In the town Fishers, Indiana teachers have noticed how much anxiety students have had.
This anxiety took place in many forms. School officials thought the main reason
was social media. Another main reason was school shootings. I know, when I am
in school I always think, what if there was a school shooting. Thinking about this could
take away learning. 33 teachers took a course on basics of mindfulness. Some school were
taking this and teaching it to there students. The school nurse in Fishers noticed after
teaching this mindfulness to the students, there has been a decrease in kids going to the
nurses office. This can become nationwide and help out everyone in the nation.
What do you think the main reasosn for anxiety is?
Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. People feel they can say anything on social media,
they don't think before they type. Some people say nice things, but some people say mean
things. They mean things bring down people's self-confidence. It is sad because self-
confidence is so important.
How would you feel if we brought this to our school?
be good and bad. The reason I think it would be good is because it can help with sorrow,
decrease stress, and gain the attention of students. The reason I think it would be bad is
because most kids won't pay attention, they will just space off.
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Well done Macie!
To me, anxiety can be cause by a variaty of reason, whether that be social media or just feeling as if everyone is watching you and silently judging you. Self confidence is a huge issue for many because of how harsh people can be.
Honestly, I feel this would help tons of kids that are too nervous to express their feelings for fear of being judged. If more people understood how people with mental health issues felt, then people wouldn't be so afraid of talking about their issues.
I think the main reason for anxiety is the soical media and going to school worrying about the shooting and some have anxiety of showing up to school because they are scared that one day there will be a school shooter. i think its a bad idea because it can cause for anxiety for some people but it can be a good idea because it could help some children not all.
Many studnets have anxiety. Some is worse than others but it can still affect how they learn during school. Some students have little devices that they fidget with during school that helps. I think it would be good for all schools to have this, since there is always going to be someone with anxiety.
A lot of people are saying school is one of the biggest reasons and I totally agree. I think that is is good people have things to mess with and if that is what helps them, then let them do it. I also agree, there will always be someone in this world with anxiety.
I think the main reason why people have anxiety is the peer pressure on social media. It's the need to do and say something just like everyone else. Even if it means bullying someone. It's also a need to be socially accepted by others and the stress of not fitting in. Our platforms of social media like, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, etc, are the confidence crushing apps that do give us problems, even in school. If we brought this to our school, I think that school shootings would go down. It would lower stress, and the temptation to recieve attention from their peers. By teaching mindfullness, it'll help us understand our mental health, and know when it's time to speak up.
Yes, peer pressure is crazy all over the world, Kids everyday are getting peer pressured into stuff they woulnd't normally do. Kids are just doing stuff to make them look cool, if they say no, people will make fun of them. I also agree wiht the social media, social media is horrible to out society, it just brings people down.
I agree that most kids deal with these thing especially school shootings, I remeber when I sat in a teachers class for the whole period just talking about his procedure if there was ever a school shooter and all the different senarios about who they could be and how we would all charge the door and stuff and how he would be the only one near the door becuase he's going to die before us. We shouldn't have to think about that during school and we should feel safe and secure in our school and the truth is most people don't. today's socitey is cruel including social media.
Yes Lilly, I remember sitting through a class talking about all the what ifs. Someday there won't be what ifs, someday it is going to happen. So many kids sit through class jsut thinking about the what ifs and that can give them anxiety. I think our school needs to think of something that will make us feel safe and not have to think about the what ifs.
The main cause of anxeity today is bullying, peer pressure, social media, and having to be like everybody else around you. Bullying is propbaly one of the main reasons why people have anxeity. Anxeity can be controlled by a lot of different things. There are more things that cause anxeity too.
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