Dear parents and schools,
If you think school is more important that someone's health, then please carry on reading. If you think health is more important than school then please, carry on reading ... and see if you agree with me.
Firstly, you are WRONG if you think school is more important. Why? Because do you really think someone who is seriously, mentally or "anything" ill can go to school and work for a maximum of six hours a day 7 days a week? Then you really need some sense knocked into your head.
Do you really think people who have mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, or eating disorders, etc. to come into school and be perfectly fine and in the perfect state to work hard?
Schools say that they want the best for us and they want us to have a good future and be healthy, but then they don't take our health seriously, okay what kind of FUCKED up shit is that?
People with anxiety have panic attacks, they struggle to talk to people, they struggle to present to a class, they struggle to speak in front our out loud to the class they can't do a lot of social things easily as others may can.
People with depression are constantly up and down with their good and bad moods. Sometimes they don't even have the energy to get out of their own goddamn beds and face the world or school or people or anything.
Why can't parents, schools, teachers or anyone see that? If you feel like someone seems unlike themselves, ask.
If you see that one person who always looks tired with the puffed up eyes, ask if they're okay. If a student tells you they can't present, listen to them because it's only going to be an effect on their grade. If someone calls out for help, see what you can do about it don't just listen and forget.
"We want the best for you and for your future." Then take our goddamn health seriously, do NOT tell us to come into school and expect us to work hard when we're having a rough time at home. Do NOT tell us to try our best to focus on our work when we are having a rough time. Do fucking N O T tell us to put school before our own health.
Did you know that some students can't handle school? Did you know some go home everyday crying their eyes out because they can't handle all of the pressure? Did you know some students go home and fake being sick the next day to dodge that one small presentation? Did you know some students beg their teachers not to pick them when asking for feedback about something? Did you know that most teenagers nowadays want to die or quit school because of how they treat us? Did you know all that?
Take it into consideration. Open up your eyes, look us in the eye and let us know you really fucking care.
If you think school is more important than our health then, my friend, you are nothing but an utter complete asshole.
from,
ME