Part of it may be that students are *very* well aware of the stress here that exists outside the university. Fears of not getting ajob really get in the way of concentrating on stuff that seems pretty darn arbitrary and irrelevant to what you have to do later on. The economic situation has been very rough for *everybody*, and student jobs and grants are just as subject to funding cuts as those for disabled people outside. Plus not finding jobs outside. Parents are feeling the squeeze and I'm sure passing it on, and this is an election cycle coming up on us, too--which matters a lot more to many people than it used to, for various reasons (but enough of my ranting about politics, before I get started...) All these contribute to internal pressures.
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Date: 2010-05-13 01:45 am (UTC)The economic situation has been very rough for *everybody*, and student jobs and grants are just as subject to funding cuts as those for disabled people outside. Plus not finding jobs outside. Parents are feeling the squeeze and I'm sure passing it on, and this is an election cycle coming up on us, too--which matters a lot more to many people than it used to, for various reasons (but enough of my ranting about politics, before I get started...) All these contribute to internal pressures.