relationships with their teachers and a lack. of enthusiasm for their studies.

Some students feel depressed, fearing they fall short of their parents' expectations.

An unhappy family Tife can also lead to depression.

These conclusions are the result of research into emotional problems among college and middle school students.

According to a study of 2, 961 urban,and rural college and middle school students,. problems arise most frequently in two groups: students in their first and second year of junior middle schools and those in their last year at senior middle school . or the first year in higher-learning institutions.

The survey also revealed that emotional problems increase as students get older.

The percentage of students with emotional problems in junior middle schools is around 13 per cent, while the figures for students in senior middle school and higher-learning institutions are 19 and 25 per cent respectively.

4. Eager to Be Off

Me: Mummy. I've been thinking, I think I might go to London at the end of

the week.

Mama: Oh yes?

Me: Yes, a friend of mine wants someone to share a flat and I thought it

would be a good.opportunity for me to...

Mama: Well, that sounds a very good idea. Where exactly is.this flat?

Me: Well, we haven't exactly got one, but I thought I might go and look -

it's easier if you're on the spot.

Mama: Oh yes, I'm sure it is. I hear it's very difficult to find flats in

London these days. '

Me: (myheart sinking as 1 think of adverts, agencies, Evening Standards, in

etcetera )Oh no, it's not at all difficult, people get themselves fixed

up no time.

　
Mama: Oh well, I suppose you know better than me. What will you live on while

you're there?

Me: I'll get a job. I'll have to sometime" you know. I'll write to the

Appointments Board.

Mama: Just any sort of job?

Me: Whatever there is.

Mama: Don't you want a proper career, Sarah? I mean to say, with a degree like

yours...

Me: No, not really, I don't know what I want to do.

Mama: I'm not sure I like the idea of your going off all the way to London

without a proper job and with nowhere to live... still, it's your own

life, I suppose. That's what I say. No one can accuse me of trying

to keep you at home, either of you... Who is this friend of yours?


Me: A girl cailed Gill Slater. She was at Oxford...

Mama: And what does she do?

Me: Oh, She's a -she's a sort of research student.

Mama: Oh yes? Well, it sounds like a very nice idea. After all, you won't want

to stay here all your life cooped up with your poor old mother, will you?

I shall lose all my little ones at one fell swoop, shall I?

Me: Oh, don't be silly.

Mama: What do you mean, don't be silly? It seems to me you're very eager to be

off.


Me: You know that's not it at all.

Mama: Well, what is it then?

Me: Well, it's just that I can't stay here all my life, can I?

Mama: No, of course you can't, nobody ever suggested anything of the sort .

When have I ever tried to keep you at home? Haven' t I just said that

you must lead your own life? After all, that's why we sent you off to

Oxford, it was always me who said you two must go - I do

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