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    This paper evaluates the dynamic stress levels of high school student athletes. Researchers surveyed subjects participating in spring sports (N=77). Subjects answered questions about their stress levels on a scale of 1 to 10‚ 1 being not stressed and 10 being extremely stressed‚ The relation between student athletes and psychological stress‚ has commonly been recognized as a rising struggle in the lives of high schoolers. Student athletes nowadays are playing multiple sports year round. In addition

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    Homesickness in International Students The transition from living at home to college is looked upon as a positive event in a student’s life. Along with this new environment comes a loss of the old and more comfortable surroundings. Homesickness is a separation reaction akin to grief‚ where the individual concentrates on what is missed from the old environment. Homesickness can be defined by a sense of loneliness‚ depression‚ emotional distress and a preoccupation with and longing for home. This

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    benefits to international students‚ because the university provide the international students high quality education‚ the beautiful natural scenery as well as the opportunity to experience life in Australia. At the same time‚ the Australia government win 16.3 billion (ABS‚ 2012) dollar in 2010‚ these parts of the revenue come from the full free paying international student and then the Australia pay back to university‚ and both international students and domestic students can gain the high education

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    can be prevented. Similarly‚ if one is thought to have a concussion there are several ways to evaluate and treat it. Not only does injury to the brain affect student-athletes physically‚ many students are affected mentally as well. Teachers should be aware of the aftermath students experience and curriculum may need to be modified for students due to concussions and the inability to focus and perform as well academically.

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    dollars yearly.” All this money goes to support championships and programs that benefit student athletes and for building operations. The NCAA is supposed to be a non-profit organization but they sell jerseys with the star athletes names on them. The “student-athletes” get none of the money that is made by selling their name on the jerseys. Even though they get a free education with their scholarship‚ college athletes should be getting some compensation for their hard work and abilities because they are

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    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires student athletes to maintain a 2.5 grade point average in at least nine academic credits to be eligible to compete in their respective sport (NCAA‚ 2011). A study conducted in 2004 found academic performance to be the leading cause of stress amongst university students (DeBerard‚ Spielmans‚ & Julka‚ 2004). According to Anderson and Williams’ (1988) stress injury model‚ athletes experience more physical injuries during periods of high stress

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    Students face a whole range of difficulties when it comes to pursuing an education internationally. Language barriers‚ culture shock and the overwhelming feeling of being home sick‚ are just some of the milestones to be overcome. Too often international students find comfort‚ and the much needed sense of belonging‚ in surrounding themselves with students with the same ethnic background/s. Of course this is typically predictable behaviour‚ however to what extent is it beneficial in an increasingly

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    In today’s society‚ student athletes have begun play the game only for individual satisfaction. Sports such as football‚ volleyball‚ basketball‚ and baseball are now full of players with selfish attitudes instead of having team-driven mindsets. Athletes have lost their hope in coaches who do not give 100 percent devotion to their team during practice or game time. If a coach cannot give his or her all to the team‚ then neither should the players. Both coaches and student athletes must be able to come

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    Though paying for other sports is a big setback to paying college football & basketball athletes another problem is posed when people bring up the beloved term "student-athletes." The kids that are heavily recruited are usually in bad situations and this is their way to get out of that but being a "student-athlete" or "amateur" bars them from any sort of economic advancement. Roughly twenty percent of the athletes graduate with degrees before their football careers are over‚ and all they are left with

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    Among University Students. Students’ life on campus revolves around going to classes‚ studying in the library or in their own room‚ getting involved in co-curricular activities made compulsory by the university and sometimes hanging out with their friends at a mall to have fun after an exam. Life as a university student basically demands a good time management on the part of the student. Being away from their family will require them to be independent and some students need quite some time

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