Is mental health overlooked in the school system?
By Morgan Bybel
According to Mental Health / Dash/ CDC (Centers for Disease Control) In the US it is said that about every 1 in 3 students struggle with mental health in everyday life. Globally about 14% or 1 in 7 people from 10-19 experience mental health conditions that are untreated or undiagnosed. Many adults believe mental health is overrated or not that important but there are many ways negative mental health can affect people. In schools bullying is an often occurrence in the education system, mostly middle school but it can also occur in high schools and elementary schools. Whether it is about looks, sexuality, race, or even autism, these traits are some of the things that others pick on. This is a big problem that administrators and teachers seem to overlook. Even though the admin has talked about how bullying has profound consequences they do not pay attention to it even though it is what matters most. With everything else going on like dress code or hawk hour this topic has been thrown to the side. Mrs. Erwin, a Spanish teacher at Hillgrove Highschool said, “I think insuring having those conversations if its ever suspected even if it's just checking in on a student could help...” Teachers do not often see bullying happen or even acknowledge the fact that it could be happening, usually they do not want to take care of the sensitive subject. If teachers had consequences for their students bullying may be reduced significantly. Good mental health is basically when someone can manage a good amount of positive and negative emotions and be able to express who they are without thinking negatively. There are some obvious signs that someone could be struggling with bad mental health are extreme mood changes, changes in sleep and appetite, anxiety all the time, and fear. With a lot of these signs being overlooked many students could lead to self-harm and/or committing suicide. These are serious topics that few adults know how to handle so usually no one pays attention to them. Jacob Frazer, a student at Hillgrove Highschool explained, “i know many people who struggle in the mental health area but usually they have no one to talk to besides their friends who also struggle because they get what it's like.” most kids or teens go to their parents when they are struggling mostly because they do not get it and sometimes when they try parents usually shut them down. If the school board decided to take students' well-being into consideration more often it may reduce the risk of negative mental health in students. With many students being picked on, a lot of it happens without people even noticing. the little things like picking on other kids' outfits could really hurt one's feelings. Most students have a tough time knowing what it is like to be in another person's shoes, they do not realize the effect it has on people. Lynly Gayle, a student at Hillgrove high school explained, “I was definitely picked on by my older friends and screamed and called me names.” Having friends that are not good people has a lot very impact full on mental health, especially when they are not nice people towards you. Teens sometimes do not realize they are being mean until they end up getting caught and if they got the right consequences, they hopefully would not do it anymore. in the future if schools decided to take initiative with working on the mental health of students, overall being able learning and having a good education could Impact student in positive ways. Also teaching students how to deal with negative mental health in effective ways would hopefully reduce the number of students dealing with anxiety, depression, etc. If you are someone struggling with mental health and having suicidal thoughts or even need to talk to someone, call 988 Suicide & crisis Hotline.
By Morgan Bybel
According to Mental Health / Dash/ CDC (Centers for Disease Control) In the US it is said that about every 1 in 3 students struggle with mental health in everyday life. Globally about 14% or 1 in 7 people from 10-19 experience mental health conditions that are untreated or undiagnosed. Many adults believe mental health is overrated or not that important but there are many ways negative mental health can affect people. In schools bullying is an often occurrence in the education system, mostly middle school but it can also occur in high schools and elementary schools. Whether it is about looks, sexuality, race, or even autism, these traits are some of the things that others pick on. This is a big problem that administrators and teachers seem to overlook. Even though the admin has talked about how bullying has profound consequences they do not pay attention to it even though it is what matters most. With everything else going on like dress code or hawk hour this topic has been thrown to the side. Mrs. Erwin, a Spanish teacher at Hillgrove Highschool said, “I think insuring having those conversations if its ever suspected even if it's just checking in on a student could help...” Teachers do not often see bullying happen or even acknowledge the fact that it could be happening, usually they do not want to take care of the sensitive subject. If teachers had consequences for their students bullying may be reduced significantly. Good mental health is basically when someone can manage a good amount of positive and negative emotions and be able to express who they are without thinking negatively. There are some obvious signs that someone could be struggling with bad mental health are extreme mood changes, changes in sleep and appetite, anxiety all the time, and fear. With a lot of these signs being overlooked many students could lead to self-harm and/or committing suicide. These are serious topics that few adults know how to handle so usually no one pays attention to them. Jacob Frazer, a student at Hillgrove Highschool explained, “i know many people who struggle in the mental health area but usually they have no one to talk to besides their friends who also struggle because they get what it's like.” most kids or teens go to their parents when they are struggling mostly because they do not get it and sometimes when they try parents usually shut them down. If the school board decided to take students' well-being into consideration more often it may reduce the risk of negative mental health in students. With many students being picked on, a lot of it happens without people even noticing. the little things like picking on other kids' outfits could really hurt one's feelings. Most students have a tough time knowing what it is like to be in another person's shoes, they do not realize the effect it has on people. Lynly Gayle, a student at Hillgrove high school explained, “I was definitely picked on by my older friends and screamed and called me names.” Having friends that are not good people has a lot very impact full on mental health, especially when they are not nice people towards you. Teens sometimes do not realize they are being mean until they end up getting caught and if they got the right consequences, they hopefully would not do it anymore. in the future if schools decided to take initiative with working on the mental health of students, overall being able learning and having a good education could Impact student in positive ways. Also teaching students how to deal with negative mental health in effective ways would hopefully reduce the number of students dealing with anxiety, depression, etc. If you are someone struggling with mental health and having suicidal thoughts or even need to talk to someone, call 988 Suicide & crisis Hotline.
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