By Sam Perez What the HELL is Music Therapy? High levels of stress in college students is increasing, causing anxiety and sometimes psychological break downs. This problem is occurring in many universities for example, at our UTRGV campus in Edinburg, Tx. From my personal experience college is a different level of education, it is more challenging and makes the student study and be timely with their homework. Therefore, it is not uncommon for people to drop out because of

By Lauren Richardson Based on research conducted by Lufi, Okasha and Cohen, “it has been estimated that 30% of all students suffer from various levels of test anxiety” (Lufi, Okasha and Cohen 176). This mental health statistic combined with the percentage of students suffering from various learning disorders such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, creates a need for answers regarding the state of our current education system. Within every seemingly normal classroom t

On September 22, 2011, a student at Rutgers was murdered by cyberbullying. The news reports claim that the death was caused by a suicide, but I object. The death was caused by the relentless torment of cyberbullying. The man who jumped was a homosexual who previously had an affair in his dorm room. His roommate maliciously placed a video camera in the room before the homosexual man had the affair. The homosexual repeated the act again on September 21, 2011. After realizing th

I am a college student with ADHD, and of course I take medications to help me focus. I believe that medications do help a lot, but if you’re anything like me, when you are off the medications you’re a completely different person. Throughout my years of learning I have had many ups and downs with the medications prescribed to me. I have been taking ADHD medications since the second grade. My grades were extremely low, and I was very hyper, I never listened to my teachers. When

Why Do online First Year Composition Students Procrastinate? Distant learning students procrastinate on research papers because their attention is not focused on school work, but the activities that are entertaining to them. We felt that this issue needed to be explored because distant learning and online learning is a fairly new topic amongst society that is barely being accepted. It is an alternative form of learning usually online, or at home. Why is it that distant learn

By Kassandra Montes Download the Game and Instructions Here Students with ADHD are not being taught effectively Kassandra Montes a student at the University of Texas Pan-American created an interesting game to help children with ADHD become better readers. Kassandra conducted a research study in which she observed and interviewed a 10 year old boy with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). She was looking at how he has difficulties while reading and underst