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HOW COLLEGES KEEP ON ADDING STRESS

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  COLLEGE STRESS   College is an exciting time, full of new challenges that continually drive you to expand your horizons. While some of these experiences can be thrilling, others may simply leave you feeling stressed. In fact, many college students feel stress while going to school. Only 1.6 percent of undergraduates reported that they felt no stress in the last 12 months, according to  the National College Health Assessment  (NCHA). Being able to manage stress is crucial for your academic success and personal well-being in college. . If you are able to identify and understand stress, you will be able to ensure your time as a student is rewarding and enjoyable Stress is a normal and necessary part of life. It is your fight-or-flight response to challenges you see in the world. This natural reaction has certain physical effects on the body to allow you to better handle these challenges, such as increased heart rate and blood circulation. While it can manifest differe...

FAKE FEMINISM

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  WHAT IS FAKE OR PSEUDO-FEMINISM? There are feminists and then pseudo-feminists come along. Pseudo-feminism suggests that women deserve more respect, or people of other sexes do not deserve respect. Living in a culture where women face many challenges every day is the worst thing is that some people hurt the term feminism. On social media, hardly anyone knows about feminism and they end up being pseudo-feminist. Do pseudo-feminists really want equal treatment? No, they want to create a world governed only by women. Will a woman be getting away with any wrongdoing? Women on social media who identify themselves as feminists want equality and recognition for women they think to deserve it. They’re going to bash a woman if he’s their lesser wife or sister like a politician but they’re going to support a woman bashing that same political leader. Hypocrisy and pseudo-feminism get a melting pot here.  Difference between feminism and pseudo feminism A feminist might be a man, woman, ...

Illiteracy A social awareness

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INTRODUCTION The world as we know it is a confusing, odd place. Many times, we can find ourselves spending a lot of hours dealing with confusion over topics we do not understand. For example, you might not be very good with money, numbers, and sums; but in this word you need to find a way around that limitation. Finance is everything and being able to successfully control and manage your money is a huge skill in the modern world. However, it is clear that for some of us there is a complete blind spot to a potential problem in our lives. We often call this  illiteracy . MAIN CAUSES OF ILLITERACY Illiteracy in India is because of a complex web of social and economic divides in the country. Economic disparities, gender discrimination, caste discrimination, and technological barriers lead to illiteracy in India . India has the largest population of illiterate adults, which further contributes to this vicious cycle of illiteracy in India.             ...