Real conversations with your students.
"Well for one I'm just sad a lot of the time, I guess we could call that depression at this point, and I often act happy and good natured, and I'm trying to transition away from the religion of the masses here in St George, but I don't expect any of them to be able to understand, so I keep it to myself. Whenever I talk to them I feel like I'm constantly filtering what I really want to say because they wouldn't be ok with it"
"Okay so uh I've been thinking a lot about suicide recently, about how there isn't really any point to doing anything because you're just surviving to be ruled by someone else - I made a suicide poem and like know how I would do it and where and what I would dress in but I know I won't do it if that makes any sense? Idk what to feel"
"How do I make a paper airplane?"
"How do I feel better"
"Why are boys so mean 😭😭Are all boys mean 😢"
"The end of the quarter is kinda sucky rn"
"Sometimes people don't tell me things because they don't want to hurt my feelings,but the fact they don't tell me hurts my feelings. What should I tell them?"
"I want girls to like me"
"yes i really think being friends with her will be the best option. and thank you very much! Thank you for helping me think of new things to do to help myself!"
"All my friends watch tiktoks instead of doing hw and brag about it, it's like, high school culture to just procrastinate and brag about having bad grades and no sleep and everything and it doesn't click to me. But yeah I love my friends but I wish I could meet some that are more like me."
"I also want your opinion on something real quick: Which one should I get. Two lockets. One is a heart and the other’s an oval. They’re both the same amount. Which one should I get? The heart is the most popular, but oval is more sentimental to some?"
"You too, have a great rest of the day😁"
"How do I increase self-confidence while performing or just stage fright in general?"
"That’s a great idea thank you, honestly, I really appreciate it.”"
"Do you think I have depression?"
"You're welcome! 😉 But thanks to you too 😁"
"that sounds perfect!! thank you for your advice 🥰 i think i'm gonna do that"
"thank you so much! i will reach out if i need to 🥰"
"I actually just got my grade up from a C to an A-"
"Thank you so much for listening, sometimes I just feel like nobody is listening or understands."
"I Don't know yesterday and today I just Felt sad when I woke up."
"These tips will probably help a lot for now - I'd love to stay in touch, and I'll reach out if I'm struggling again (probably sooner rather than later 😅) thank you so so much"
"I can't help in my classroom, we are online"
"this kid said he loves me and i don't know how i feel!!! like he's so sweet but i just can't say it. it's hurting my brain"
"Thank you so much for listening. Glad I could make your day. I dont feel comfortable talking about this with people. I am just more private of a person I suppose."
"How do you get rid of a sore throat?"
"That's really comforting, thank you!"
"Lately I've started liking this guy in my friend group and he's really nice and everyone I know loves him but my best friend and it's been making me feel super guilty because she doesn't like being around him. I'm not really sure what to do about it though because I'm trying really hard to not pressure her and talk about him around her but I still feel like its causing a strain in our friendship"
"How do I make and keep friends?"
"I like that, I think that’s a good point, thank you for your input"