Unreasonableness

This week has been draining at work. There have been situations with two students, both male, one in his twenties and one in his thirties. Both are dealing with significant issues and neither seems to be able to comprehend that they, through their attitudes and unreasonableness, are increasing their own problems. Both seem determined to fix the blame for their academic struggles on anyone and anything outside themselves, but that is not where the problems lie. It's really unfortunate and somewhat sad because they're making their own lives miserable, not to mention the lives of the people around them. There's a lesson in this, somewhere.