Why students should have mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle 

What about mental freedom

Well not really. People need mental counselling especially teenagers.

I would argue that those 'ditching school' need that mental break whether or not it's framed by the student as a mental health day. This isn't an issue people should be one-upping each other on.

@@haleynoelle2598 I disagree on that. I skipped school not because I was tired of school or needed a break from it. In fact it was quite the opposite, I loved school. I did it because I thought it was fun and I could get away with it.

you never know, but yeah, you're prob right

So so true!!

So true!!

but how do you tell them apart from the ones that actually have it all together?

look out for children, teenagers, adults and old people. Mental problems don't discriminate.

@@VelhaGuardaTricolor Absolutely

Thank you !

Ah yes, another initiative that'd be impossible to push in my s-hole country. Seriously, no one thinks about mental health in the ex-USSR

You're not weak needing those days. You are not the problem, the system is. The whole educational system needs to be changed. Being smarter with mental health to survive the system, means you buy into the madness. Measurability in education is a war crime, makes victims around the world. We claim drop outs are losers. No, they always have talents education doesn't reward, which is insane. That too sickens people. In fact education is organized around the measuring of progress in learning, not in what maximizes learning, like playing and messing around. It prefers to create docile workers for jobs, not critical thinking people who know how to change the system. It prepares you for the system as it is, not for the life that awaits you. Should I go on?

Gracias!

ikr, theres all these kids and young adults, even in my class, growing up to question common sense. for example what is a male and what is a woman? they're taught to not follow science and facts and use there emotions. a man is a man, a woman is a woman. and other myths like "depression is normal." its not normal, when people say that kids think they dont need to fix it or confront the issue.

SHADY SHADY SHADY 👀👀✨✨✨✨

Patrick B first of all it’s a joke. Chill. Secondly, my school does not incorporate mental health days but nonetheless, good for you.

@Patrick B ....YES...MY SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE AS WELL...BUT AS AN STUDENT BODY OFFICER I WILL PROPOSE THIS IDEA💙💙💙

@Patrick B Go revisit the ted talk and listen carefully. What schools do is give a couple days off each year which is good but she is talking about taking them as an option and those who takes off more than they should needs counciling.

Patrick B do you mean weekends?

You’re a good sibling...

No, mental health days are not necessary. You need to change your fragile mindset.

​@@TheCureThatKillz you say this until a kid goes and shoots up his school.

You just helped me with my communication essay

you just helped me with an assignment I have to do for English Lit. Thanks!!

@@ruhigianchandani147 lmao this was for my english assignment lol

you just helped me with my speech homework LMAOOO

thanks! do we all have the same assignment?

Exactly. Many (including myself) think it could be worse, or worried about the work after, and they would never take a day off.

It also takes a safe and supportive environment. Her home helped foster this and her healthy and assertive advocacy. Kudos to her parents

@@needahandle yep. its worse if you have the opposite of that environment. people who don't believe in mental illness or simply dont care about you. that often leads to the more lethal side of mental health. self harm or suicide, or even worse, hurting the lives of others (school shootings, etc). kudos to all the parents out there who are supportive, savin lives even if they dont know they are

Thank you Doctor

alberto they are right if you can’t hack it. You can’t hack it! Sick fed up of people blaming the failure on anything except them actually failing

Blair Marshall it’s not our fault we get bad grades sometimes.

@@blairmarshall544 there's a difference beteen people finding excuses because screw school they want to hang out all day instead of work and people who are having trouble because of actual illness. Yes, you may be right, it's not true to say "not my fault", but this phrase can be like the last layer of their deffence

Evoleo blah blah blah your just another one.

Hey Cooky, hang in there. Online classes can be really intense and stressful. What your campus likely didn't tell you: you have to set your schedule. So much of school is "industrial". 8 to 3, lunch, a days b days, etc. The list goes on, and varies. But in life, you set your schedule. When looking at an online syllabus you have to see how that educational plan fits in with all the others. In an office or job you have a team and manager to help you make those project choices. For now you are on your own to set things up. That is unless you ask for help. Let your professor(s) for challenging coursework know where you struggle to juggle. That way, if you aren't alone, and this is the 40th email, they change the expected delivery of assignments. I had one professor ask us in a poll and another one who set daily quizzes that were times with follow up posts you have to respond to other students. It was nuts. I told the professor my entire other schedule and how much of a time suck his 8 credit hours were. He cut everything down to the online lecture and the forum, no more daily quizzes to prove we were engaged in his course. Also it pays to talk on the phone with professors and not email them, so for professors that give you a phone number, call. Let other school faculty and staff know too. The limit of a professor stops at the Dean, so telling the dean your ads struggling allows room for conversation and improvement of online coursework. Remember that these online classes equate to less work for professors, they feel like they are grading enough and assign more and more, to fill their schedule up. Hang in there, get to graduation and but don't hold your breath - take in a deep breath and try not to stress about grades. You can retake a course, you can retake a test, you can take a break. Grades legitimately to not matter after graduation unless you plan to immediately go into a master's (not recommended).

Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m still young and sometimes feel as though I have it so easy, yet feel so challenged for no reason. I didn’t know other people felt this way too. Thank you so much.

