Seasonal Student Issues: November
There's a seasonal ebb and flow when it comes to student issues. Here are a few things your student may be experiencing this month:
- Friendships Falter. Old friends may find that they've grown apart. New friends may feel neglected during break. Juggling friends is likely on your student's mind.
- Financial Strain. Buying holiday gifts, traveling home for the holidays, wondering how to pay for next semester... finances may be causing your student some stress.
- Roommate problems and floor tension
- Academic pressures due to procrastination and workload
- Burnout, both academic and social
- Not feeling like they have the stamina to keep up the pace through finals
- Job search stress for holiday break
- Lack of initiative to find new friends or activities because it seems social groups are already set up
- Concerns about going home at Thanksgiving time-whether it's concern about seeing changes among old friends, how things will be with family members or dealing with a romantic relationship