Hi,
I'm not really sure if there is anything that can be done for this but I thought that I may as well ask for advice anyway.
Long story short, my home situation has gotten pretty stressful; a member of my family who is living with me (and I am not financially able to move out, even if I wanted to, which I don't because I am reluctant to make my other family member cope with it on their own) is an alcoholic. If it were not for the fact that he is in bad physical shape (he is scheduled for a hip replacement, assuming he can be sober long enough to have the operation) I would be less concerned but he has had several falls, resulting in several visits to the hospital because of him hitting his head. However, as it is we have to make extreme efforts to keep him safe from hurting himself while he is drunk.
My uni work has already begun to suffer as a result of having to practically baby-sit him, and of course it is very distressing to watch somebody go through this addiction and treat myself and other people badly.
I guess what I want to ask is, do you think that I ought to mention this to my tutors? :/ I have no doubt that my grades are going to suffer and presentation are going to be that much harder due to stress but it's not like I can get special consideration or anything. But I feel like I don't want my tutors to think that I'm a dreadful student who doesn't care about uni; I do, but I know that this is going to have an impact. Do you think I ought to mention it, if only for tutes with participation marks? Or should I just not bother?
tl;dr is there any point in letting a tutor know about stressful home experiences, or should I just try to suck it up and do my best through uni while going through this?
Thanks.
I'm not really sure if there is anything that can be done for this but I thought that I may as well ask for advice anyway.
Long story short, my home situation has gotten pretty stressful; a member of my family who is living with me (and I am not financially able to move out, even if I wanted to, which I don't because I am reluctant to make my other family member cope with it on their own) is an alcoholic. If it were not for the fact that he is in bad physical shape (he is scheduled for a hip replacement, assuming he can be sober long enough to have the operation) I would be less concerned but he has had several falls, resulting in several visits to the hospital because of him hitting his head. However, as it is we have to make extreme efforts to keep him safe from hurting himself while he is drunk.
My uni work has already begun to suffer as a result of having to practically baby-sit him, and of course it is very distressing to watch somebody go through this addiction and treat myself and other people badly.
I guess what I want to ask is, do you think that I ought to mention this to my tutors? :/ I have no doubt that my grades are going to suffer and presentation are going to be that much harder due to stress but it's not like I can get special consideration or anything. But I feel like I don't want my tutors to think that I'm a dreadful student who doesn't care about uni; I do, but I know that this is going to have an impact. Do you think I ought to mention it, if only for tutes with participation marks? Or should I just not bother?
tl;dr is there any point in letting a tutor know about stressful home experiences, or should I just try to suck it up and do my best through uni while going through this?
Thanks.