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Process Essay – Ali Kilinc – 900235909 ENG 191 – 3:30PM – 20424 Burnt Out! How Students Become Burnt Out Life as a student is tough. Out of the many challenges one has to face in life, being a student is one of the toughest. Studying, paying for rent, paying the bills, working, and attending class can put a strain on a student. Many students face economic problems that add to their stresses. Financial problems, a heavy class and work load, as well as family issues can cause many students to burn out. Firstly, financial problems can affect students emotionally. For example, if a student is having serious financial problems and he cannot pay bills, his rent or his tuition, he might feel hopeless. If he is unable to get a student loan or any other kind of financial aid, he might feel helpless. A student might have to work more and study less. Taking hours out of studying to make room for more hours at the job could make a student feel incompetent; he could feel this way because he cannot keep up with his

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Process Essay – Ali Kilinc – 900235909ENG 191 – 3:30PM – 20424

Burnt Out!How Students Become Burnt Out

Life as a student is tough. Out of the many challenges one has to face in life,

being a student is one of the toughest. Studying, paying for rent, paying the bills,

working, and attending class can put a strain on a student. Many students face

economic problems that add to their stresses. Financial problems, a heavy class and

work load, as well as family issues can cause many students to burn out.

Firstly, financial problems can affect students emotionally. For example, if a

student is having serious financial problems and he cannot pay bills, his rent or his

tuition, he might feel hopeless. If he is unable to get a student loan or any other kind of

financial aid, he might feel helpless. A student might have to work more and study less.

Taking hours out of studying to make room for more hours at the job could make a

student feel incompetent; he could feel this way because he cannot keep up with his

coursework. In addition, if those extra hours at work were for a physically demanding

job, he would be even more worn out, and would have even less time to study since he

would have to rest more. This would definitely impact his grades. Moreover, these

feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and incompetence can put an emotional strain

on a student and burn him out.

Secondly, too much of school and work load can cause a student to feel burned

out. For example, if a student decides that he can handle all his classes as well as his

work schedule, there might not be a problem. However, if he then decides to take more

classes at school, or add more hours at work, without balancing his schedule by taking

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hours away from the other, a problem might arise. His load can feel too much, and can

lead to many other problems. He could get fired from his job because he could not

focus, or make it to work on time, or because he missed work completely. His grades

could also be significantly affected. It is said that for each one hour a student attends

class, four hours of studying is required for a passing grade. More hours at work would

amount to fewer hours available to study. If a student loses his job, or starts failing his

courses, he could feel burned out.

Finally, when understanding how students become burned out, it is important to

factor in family issues. If a family member’s health were in critical condition the student

would have to take time off of school to go see that family member. He would have to

deal with all his schoolwork while simultaneously dealing with the stress and turmoil of

the family member’s condition. Furthermore, if a death in the family occurred, the

student would be in even more trauma and stress. He might even have to take a

semester off of school, and work to go deal with the family and funeral. These types of

family issues would absolutely burn out a student.

In conclusion, one must realize that many events can put a strain on a student’s

life. However, when a student is having financial problems, he would not be at ease

since he cannot pay his bills and tuition. Then, to compensate for those financial

problems, when he takes on more hours at work, or more classes at school, life starts to

get hectic. When one factors in family issues, whatever they may be, life gets even more

chaotic. By piling on all these stressful events into a student’s already stressful lifestyle,

students can easily become burned out.