October 7, 2013
Emotional Security in Schools During my seventh grade school year, my graduating class in Idaho struggled with emotional problems. Even though my school did have a counselor available to us one day a week, we had to share him with every other school in the district. When one of our students committed suicide, they had the psychologist available to all students for two days, but then we had to depend on each other. This was a recipe for disaster and caused a group of students to fall into a downward spiral. I became the person that everyone could talk to and I had to help many of my close friends deal with depression and suicidal thoughts. It was difficult for me to sit there and try to stay the positive example that I needed to be, but I managed to stay on top and help whoever I …show more content…
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