Real conversations with your students.
"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"
"I just got rejected by a girl π"
"How do I make a paper airplane?"
"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 π "
"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"
"That is true. I'm just happy that I'm able to help him"
"Your advice really helped! Now I feel that my friends want to be around me more. π"
"The end of the quarter is kinda sucky rn"
"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 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 turned in the test today, wish me luck."
"thank you so much! i will reach out if i need to π₯°"
"There's a lot on my to do list and I feel it piling up"
"Wowwww thats so cool!"
"I have been feeling just really down"
"How do I get rid of a friend that is mean and is taking all of my friends"
"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)"
"That's a good idea thanks"
"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.β"
"I lost my whole friend group of 4 years. I think that they were just so toxic. i wasn't invited to anything unless i texted them. i would leave with extreme anxiety and no one would ask me if i was ok. and they've all just changed since i met them. we don't have the same values or morals anymore"
"Thank you so much for the help and advice!"
"My boyfriend broke up with me"
"I can't help in my classroom, we are online"
"I like that, I think thatβs a good point, thank you for your input"
"I have 3 F's and I'm super stressed because I'm normally a straight A student"
"i'm failing all my classes"
"I love music, thank you! Thank you so much for ur help"
"Well thank you amazing human too! It's so awesome that you take time to talk to strangers and brighten their day through this program. Keep it up! Have a great day"
"That's a very structured way of looking at it, I think that would be a great start"