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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.
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Since we're constantly trying to get students to "realize what it'll be like in the workplace", what better way to demonstrate that than you get to choose vacation days?
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
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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
So when people are asked, "would you like to go back to being a child again"? almost no one says yes. We have platitudes about it, but almost no one would choose to go back there.
Why? Because you have no power as a child. You have no choices. You go where you're told, when you're told no matter how very intolerable it is or how much you're dreading it.
Adults don't have that. We have choices. (Granted, some people refuse to exercise those choices and instead always see barriers to improvement).
So when people are asked, "would you like to go back to being a child again"? almost no one says yes.
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.
Mental health days (to me at least) are a tongue in cheek rationale for ‘I’m calling off for my sanity, not because I’ve got the flu; cause this place is making me lose it’.
Something I never really felt that apologetic for because I knew I was giving 110% every day & was starting to unravel. Something that meant I was taking care of me, because I had a household that depended on me giving 110% to take care of them.
None of that sounds like college life & I wasn’t even a traditional college student. I started college as a teenage mom ... I still wouldn’t have dreamed of a needing a mental health day.
Since we're constantly trying to get students to "realize what it'll be like in the workplace", what better way to demonstrate that than you get to choose vacation days?
I'm in my 40s, and my mom used to let me take a mental health day from school from time to time. I was a responsible kid, and I was (am) introverted and a little anxious. Sometimes week after week of school was just too much. As long as I wasn't avoiding a test or a project, it was fine.
I do the same as an adult. I've got PTO, and sometimes going to work is not the best option for the day.
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