Do you think they should take mental health more seriously in school?
Yes 😒
They should care less about academic/athletic numbers/scores & pay more attention to the kids. I know from personal experience for a lot of kids (including myself) were pushed just way too hard because their parents REQUIRED them to go to Ivy League schools, which caused them to start using super heavy drugs, rebelling, prostitution, getting super bad anxiety/depression. My closest childhood friend has such bad anxiety her first year of college that she never left her dorm because nobody noticed how much pressure they were putting on her. My best guy friend had so much pressure to be a Tennis star that he ended up abusing drugs so badly he lost himself. (I could go on & on)
I was required to be the best at every sport i would do, especially running. I look back & realize now that it’s because i run like a goddamn Nigerian 😂 if i just wasnt pushed super hard & wasnt just constantly told i wasnt doing good enough & i need to do better - i would have probably ended up getting a scholarship for college & i would still be running to this day.
Another thing is if i wasnt pushed so hard academically i probably wouldnt have rebelled as hard & i would have taken the Harvard scout way more seriously & actually went.
But, because i was being pushed so hard it caused so much anxiety & depression. It taught me i wasnt ever good enough or why would they push me so hard? & i didnt have any teachers that really took it seriously except for one English teacher. But majority of my teachers kinda played it off as like, “oh boo hoo little rich kid.” Which is super fu.cked. Schools should take this seriously when a kid openly talks about it & even if they are lying to get attention - GIVE THEM THAT ATTENTION.
They should care less about academic/athletic numbers/scores & pay more attention to the kids. I know from personal experience for a lot of kids (including myself) were pushed just way too hard because their parents REQUIRED them to go to Ivy League schools, which caused them to start using super heavy drugs, rebelling, prostitution, getting super bad anxiety/depression. My closest childhood friend has such bad anxiety her first year of college that she never left her dorm because nobody noticed how much pressure they were putting on her. My best guy friend had so much pressure to be a Tennis star that he ended up abusing drugs so badly he lost himself. (I could go on & on)
I was required to be the best at every sport i would do, especially running. I look back & realize now that it’s because i run like a goddamn Nigerian 😂 if i just wasnt pushed super hard & wasnt just constantly told i wasnt doing good enough & i need to do better - i would have probably ended up getting a scholarship for college & i would still be running to this day.
Another thing is if i wasnt pushed so hard academically i probably wouldnt have rebelled as hard & i would have taken the Harvard scout way more seriously & actually went.
But, because i was being pushed so hard it caused so much anxiety & depression. It taught me i wasnt ever good enough or why would they push me so hard? & i didnt have any teachers that really took it seriously except for one English teacher. But majority of my teachers kinda played it off as like, “oh boo hoo little rich kid.” Which is super fu.cked. Schools should take this seriously when a kid openly talks about it & even if they are lying to get attention - GIVE THEM THAT ATTENTION.
