College Students

  A part of being a college student is being social, networking and developing a social life of sorts.  Connecting with other people with similar interests or even those who can introduce you to different types of music, culture, or even ways of thinking is actually part of the educational process which is why most universities encourage intermingling as well as diversity.  Sometimes though these social networking sites can take over one’s life and cause more harm and unnecessary drama than what it’s worth.

Sometimes in life, things don’t turn out exactly as planned.  In the course of a college career, this is no different and sometimes these failures, whether epic or not have a way of making or breaking a student.  How you handle your failures determines how well you can persevere.  Whether you'll give up or retain hope that things will all work out.

  When I first started college, I wanted to live off campus in my own apartment.  Unfortunately, a part of the agreement for first-year students, I was required to live in the dorms and my assumption is that it was to encourage socialization and introduce a wide range of opportunities offered on campus.  The dorm room itself, though, proved to be more distracting than the activities.

If there is one thing that I know, it’s that college students don’t exactly have the greatest eating habits.  Most sacrifice health for convenience, especially when days are spent in class and nights are spent studying.  Implementing healthier food choices into one’s diet will increase the chances of success in college.  I’d like to call this the boxing trinity of brain function:  In one corner you have eating healthy, in the opposite corner you have exercise, and the referee would be classified as getting the proper amount of rest.

 As a parent or single parent reentering the world of college you will come across many obstacles along your way.  How you handle these obstacles can determine your success not only in college, but in your family life as well.