I am working on a project to get a student support group added to the school but I need some help I need to get people's opinion in order to present my case to the school board. please can we try to keep answers as serious as possible. Thank you if you want to e-mail me directly just send it to i_heart_sabbath@yahoo.com Thank you for taking the time to state your opinion everyone helps.
2006-12-19 04:58:21 · 6 answers · asked by i_heart_sabbath 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This question is EXTREMELY vague. You should really focus on what kind of help you want to offer.
I think that adolescence is a time of great confusion and I think that WAAAY too often we feed this confusion by being too busy or embarassed to really understand that these teens need real answers and not saccarine sweet brush offs.
I think that some teens need help and don't ask AND I think some are asking in a way that is easily ignored. I think some are doing fine on their own.
2006-12-19 05:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by QuestionWyrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in high school (granted it was about 15 years ago) we had a Peer Group. It was a groups of OUR peers that got together and talked. We didn't have to worry about asking wrong questions or anything like that. There was a counselor present but it was pretty much us kids talking to each other, sharing what information we had and if we couldn't answer it, the counselor would. NO MATTER the question.
I think the school board needs to do this more, whether they do it during school or have an after school session, these kids NEED someone who will OPENLY listen to them and thier questions.
I hope you get the help you and your friends and fellow students need. Everyone needs someone to just listen sometimes and that someone needs to do it with an open NON-judmental mind.
Best of luck to you!
2006-12-19 05:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mistress_vampire99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teens need help all the time whether they want to admit it or not. This is the most confusing and crazy point in their lives. The problem with most programs is they are run by adults or students who are doing well in school. It is very hard to relate to someone who you perceive to have nothing in common with yourself. In addition seeking help from groups outside of your own can also cause your own peers to view you as a traitor. Social peers are very important at that age, and being judged by these same peers cause a great deal of pressure. Another issue is that many problems start at home and after school hours, which for the most part is unavoidable. I suggest perhaps rather than have face to face student support groups perhaps establish a private chat board for the students of your school. It’s much easier to ask for help without fear. Once a trust is established conceivably in person contact could be requested at the teen’s discretion of course.
2006-12-19 05:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by petitepapillions 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive that many teens are screaming out for help, but people are ignoring it because they jut chalk it up to "being a teenager". A lot of teenagers don' understand and therefore do not know how to deal with many of the things going on in thier lives. Many do not have adults to help them reason out thier ideas, thoughts and passions- good or bad. I was lucky growing up. My parents were always there for me, no matter how badly i was acting( and believe me, I was BAAAAAD) and i always wondered why they did that. I saw and still see many teens out there that have no uidance in their lives. Like my boyfriends younger half brother. His mom is more into her new boyfriend to care if her two sons have clean water, heat for the winter, foods in the fridge...ones 18 this week and the others 2 yrs old. so basically the cycles starting all over again. but anyway, i think ou've got a good dea and i hope it works out for you more teens need to take initiative ad the world would be a better place.... but then again most teens are wrapped up in thier own problems...which is understandable at thier age.
2006-12-19 05:31:29 · answer #4 · answered by psychoticangel_kitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm, u cannot group teens by "need help but not asking" and "need help but being ignored" because every teen is different. We have different personalities, so we obviously feel different, which means there are some teens that "need help but wunt ask" and others "need help but being ignored" but most of the time (i find) that most teens need help, but wunt ask for it. I think it's maybe because we/they want to be able to take care of it on their own... well, i think this is totally off the topic, but anyways... uh good luck??
2006-12-19 11:40:12 · answer #5 · answered by Bubble T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have learned that no matter what teenagers say, they really do need help. they just wont admit it because teenagers are very full of themselves at that point in their lives and try to convince themselves that they dont need it
2006-12-19 06:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ellen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