Real conversations with your students.
"How do I make and keep friends?"
"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.”"
"Sometimes people don't tell me things because they don't want to hurt my feelings,but the fact they don't tell me hurts my feelings. What should I tell them?"
"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 have another question. how do you feel good about yourself and things you are good at without seeming self centered?"
"My sister has depression, what can I do to help her?"
"I’m having major body image issues, and I can't focus on school because all I think about is how ugly I am"
"Yes you too!! Thanks for helping me feel better"
"What do you do if nobody likes you"
"Ok thanks for your help 😀"
"thank you, you too!!"
"My friends mom passed away and I don't really know what to say to him. I don't want to sound insensitive but I don't what to sound pitiful, so any advice?"
"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 enjoy all of this information"
"Bro a lot. Too much for a text i can barely speak what i need to say"
"I just got rejected by a girl 😂"
"I actually just got my grade up from a C to an A-"
"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"
"you're so right !! i'm kind of doubting the relationship because it has a lot to do w/ me trusting him!"
"I turned in the test today, wish me luck."
"I don't feel an intimate connection to anyone in my life and being in the general vicinity of people gives me extreme anxiety."
"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."
"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"
"I like that, I think that’s a good point, thank you for your input"
"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’m doing better now, thank you!"
"well, the overbearing feeling that everyone around is making you feel like you aren't good enough, like you're not deserving of the same kind of love if you're different"
"How do I deal with friends that keep fighting and get me in the middle of their drama?"
"How do I feel better"