Academic Failure In College

I. What is academic failure? Why does a college students experience it?

As a student sometimes we experience tougher challenges in our academic life and sometimes were not able to accomplish, so it cause as to fail. So what is academic failure? Academic failure is the student was not able to meet the required passing grade in a subject. But the question why does a college student experience it? According to Dr. Robert Pitcher, “failure can cause lasting damage to self-esteem, and the consequences can influence an entire lifetime” (Robert Pitcher). That is why Dr. Robert Pitcher has come up with what he believes are the types of primary causes in failure in college.

First, Understanding the amount of work required, Second, other activities we Third, Vagueness about long-range goals, Fourth, Inappropriate choice of a major that is why it is very important that we must know what we desire. Eight is failure to assume responsibilities. Nine

Fear and failure can also under pain students motivation to avoid success, success avoidance is where students are fearful of success and try to avoid it, this is why they look to perform more poorly than what they are capable of