Many of you cheerfully receive ZISU admissions, painting a rosy picture of college life in mind. However, after stepping onto campus, you may be confronted with all sorts of problems and haunted by depression and anxiety. Therefore, it calls for both a positive attitude and proper actions to lead a happy college life.
Many freshmen, suddenly falling into a completely strange environment, are frustrated to realize that their living and learning habits in high school are no longer practical here. They have to manage their life and plan spare time on their own, while in high school almost everything is assigned by teachers and supervised by parents. This change may puzzle them for a short time, but certainly can be overcome with a little effort. In daily life, they’d better learn to do chores such as washing and shopping either by calling home or by consulting experienced roommates. In their studies, they should set up a busy schedule in order not to waste time, exchange ideas with juniors and seniors so as to improve learning methods, talk to teachers voluntarily in face of questions or dissatisfactions. If so, a first-year student can easily go through the stage of adjustment.
Money shortage also inflicts pain on some of you. Some may be tightfisted due to their family conditions and some may encounter a financial problem because of poor management of their pocket money. What can those students do? Both should try to balance between eaming and spending. The former can do part-time jobs such as a private tutor or a salesperson of market, or obtain a scholarship by studying hard, or get a state-subsidized student loan. Yet, the latter ought to make better use of their money, spending only on necessities and cutting down expenses on luxuries.
Additionally, some students suffer depression for unrequited love. Some become obsessed with his or her crush; some feel heart-broken when being rejected; even there is a few who have tried murder or suicide at the time of breakup. How should they relieve themselves from such pain? An effective remedy is to pour out to close friends, who can always listen to their worries, share their frustration, give rational advice and heal their confidence. In the meantime, they can divert their attention by developing more hobbies and engaging in various healthy social activities such as charity or recreational programs.
Few expect to face so many problems in a short period of 4 years, but once it happens, provided one has enough confidence, courage and will to change, he can still achieve what he wants. Besides, as the old saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. Looking back, he may even treasure and thank for the past difficulties, which have made him strong and prepared him for his future.
