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"
"Thank you so much for listening, sometimes I just feel like nobody is listening or understands."
"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 3 F's and I'm super stressed because I'm normally a straight A student"
"Thank you for being here for the students, it's great to have a person to talk to. Here's a little expression of my gratitude in video form (the audio is a little quiet so turn up the volume a little)"
"How do you get rid of a sore throat?"
"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."
"Will do😀👍"
"How do I get rid of a friend that is mean and is taking all of my friends"
"How do I make and keep friends?"
"What do you do if nobody likes you"
"You too, have a great rest of the day😁"
"I enjoy all of this information"
"Most definitely, I'm happy to hear whatever you've got to say"
"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."
"How do I feel better"
"I listened to your most recent podcast about confidence, and I thought it was epic.🤙 I had a question that's related to it about something I've been dealing with recently. I already typed it up to explain the situation, and it is very long haha. Is that alright...?"
"I appreciate it 😊most definitely👍"
"im sad i aint at school i wanna kill my self"
"Your advice really helped! Now I feel that my friends want to be around me more. 🙂"
"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 😅"
"“Thank you so much for your support!”"
"How do I deal with very opinionated friends?"
"Ok thanks for your help 😀"
"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!"
"I can't help in my classroom, we are online"
"No worries, monster texts are usually the best 😊 That is really helpful actually- I'm a visual learner, and that is a good image. Do you have any suggestions on how to get back to the inner circle? I get so caught up in the dregs I forget how to get out"
"Wowwww thats so cool!"
"That's a good idea thanks"
"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"