Blog #6

My first source is The Relationship between Depression and College Academic Performance by Virginia M DeRoma; John B. Leach; J Patrick Leverett
This article is informative about studies that have been done to find associations between students with symptoms of depression and their academic performance. And as what would be expected, students who had more severe symptoms of depression had worse academic performance compared to students with minimal or no symptoms of depression. The study results suggest that screening measures should be taken in order to counter the symptoms of depression on students academic performance.
I find this article to be very helpful towards me because my paper topic is the impact Depression has on college students, and obviously being students, academics will be a key part of that topic. I was expecting an association with more severe symptoms of depression and worse academic performance, but that is why i still need to do research to see if i can find any studies that counter these results.
My next source is Sleep Patterns and Symptoms of Depression in College Students by Peggy R Brooks, Alicia A Girgenti and Maura J Mills.
This article is informative about studies that have been done to find a possible association between sleep patterns and depression in college students. This study results in individuals who have experienced periods of depression found that their sleeping patterns were off in that they had trouble falling and staying asleep. The study discovers specific symptoms of depression related to sleep disturbances.
This article will be helpful to me in trying to prevent Depression in college students, and one way to do that is to look at students' sleeping patterns. I would not have originally made a connection between sleep and depression symptoms in college students.

Blog #5

One idea I would like to explore, it's still very broad, but how psychological disorders affect your average college student on a daily basis, as well as academically. A lot of attention is given to students with ADHD and other learning disabilities similar to that, but there's little awareness for students who may be suffering from depression, eating disorders, anxiety etc. Depression is more common than most people realize, and the people that do suffer from depression may not even realize how much it effects their daily lives.
I think Depression in college students who be a really interesting topic if I could find enough information and statistics for it. If i'm not able to find statistics for grades, hopefully i will be able to find statistics involving depression's effect on students social interaction with other students, or hopefully both!

Blog #4

Newman believes in "expanding the mind" and to taking what is learned in school and being able to apply it in the real world. He believes that students should really work to absorb all the information that is given to them, instead of cramming it all in at once, just to get an A on a test, then forget it all the next day. This strongly relates to Colbys argument about fully developing well rounded students through education. Colby believes it's better to be more well rounded as an individual in society than to only be educated in one field, thus being able to contribute more. For example, Colby would argue that it's very important for citizens to fully understand the election process and the candidates in order to cast their vote. Newman would side with this argument because it means fully understanding the political process and "expansion of the mind." Newman and Freeland however, disagree and various points in that Freeland believes that the only reason individuals seek a post secondary education is in order to get the highest paying job, and don't need to learn about things outside their field or that don't contribute to their degree because they would be simply useless, and not be helpful to their income.