Challenges Faced by First Year Students
ABSTRACT
This essay will examine the challenges and hardships that first year student’s encounter at university. The problems that will be discussed in this essay is in terms of economic, cultural and social issues. Each issue will present two main ideas with an example. In addition it will further elaborate on these issues that first year students face and the reasons why this has become an obstacle for them. This disquisition will conclude that these challenges should be taken into serious consideration as it involves ones future. If these issues are not looked at intently the consequences will have a severe impact on the student’s life and academic performance.
WHAT CHALLENGES DO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS FACE AT UNIVERSITY? DISCUSS.
Many people desire to acquire advanced education at a university. In doing so there are challenges that accompany this. In particular first year students are bombarded and affected the most by these issues. What are these issues that affect first year students? However it is important that these problems are identified and surpassed. The challenges encountered by first year students and will be discussed in this essay are in terms of economic, cultural and social issues.
One of the major hardships that first year students face is economic problems. One of the economic problems is time management. Time Management involves doing the right thing at the right time. First year students in particular tend to misuse the time that is given. Managing time effortlessly can make the difference between a successful student and one who is defeated by stress. However many first year students encounter difficulties in organising themselves to do individual studies as they easily give into distractions. For example some first year students loiter around avoiding lectures and tutorials thus coming to school with different intensions. The only way one can improve on time management is by creating a time table that would keep
This essay will examine the challenges and hardships that first year student’s encounter at university. The problems that will be discussed in this essay is in terms of economic, cultural and social issues. Each issue will present two main ideas with an example. In addition it will further elaborate on these issues that first year students face and the reasons why this has become an obstacle for them. This disquisition will conclude that these challenges should be taken into serious consideration as it involves ones future. If these issues are not looked at intently the consequences will have a severe impact on the student’s life and academic performance.
WHAT CHALLENGES DO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS FACE AT UNIVERSITY? DISCUSS.
Many people desire to acquire advanced education at a university. In doing so there are challenges that accompany this. In particular first year students are bombarded and affected the most by these issues. What are these issues that affect first year students? However it is important that these problems are identified and surpassed. The challenges encountered by first year students and will be discussed in this essay are in terms of economic, cultural and social issues.
One of the major hardships that first year students face is economic problems. One of the economic problems is time management. Time Management involves doing the right thing at the right time. First year students in particular tend to misuse the time that is given. Managing time effortlessly can make the difference between a successful student and one who is defeated by stress. However many first year students encounter difficulties in organising themselves to do individual studies as they easily give into distractions. For example some first year students loiter around avoiding lectures and tutorials thus coming to school with different intensions. The only way one can improve on time management is by creating a time table that would keep