Hi! Need some help with one of my final college essays! Does the essay fit the prompt, is it grammatically sound? Please be very honest! This is the most important essay I will ever write. Thanks!
Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
My junior year I read in article in TIME magazine, I was taking an advanced placement psychology course at the time and I figured it would make an interesting paper for my final exam. The article was called America's Medicated Army; it was an in depth look at how the American military deals with the mental health of active soldiers. Soldiers who were seeking mental help from military doctors were being diagnosed with depression after one consultation. The doctors would give them(vague) antidepressants or antianxiety pills and send them back to front where they were needed. After reading this article I began researching the topic online. I came across numerous stories of soldiers and how they were afraid to tell their superiors about the psychological problems they were experiencing for fear of being punished or ridiculed. Soldiers who were suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and anxiety were being dishonorably discharged because they couldn't carry out their assigned duties, and some didn't receive the help they needed until they hit rock bottom; meaning they attempted suicide or began abusing a substance.
I was shocked to read about soldiers who had confided in their superior officers about having suicidal thoughts and instead of receiving the help they needed they were hazed by both their superiors and their fellow soldiers. Through all the articles I read in various newspapers I began to notice a trend: all of them stated that the amount of soldiers suffering from what the military refers to as "stress injuries" greatly outnumbered the amount of military mental-health workers available.
While researching this particular issue I began to think about friends of mine who had become soldiers, who had joined the military because they wanted to protect their country. It made me proud that they were courageous enough to risk both their mental and physical health to serve our country to best of their ability. At the same time I was saddened by the idea that our country was not serving them in the same way. The significance of this issue to me is that it helped me to realize what I want to do with my passion for psychology. It motivated me to pursue the career of a psychologist and helped me find a unique way in which I could serve the soldiers who have given so much to protect our freedom.
Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
My junior year I read in article in TIME magazine, I was taking an advanced placement psychology course at the time and I figured it would make an interesting paper for my final exam. The article was called America's Medicated Army; it was an in depth look at how the American military deals with the mental health of active soldiers. Soldiers who were seeking mental help from military doctors were being diagnosed with depression after one consultation. The doctors would give them(vague) antidepressants or antianxiety pills and send them back to front where they were needed. After reading this article I began researching the topic online. I came across numerous stories of soldiers and how they were afraid to tell their superiors about the psychological problems they were experiencing for fear of being punished or ridiculed. Soldiers who were suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and anxiety were being dishonorably discharged because they couldn't carry out their assigned duties, and some didn't receive the help they needed until they hit rock bottom; meaning they attempted suicide or began abusing a substance.
I was shocked to read about soldiers who had confided in their superior officers about having suicidal thoughts and instead of receiving the help they needed they were hazed by both their superiors and their fellow soldiers. Through all the articles I read in various newspapers I began to notice a trend: all of them stated that the amount of soldiers suffering from what the military refers to as "stress injuries" greatly outnumbered the amount of military mental-health workers available.
While researching this particular issue I began to think about friends of mine who had become soldiers, who had joined the military because they wanted to protect their country. It made me proud that they were courageous enough to risk both their mental and physical health to serve our country to best of their ability. At the same time I was saddened by the idea that our country was not serving them in the same way. The significance of this issue to me is that it helped me to realize what I want to do with my passion for psychology. It motivated me to pursue the career of a psychologist and helped me find a unique way in which I could serve the soldiers who have given so much to protect our freedom.
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