tim Elmore makes a great argument with multiple statistics and examples. The reader does feel a certain way for the teenagers who lost their life at such a young age. Emotional