Problems and Struggles

I think that the most common struggle high school students face is the one with themselves. They aren't happy with their appearance, their physical abilities, their performance in class, and many other things. If these problems get out of hand, like i have seen before, the effects can be devastating. The deterioration of a healthy state of mind can push people to do things or act in ways they would never imagine. Self control is something that the person may no longer be able to reach and it is imperative that their peers and mentors be able to detect that deterioration before it leads them to hurt themselves or others. There was recently an incident on a school campus where one of the staff members father had committed suicide due to depression. The teacher who resumed going to work would continuously tell her students the importance of detecting depression before it was too late to do anything about it. One day when her students returned to class after break, they found the teacher dead. She had hung herself. This is a very real scenario that many people are susceptible to, including students. This situation highlights the importance of giving everyone support, and treating everyone with kindness, respect, and the awareness and ability to detect someone undergoing a problem with themselves or something in their environment.