Post on 17-Jul-2015
Selected Business Article
Beating Stress Before It Beats Youhttp://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20130830-beat-stress-before-it-beats-you
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- Chronically nervous people risk health
- Anxiety causes shortness of temper and
memory loss
- “Job strain” linked to 23% increase of
heart attacks
Summary
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Summary
- Innovative ways to manage tension;
exercise, yoga, reading, cleaning, etc.
- Touch base with contacts you’ve neglected
- Find a “Comfort Food” for your mind
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Social Aspect
People ages 18-25 feel overwhelmed from the
college lifestyle. From budgeting your money
to handling the workload to choosing a career
path, it seems as if there’s always something to
worry about.
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Ethnographic Research
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College freshmen, Victor
Smith, reading an excerpt
from his psychology
textbook and preparing
to type the summary.
Ethnographic Research
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Student, Vincent
Frazz, examining the
total balance on his
student identification
card after buying lunch
and receiving a receipt .
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Ethnographic Research
Sophomore, Nicole
Jaghab, studying for a
biology test and
completing an online lab
assignment.
Ethnographic Research
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Chloe Duwe collecting
spare change to help
minimize her expenses
on campus.
Ethnographic Research
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Two students studying in
class before they are
given out their foreign
language exam.
Ethnographic Research
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Chloe DuweChloe Duwe rushing to
complete her
annotations, finish her
collage project and
review an article in the
Wall Street Journal.
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Ethnographic Research
A healthy lunch being
weighed in the cafeteria
and rung up on a
student’s identification
card.
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Ethnographic Research
An e-mail that freshmen,
Jenn Connell, received
about being undecided in
a field of study. The e-
mail is titled, “No Major,
No Problem!”
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-Students seemed flustered and irritated.
-Work load may have been more then they
expected.
-Frustrated with having no money and seem to be
disappointed when asking their parents for extra
cash.
Ethnographic Research Observations
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Ethnographic Research Findings
-“The work load and spending money that I don’t have
are the main things that give me anxiety. I would find a
job but I’d probably fall behind on assignments.”
-Most students agree that their time management skills
need improvement.
-Distance from home has effected many socially.