There are great differences between postgraduate study and undergraduate study. It doesn't seem difficult to pass the exam and complete the credits, but it may not be easy to publish a few academic papers in public. It is easy to accept knowledge and learn with an open mind, but how easy is it to innovate and discover something? Many graduate students are admitted after some hard work, which consumes a lot of energy and physical strength. Before they catch their breath, they must invest in new research. They will also encounter challenges in their learning methods, from the "back understanding" learning method to the "research" learning method, and the learning intensity is much greater than that of undergraduates. When I was in graduate school, I was often upside down day and night, quiet at night and quick-thinking. I often study until after midnight and wake up at noon the next day. An undergraduate student of Nanjing Normal University has been studying for a master's degree for three years and has not eaten breakfast for nearly two years. She has many tutors and students, and at the same time has administrative duties, so she has no time to tutor students one by one. Graduate students can basically rely on themselves. In addition, in recent years, many colleges and universities have implemented hard passing indicators for graduate students, such as academic papers, dissertations and foreign languages, and some schools have even adopted the way of elimination from the bottom. Some students can't graduate normally because they can't finish the number of published papers, so they have to "go with the flow" at school.
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Postgraduates face seven major pressures, and academic employment accounts for the most.
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Stress is a kind of oppressed feeling that an individual can't eliminate the threat and get rid of the predicament when facing the threatening stimulus. Stress has a great influence on people's body and mind. Living under pressure for a long time will cause many negative emotional reactions, such as fear, anxiety, depression, indifference and so on. It is one of the reasons for psychological adaptation difficulties and even mental illness. Some experts and scholars have investigated the psychological problems and pressures of graduate students. Xin Lingling and Zhang Ping obtained this result through structured interviews with graduate students in science and engineering colleges. The pressure of graduate students mainly comes from the following aspects: academic pressure accounts for 82.6%, employment pressure accounts for 62.3%, interpersonal pressure accounts for 24.6%, economic pressure accounts for 18.8%, and other pressures mainly refer to personality, appearance, physique and personal situation. Studies have shown that the physical and mental health of graduate students is generally worse than that of undergraduates, and 37.3% of graduate students have psychological problems, a large part of which comes from stress.
First, academic pressure.
There are great differences between postgraduate study and undergraduate study. It doesn't seem difficult to pass the exam and complete the credits, but it may not be easy to publish a few academic papers in public. It is easy to accept knowledge and learn with an open mind, but how easy is it to innovate and discover something? Many graduate students are admitted after some hard work, which consumes a lot of energy and physical strength. Before they catch their breath, they must invest in new research. They will also encounter challenges in their learning methods, from the "back understanding" learning method to the "research" learning method, and the learning intensity is much greater than that of undergraduates. When I was in graduate school, I was often upside down day and night, quiet at night and quick-thinking. I often study until after midnight and wake up at noon the next day. An undergraduate student of Nanjing Normal University has been studying for a master's degree for three years and has not eaten breakfast for nearly two years. She has many tutors and students, and at the same time has administrative duties, so she has no time to tutor students one by one. Graduate students can basically rely on themselves. In addition, in recent years, many colleges and universities have implemented hard passing indicators for graduate students, such as academic papers, dissertations and foreign languages, and some schools have even adopted the way of elimination from the bottom. Some students can't graduate normally because they can't finish the number of published papers, so they have to "go with the flow" at school.
Second, employment pressure.
Employment pressure is basically a heavy pressure that every graduate student who wants to graduate will experience. After the enrollment expansion, the base of graduate students is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of jobs provided by the market can't keep up with the enrollment expansion. Employers gradually tend to be rational in choosing graduates. Many companies say that talents pay more attention to ability and experience, and academic qualifications are just for reference. However, the limited demand for teaching and research talents in colleges and universities mostly requires "doctors or above", which makes the majority of master students encounter employment embarrassment, and the repeated unemployment pressure caused by fierce competition and weak competitiveness can be imagined. Of course, there are still many people who find good jobs in this employment situation, which requires not only opportunities, but also excellent talents. One of my classmates is a good example. He passed the English cross-major exam. During his school years, he not only made up several specialized courses at the undergraduate level, but also read widely, thought deeply and kept writing papers with his own opinions. At the same time, he did not forget his old job, and used his spare time to give English lessons to training schools to reduce the burden on his family. Three years later, he made some money. He published more than ten papers, which is the most among our classmates. More interestingly, when looking for a job, the examiner asked to give lectures in English. His fluent English and profound professional accumulation compared with the competitors of several famous schools such as Beijing Normal University and South Normal University, the school signed a contract with him immediately, which became a beautiful talk of our school for a while. It is said that it is difficult to find a job now. In fact, it should be that I am not competent enough or will not create opportunities. Opportunity always favors those who are prepared.