This student’s story describes factors that led to her downward spiral during her first years of college and her successful path of coming out of the experience successful as a student and as a better prepared adult.
“One Student’s Story: A Climb Out of Depression, Doubt, and Academic Failure”-The New York Times
This article, published in 2014 in the Washington Post, raised attention nationwide about an increasing problem of depression among freshmen on college campuses across the country. Though the audience of this article is targeted to parents, many of the issues are relevant to your reading as a student.
We’ve spent class time working on summaries to prepare you for your first assignment. This can be typed or handwritten. I’m attaching the sheet here and also putting it under assignments.
Email me with questions!
In class we’ve talked about how one of the challenges of acclimating to college is making friends. One reason this is challenging is that making friends requires you to reveal just a little about yourself.
For our class, your first post on our class OpenLab site will be your introduction to our class.
COMBO OpenLab Post 1: Due Sept. 6 (midnight)
For this assignment, write a short paragraph that responds the following questions. Remember these will be posted for our class and the OpenLab community to see!
More Directions:
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
