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This world is becoming softer and softer by the day it seems. A mental health day as a student. They dunno what's coming once they live out in the world on their own. Then again, many of these softies will probably reside in their parents basements well into adulthood. Mental health day LoL
There are some students for whom school years are not the best or easiest years of their lives. My son has multiple learning disabilities. I can guarantee work will be a better environment for him, because he will be working in an area where he excels, and not having to work in a way that goes against the way his brain functions, only to be told he is "lazy" and "stupid" and he should just "try harder."
I have read hundreds of personal statements from other dyslexics, and as adults they all say that school was hell.
I insisted my son take one mental health day last year and it was exactly what he needed. My son is hard worker and is very driven. He is not soft.
You don't necessarily know what is going on in people's lives to make this kind of judgment.
They didn't care whether or not they had choices -- that's something adults relish as part of maturity.
They just wanted to be coddled and taken care of, again.
Heck, for me (and a few of my old friends) childhood was a fun, carefree experience. As it was for a lot of us. Of course we tend to overlook things like crashing our bikes, going to the dentist, getting into hot water with the teacher/parents/etc.
Heck, for me (and a few of my old friends) childhood was a fun, carefree experience. As it was for a lot of us. Of course we tend to overlook things like crashing our bikes, going to the dentist, getting into hot water with the teacher/parents/etc.
Things ain't what they used to be.
When I was 10, I rode my bike everywhere. I was babysitting at 11. Now CPS and the police get involved when 10 year olds are riding their bike to school or walking to the park. If you want to be a babysitter, you need to have taken CPR classes.
I don't know if the world is actually scarier now, or if we are all just more aware of danger lurking everywhere.
I see the value in mental health days. What I don't understand is how they need to be different from a regular sick day.
I don't think most schools require a doctor's note to be out for a day, do they? So, who cares why a kid is out. If the kid needs it and the parent is on board, take a sick day. Or is it an attempt to normalize mental health as a legitimate issue? Otherwise, I'm not understanding the need for the distinction.
I remember vividly one 'mental health day', only one, my parents gave me to stay home from high school. My boyfriend and I had broken up the day before and I was distraught. they knew I needed a day to get it together. I was a good student and liked school, but that day off was needed.
the high school had nothing to do with that decision or needed to have anything to do with my parent's decision. I went to school the following day and was OK. there is no reason for the school administration to get involved in parental decisions, to mandate 'mental health days'.
If I had to go to college with some of the young people I work with I’d need a mental health day, too.
The stuff I hear and see at work now is quite different than even 5 years ago. I’m not a prude; it’s best not to go into my side hustles (ghostwriting some freaky stuff), but the crap that happens at work now... it is a cultural shift.
Also, been there done that.
Besides, who would want to go high school and college again? Way too stressful.
The easiest day at college is 69 times harder than the hardest day at work.
I couldn't do it. If I woke up back in high school again; I'd kill students and/or myself. I didn't even go to the reunion.
I'm not against it. I've observed some things since my kids have been in school that really have shocked me. I think our culture shifts have either caused more mental health related illnesses or they were always there and now we know more so we see them more. There are always those families who will abuse the days to sneak in a trip to Disney World. I also believe there are a lot of kids who really are struggling.
Modern times triggered a significant growth in the number of young people with mental issues. Everyone involved in education or coming in contact with children notices it. It’s hard to tell why schools are against those sick days...
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