Health and Fitness= Motivation and Attitude
Nicole Pinzon
Counseling 110
Ms. Pierucci
Balance- The Key to Success
“Success means different things, to different people, at different times” but it’s still a goal that each person wants to strive for and reach. Success is a good feeling. It gives each person that reaches it a sense of accomplishment and achievement. Therefore if this feeling is so great, then why is it so difficult to try to achieve? This answer varies from person to person, but a key factor in being able to reach success is through the way people live their lives. Too often the college student minimizes their true potential by simply not treating their body and life the right way. By meeting the needs of the body, mind, and spirit, a college student can achieve a better attitude, strong motivation, and eventually gratifying success. Too many college students see college not as an institute of higher learning, but as an institute of fun. This can be true to an extent but the extreme is very dangerous. Students attend “party schools” that are known for their crazy throw downs and enter into college thinking the main goal is to experiment with their newfound freedom. Part of this freedom entails going to parties, drinking copious amounts of alcohol, experimenting with drugs, and staying up till the break of dawn. A college student’s true best friend is coffee and red bull, right? Wrong, very wrong. False myths such as this one lead to dangerous habits that can hinder a students learning experience.
Alcohol is one of the most likely drugs to be found on a college campus. When drinking alcohol, one may feel more energized and happy, but alcohol is actually a depressant. In large quantities alcohol, impairs motor function in the brain. It causes slurred speech and uncontrolled movement, and can cause such events as “blackouts”, or Anterograde Amnesia, in which the person loses their memory before and after an episode of drinking. Long-term affects of alcohol drinking include, liver and
Counseling 110
Ms. Pierucci
Balance- The Key to Success
“Success means different things, to different people, at different times” but it’s still a goal that each person wants to strive for and reach. Success is a good feeling. It gives each person that reaches it a sense of accomplishment and achievement. Therefore if this feeling is so great, then why is it so difficult to try to achieve? This answer varies from person to person, but a key factor in being able to reach success is through the way people live their lives. Too often the college student minimizes their true potential by simply not treating their body and life the right way. By meeting the needs of the body, mind, and spirit, a college student can achieve a better attitude, strong motivation, and eventually gratifying success. Too many college students see college not as an institute of higher learning, but as an institute of fun. This can be true to an extent but the extreme is very dangerous. Students attend “party schools” that are known for their crazy throw downs and enter into college thinking the main goal is to experiment with their newfound freedom. Part of this freedom entails going to parties, drinking copious amounts of alcohol, experimenting with drugs, and staying up till the break of dawn. A college student’s true best friend is coffee and red bull, right? Wrong, very wrong. False myths such as this one lead to dangerous habits that can hinder a students learning experience.
Alcohol is one of the most likely drugs to be found on a college campus. When drinking alcohol, one may feel more energized and happy, but alcohol is actually a depressant. In large quantities alcohol, impairs motor function in the brain. It causes slurred speech and uncontrolled movement, and can cause such events as “blackouts”, or Anterograde Amnesia, in which the person loses their memory before and after an episode of drinking. Long-term affects of alcohol drinking include, liver and
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