Problems of Students

Problems of Students

Every walk of life has its own thorns. Student life is one of the best periods of life, yet it is not without difficulties. Students should be aware of the fact in order that they may deal properly with the problems that will crop up in their academic careers.

⦁ Why are some students unable to study?

a. Family background: for instance, an alcoholic father, financial problems.

b. Personal problems which may arise from: (1) Relationship with friends. (2) Relationship with parents, elders, teachers, superiors, etc. (3) Unhealthy body or guilty conscience or disturbed spirit.

c. Defective study methods.

d. Unhealthy attitude towards study--taking study as something burdensome, feeling that one cannot study, etc.

⦁ Solutions

Dear students, if our parents are unaware of our study problems we should make them aware of them without hurting them or creating further problems. If, after telling them, they do not heed our complaint, we must look for alternative means to convince them, maybe through close relatives or teachers or guardians or priests.

If these solutions do not work out, we may consider changing our residence by staying in a school boarding or a rented house or a relative's house.

If we are financially poor we have to ask someone to help us. But if we have no one to help us financially, we will have to take up a part-time job while doing our studies and make a Herculean effort and shine like many great people have done. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the U.S.A (in his childhood he had hardly any formal education due to poverty), Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution, (born in a poor family belonging to an untouchable community), and many other towering personalities who came up in life by dint of hard work and determination.

Students should say "no" to taking any intoxicants. Smoking, chewing tobacco, drinking, taking drugs, chewing paan, etc. can cause harm to our health and brain. Once we ruin our health and brain we lose everything. Such habits can destroy our good character, which is the precious jewel of every students' life.

Students should be very careful while forming friendships. They should make a conscious effort to shun those types of friends and friendships which would disrupt their studies and spoil their future. Therefore, choosing worthy friends is very important.

There is some fun in having what we call a "girlfriend" or a "boyfriend" while a student. But it is very risky. At any time we may break our friendship as well as our heart. Also, many students contract early marriages, causing the end of student life. This is how many students darken their future. Student life is a life of learning and discipline, not of leniency and license. Students, therefore, should make friendships but not "boyfriends" or "girlfriends". Such issues can be postponed to a suitable season and time when we can make a mature decision. Then we will really enjoy our life to the maximum.

If we are disturbed in spirit or mind or suffer from guilt, we should go to a priest or spiritual director or pastor or mentor and get the necessary guidance and advice, because, to study well, we have to be pure in spirit and mind. Only then we can concentrate on our studies wholeheartedly.

We should avoid defective methods of study such as studying without a timetable, postponing daily lessons to the next day, studying while lying in bed, trying to learn by heart without understanding, feeling one cannot study or is unable to study, especially certain subjects, etc. Such kinds of defective methods of study will lead to exam-phobia, exam-fever, headache, and constipation.

Therefore, students need to acquire good habits ad methods of study. I shall deal with them in the coming posts.

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