Real conversations with your students.
"That's a good thought, everyone has something to contribute, sometimes it's just hard to see my part when others seem to have so much more to contribute than I do, I appreciate your help, this program is a really great idea"
"My boyfriend broke up with me"
"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!"
"Sounds good! I really appreciate you talking to me. It means a ton to me and I had a good time. Thank you. Have a good night."
"this is actually helping me a lot😂 so thank you !"
"I'm dealing with the suicide of a family member- how do I cope?"
"What do you do if nobody likes you"
"thanks, that's really nice to hear honestly. I hope you have a great day"
"The end of the quarter is kinda sucky rn"
"I feel constantly disappointed about myself because I know I can do better, but I don't seem to be able to."
"“Thank you so much for your support!”"
"Sounds awesome!"
"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 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.”"
"i have another question. how do you feel good about yourself and things you are good at without seeming self centered?"
"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"
"im sad i aint at school i wanna kill my self"
"That's a very structured way of looking at it, I think that would be a great start"
"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"
"I'll try to gain the courage to talk to someone irl, if not I'll come back to talk to you- it's easy to release over text honestly 😅"
"How do I deal with very opinionated friends?"
"Do you think I have depression?"
"“Thats a good idea! Ive never tried that. Usually each day I just get a 1-2 hour nap...Alright i will definitely have to! Thank you so much”"
"Thank you so much for the help and advice!"
"Okay, thank you🤎"
"I have 3 F's and I'm super stressed because I'm normally a straight A student"
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"yeah totally! thanks for your help (:"
"I have a lot of family problems. My parents are getting a divorce."
"I like that, I think that’s a good point, thank you for your input"