Jo
is attending Our State University on a very generous
scholarship. S/he applied to four universities, three
being outside of the State, and had hoped to attend
one of those. Unfortunately, Our State University
was the only one out of three that offered enough
financial support that would allow her/his parents
to be able to afford any extra help that would be
needed. Jo is carrying a full load of honor classes
and works very hard to maintain the necessary GPA
in order to keep the scholarship. Besides going to
the Fitness Center to work out four days a week (to
work off stress and tension), Jo spends all available
time in classes or studying either at the library
or in her/his dorm room.
Over
the last four weeks, Jo has been really tense over
two major projects due in two of her/his classes.
Trying to keep up with her/his regular class work,
plus find time to put in the necessary work for the
projects to get a good grade, s/he has been sleeping
less and cut her/his fitness time down to two days
a weeks. Jo's schedule is very strict. S/he attends
classes from 8am - 1:30pm and 4pm - 5pm, and was working
out from 2pm - 3pm four days a week. At the time that
s/he dropped two of her/his workout days, s/he also
changed the time of her/his workout for the other
two days. Now s/he works out from 8pm - 9pm and from
2pm - 3pm s/he comes back to the dorm for a short
nap.
Lately,
Jo has been really annoyed with Pat, the next door
resident. Pat, a sports athlete has been very inconsiderate
of the other residents on the floor. S/he plays tennis
and practices her/his backhand swing by hitting a
tennis ball against the wall that s/he shares with
Jo. S/he runs every morning at 5am and slams drawers
and doors while getting dressed. Since Pat's room
is at the end of the hall and s/he only shares one
wall, which is with Jo, Jo did consider that Pay may
not be aware of her/his disturbances, and has attempted
to speak to her/him several times. Each attempt has
ended in harsh words and heightened attitude. Now
Jo feels that Pat is past being rude and disturbs
her/him out of spite and pettiness.
