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Stress levels at University

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Hawkins0001 · 21/05/2023 11:05

This is a post from facebook 2 cam 2 fess

"#Camfession35892

why are cambridge students not allowed to be stressed out and express it? since i came here i cant tell my family and friends back home that i’m stressed and drowning in work without them saying ‘but you’re at cambridge you’re so lucky!’ or ‘you chose to go there, what did you expect?’ like yes i’m very well aware of that but why does that mean i’m not meant to complain or express that i’m struggling? yes i chose to go here, i’m super lucky and grateful to be here. but this place is absolutely mental and insane and does a number on all of us. its enough that this university treats us like machines, but for your own family to expect that level of never-ending productivity and resilience from you is so disheartening, especially when they know what it took for you to get here"

I've posted it here for all the Various parents, as it makes good points about university.

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Hawkins0001 · 23/05/2023 17:48

CoffeeCantata · 23/05/2023 14:22

I think the problem lies less with universities and more with what comes before. A generation or more ago, around 10% of the population went to university. Now many more go - but are schools making appropriate adjustments? Are they doing anything to prepare youngsters for the experience?

Whether or not GCSEs and A levels have 'dumbed down' there is still a big leap to what's expected at university. My experience of working in schools until recently was that there was a lot more 'scaffolding' and general help (some would say spoon-feeding) involved in preparing students for exams. This might help with the exam league tables but it's not going to help students prepare for university expectations.

I just wish there was more honesty about this and that youngsters were warned that putting yourself through the university experience isn't just about partying - and that's where I see the emphasis these days. The message that it will be stressful and pressured at times needs to be got over. Yes, of course some will have serious MH issues, but I see a tendency for some students to think any kind of stress and pressure is unreasonable. Its the old chestnut 'reslience' again - and it needs to come from home and school and be woven into their secondary school lives.

That's partly one of the themes on the oxfess, camfess etc that some still think they can party and still achieve the 1st etc like they did previously with A levels etc

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