Education & Mental Health

Are schools aware of the mental health of students?

Most students don’t feel comfortable speaking with their teachers about their mental health and the
emotions during school periods. Usually because they feel uncomfortable and judged by the opinion
of their superiors and don’t feel the confidence knowing they will talk with their parents. Most of
the teachers don’t know how to deal with the students and the students can’t tell this to anyone but
their friends since they are the “adults”. Usually, school psychologists don’t know how to manage
their problems and don’t fulfill their function.
We want to transmit to the teachers and directives how we feel because of the phycological charge
all the works and HomeWorks they put to the students, and we also want them to know that our
mental health is more important than having the best grades.
RESEARCH:
Statistics 2020: The COVID-19 Health Care Work Study (HEROES) report shows that between
14.7% and 22% of health personnel interviewed in 2020 presented symptoms that led to suspicion
of a depressive episode, while between 5 and 15% of personnel said who thought of committing
suicide.
Depression: is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way
you think and how you act.
Anxiety: is a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe.
Suicide: is death caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die.
Comprehension: is the ability to understand something.
Mental Intelligence: involves mental abilities such as logic, reasoning, problem-solving, and
planning
Responsibility: means being dependable, making good choices, and taking accountability for your
actions.
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Essay:
Does the school really consider how we feel?
Nowadays, I believe that many students are not motivated to study because they treat badly, or don
´t know how to teach well, and the students can generate certain insecurities about themselves.
Personally, as students, we believe that improving the convivence between teacher-student is very
important for how students develop in the classroom and the way they open up with strangers.
First, I think that the school needs to teach how to treat the students or know if they are qualified to
teach them since most of the teachers have problems dealing with the students and their mental
health issues. Or students seem forced to be judged by the teachers since they don’t grow up in a
safe environment and feel constantly attacked by public opinions and this leads them to illnesses
such as depression and anxiety.
Statistics in 2020 by the COVID-19 Health Care Work Study (HEROES) report shows that
between 14.7% and 22% of health personnel interviewed in 2020 presented symptoms that led to
suspicion of a depressive episode, while between 5 and 15% of personnel said who thought of
committing suicide. We were amazed by this statistic and believe that the teachers and directives