Real conversations with your students.
"That's a very structured way of looking at it, I think that would be a great start"
"I feel bad talking to my parents, because I know they will still love me if I let my grades drop and they'll always support me, but it does feel like to much pressure sometimes, especially since my older brother was so good when it came to grades and academic performance. And I'm not close enough with any of my teachers to share this kind of stuff with them...that's a good way to look at it, thank you.”"
"0 - I’m super sad. What do you do if nobody likes you?"
"Thanks for the wonderful advice"
"How do I deal with friends that keep fighting and get me in the middle of their drama?"
"Will do😀👍"
"Kind of because I don't know where J belong"
"Sounds awesome!"
"I like that, I think that’s a good point, thank you for your input"
"Quite a bit, a lot has changed for my recently, I told my parents about wanting to disassociate myself from their religion, and that's been just difficult because I'm trying to figure out what to believe, I recently gave up pornography as well, and it's been such a struggle without it, I've had an addiction to it for a few years now, so everyday life just seems much harder than usual, and as the end of the quarter nears my schoolwork is just ridiculous, so it's been quite hard to feel happy these past couple weeks"
"thank you, you too!!"
"Thank you so much. This program really is amazing!"
"How do I make a paper airplane?"
"Ok thanks for your help 😀"
"hey, so i have this friend who i don't want to be friends with anymore but i don't know what to do?"
"How do you get rid of a sore throat?"
"I’m feeling nervous"
"How do you get your teachers to like you?"
"I have friends but they never supported me through anything i guess i will need to find another way. You're really the only thing(?) that has ever actually listened to my thoughts"
"I have a math test tomorrow and that's the only class holding me back from my 4.0 and if I don't do good I'll lose it"
"I have funeral I'm going to, ACT stuff is being shoved in my head, I have 4 college classes to keep up on, skills USA is coming up and I've been nominated to participate, and I have two jobs"
"I was home from school for two weeks because I was depressed because my parents divorced this summer and I moved and haven't been feeling belonged at school"
"I miss my dad, he seems to be the only one who calm me down lately. And i'm stuck in my room breaking down while trying finishing assignments before the quarter ends so i don't have a bad grade, and i just need him to be here."
"I’m doing better now, thank you!"
"I’ll give that a try, I appreciate the words of advice, they’re quite comforting."
"That is true. I'm just happy that I'm able to help him"
"How do I increase self-confidence while performing or just stage fright in general?"
"Thank you, I love getting messages that make me stop what I'm doing and think about things that leave me in a more positive attitude than before!"
"thank you so much! i will reach out if i need to 🥰"
"There's a lot on my to do list and I feel it piling up"