Today a student rushed into my office and said, "When I realized I hadn't turned in the assignment, I almost threw up." Then another student, as she was leaving my office after a hard conversation about her research paper, said under her breath, "breathe".
People describe the millennials as entitled, but lately the word that comes to my mind is anxious.
I almost sent a whole class into a group panic attack this semester when I asked for a paper that was due on Thursday on a Tuesday. I quickly realized my error, but the students took some time to relax.
I want to have high academic expectations. I want my students to be great writers. I also want them to live well and, yes, breathe.
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