Real conversations with your students.
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"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"
"I’m stressed, I’m taking the ACT in 6 days"
"Sounds awesome!"
"Why do I feel like isolating all the time? I tend to hate people a lot, they just annoy me, though I strive for connection I hate connecting then I hate myself for not being able to just be normal, it's kinda twisted🤷🏻♂️"
"My sister has depression, what can I do to help her?"
"Most definitely, I'm happy to hear whatever you've got to say"
"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"
"Okay so uh I've been thinking a lot about suicide recently, about how there isn't really any point to doing anything because you're just surviving to be ruled by someone else - I made a suicide poem and like know how I would do it and where and what I would dress in but I know I won't do it if that makes any sense? Idk what to feel"
"I’m having major body image issues, and I can't focus on school because all I think about is how ugly I am"
"I have been feeling just really down"
"I think you're a genius, you just helped me sooooo much, thank you."
"I Don't know yesterday and today I just Felt sad when I woke up."
"Wowwww thats so cool!"
"i don't know i just missed two weeks of school due to COVID and my grades are suffering and i can't find the motivation to work. I lose my 4.0 this year already to one A- and now i kinda feel like a failure"
"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"
"I’m doing better now, thank you!"
"i want to stay friends with the girl i just talked to. we work at the same place and she's the only one who's ever been very kind to me. i just feel like my friends are very manipulative of me so i feel like i should just tell them that i'm wanting to take a break and focus on my mental health and happiness"
"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"
"“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”"
"I enjoy all of this information"
"Thank you so much for listening, sometimes I just feel like nobody is listening or understands."
"You've been so helpful"
"I have 3 F's and I'm super stressed because I'm normally a straight A student"
"I totally agree thanks!"
"How do I deal with very opinionated friends?"
"How do I get rid of a friend that is mean and is taking all of my friends"
"I'm stressed with my grades still. Normally I have all A's but I have a C in math that I've been trying to get up but I don't get the unit I missed"
"I’ll give that a try, I appreciate the words of advice, they’re quite comforting."
"How do you get rid of a sore throat?"