@@joshlanders I only saw your response right now, but I 1000% appreciate your advice. I tried creating a schedule, but having classes at any point between 8 and 17 o' clock took the agency away from students in many parts, which they have changed over the last couple of months (luckily). In our school they made a survey at the end of the school year and told all teachers to cut back on the work a little. Some teachers still have issues figuring out a good amount, but it's gotten better. We just started back on online school on the 11th of January and it's a bit overwhelming, but they are working on it and are asking students for their thoughts at the end of each week.

@@lime.324 when we are young we all go through a bunch of changes, from personal development, to figuring yourself out and trying to maintain social relationships with peers. Anyone who is saying that it's easy hasn't been a teenager/is a teenager in our time and sees everyday stress as nonexistent/normal. Getting overwhelmed when bunch of things are happening at the same time with too few things to back you up, like the current situation, can be hard. Measuring the amount of hardship people go through and holding it against one another doesn't help anyone. If you ever want to talk, I'll be here to listen, but until then take a ghost hug (if you're comfortable with it) :)

@@cooky2991 thank you so much ❤️❤️

lol

"Must have been the wind"

You're not weak needing those days. You are not the problem, the system is. The whole educational system needs to be changed. Being smarter with mental health to survive the system, means you buy into the madness. Measurability in education is a war crime, makes victims around the world. We claim drop outs are losers. No, they always have talents education doesn't reward, which is insane. That too sickens people. In fact education is organized around the measuring of progress in learning, not in what maximizes learning, like playing and messing around. It prefers to create docile workers for jobs, not critical thinking people who know how to change the system. It prepares you for the system as it is, not for the life that awaits you. Should I go on?

Hear hear! To both of you.

Well, I think you should go to a school near Fishers, Indiana, the schools there are nice. They showed us this in class

We spend so much time trying to posses material knowledge that we neglect knowledge of ourselves. We're too selfish. Help others and it will help ourselves, make us feel like we're meaningful and we're worth something. There are people out there that are suffering more than we are. We should put them before ourselves and it will help us find meaning.

Karl, I think you nailed it right on the head. As an originally tribal species we have become so globalized and I believe social media is actually very detrimental in that aspect.

@@BHP_farm Great point, you need to feel a sense of belonging in a group. I feel no belonging at all on RU-vid, Reddit... I think groups that big disorientate us because some kind of mental stress. On the other hand, I am part of a Discord for my city (200-ish person server), I fit in, everyone knows me, I have my close friends, I have people I don't get on with but I'm almost comforted by knowing my place in that group. I feel it has been beneficial to my mental health. Highly recommend small Discord groups based on your own interests, location or other commonalities you share with a group of no bigger than 300. May take months to fit, may take days/weeks, but once you're known to the community you're apart of it.

Róbert Kica I’ll check out that podcast, thanks for the suggestion. I definitely agree every person has mental health problems, part of life. My point being I am worried ppl in H.S. use a mental health day but spend all day on social media, therefore not helping.

You are a snowflake.

@@ericw3517 No they aren't.

@@ericw3517 Wow SOOO original. Out of anything you could've said, you just HAD to say that 😒

Yeah as a student you have a whole 3 to 4 months of mental health days it’s called summer break. Wish I had that back now working full time.

@@JT-zy2ft I know hahah. No, buy seriously, I'm sure some students would need it. Not denying that. However, when I went to university I had more room to schedule my own time. Now it's 9 to 5 (usually longer than 5) and the only moment you have for yourself are the weekeds. I need more than 2 days to recharge.

If she needs mental health days, she's not all that strong.

Hii Tina, I absolutely appreciate your kindness. It'll make the world a better place for all of us since we're all interconnected.:))

@@JimC the fact that she can openly and confidently talk about why she and MANY other people need mental health days is a sign of strength and resilience. You're a complete fucking tool.

What university cares if you don't show up to classes from time to time? I have skipped nearly entire semesters of classes and passed with an 85%. With the independence University and college offers you don't need them to sanction you taking a day of leave imo

Are you fucking joking? You only have to show up for the labs and exams in college... if you can’t get through college without a “mental health day” you don’t deserve to graduate... so many classes I only went to take the tests. Going to classes was a waste of my time. Read the books. Do the examples in them. They contain a lot of useful information man...

At my college you are not allowed to miss more than 2 classes and we also had few incidents where students commited suicide on campus. I agree with this.

Lots of egotrippers in this reply thread. Or really stupid trolls. I just cant tell.

I hear ya.

Of course it matters. but before going to the bigger thing, be aware of the little things first, which we can do today. and the little thing that we can do now is aware of mental health.

Whos the guy in ur profile photo?

Amen

That's the truth. I know how you feel. I can write an argument down that could convince you to divorce your wife. But if we have that conversation in person then I wouldn't be able to form a sentence in understandable English.

@@bakersmileyface SAME!

Practice helps

Trystelune lmao are you Dwight Schrute?

@@bakersmileyface really specific 😅😅. I'll let you know in case I am second guessing my future marriage!

I'll try that out thanks.

Tight as a .....

My thought exactly! How about putting some more effort into not accepting that schools - and work places - are making quite a lot of people sick! Mentally and physically.