Real conversations with your students.
"That's really comforting, thank you!"
"Ok thanks for your help 😀"
"Why do I feel the need to hide who I really am from my friends? I end up resenting them because they're talking to the person I pretend to be, and it feels fake because I'm fake around them"
"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’ll give that a try, I appreciate the words of advice, they’re quite comforting."
"My best friend texted me saying she is fed up with me hurting her feelings and being mean, I don't know what I've done and apologized if I've ever done anything not on purpose. She said apparently I did something on purpose and I should know what it is. Now she won't talk to me and I'm still confused. Any advice???"
"Should I get help if I feel anxious most of the time?"
"hey thanks im sorry im just being bullied at school and i told the counselor and he's been helping me but it's only getting worse"
"I have been feeling just really down"
"Yes you too!! Thanks for helping me feel better"
"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"
"Most definitely, I'm happy to hear whatever you've got to say"
"Sounds awesome!"
"What can I do to improve my mood?"
"“Thank you so much for your support!”"
"That's a very structured way of looking at it, I think that would be a great start"
"I have 3 F's and I'm super stressed because I'm normally a straight A student"
"Idk, family life has gotten a little better for him, but his sisters make him feel worthless, and when his parents get after him, they yell at him so much, he feels like cutting. I always manage to make his feel better, but, I really just don't like his mom the most. She manipulates him to fo what she wants, and it just breaks him"
"I appreciate it 😊most definitely👍"
"I’m having major body image issues, and I can't focus on school because all I think about is how ugly I am"
"You too, have a great rest of the day😁"
"I can't help in my classroom, we are online"
"Yeah, my aunt took a stroke, the doctors didn’t know why and it wasn’t looking very good. She had a severe brain bleed and their hope was that her brain would swell and stop the bleeding. But 12 hours later her brain was still bleeding. She had a 3% chance of pulling through but by 8 last night she was brain dead so they took her off life support and around 4 this morning she passed"
"I just got rejected by a girl 😂"
"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"
"i have another question. how do you feel good about yourself and things you are good at without seeming self centered?"
"My friends mom passed away and I don't really know what to say to him. I don't want to sound insensitive but I don't what to sound pitiful, so any advice?"
"I totally agree thanks!"
"that sounds perfect!! thank you for your advice 🥰 i think i'm gonna do that"
"Okay sweet! there’s kind of a back story to it all to explain, as well as this being the first time I’ve gotten into this subject with anyone, so I’ll do that first if that's all good."