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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the principal PP: why do you think there is a drastic uptick in mental health needs? Is it changes in the student demographic or a change happening to the usual cohort? Thanks [/quote]

In my experience as a teacher, a lot of the anxiety and pressure that these kids are dealing with that leads to these mental health issues is because of the parents. It is really not hard to see when you read the school boards here. Parents are intense, never satisfied, always pushing. They don't value letting their kids try and fail so they can learn that not being perfect is okay. They storm in and want to control everything so the kids don't have resilience. They act like Radford is worse than a death sentence so the kids kill themselves to go somewhere better because god forbid they just settle for JMU and have a fun college experience. If a teacher has fun with kids and tries to build rapport to at least give them one safe, low pressure environment, the parents freak out about the teacher being "inappropriate" or "not a master teacher." [/quote]

We are a two-teacher HH beginning life in a less intense area.  People from our former 'hood notice the change. The kids are more relaxed, and they can come and go as they please.  They walk to school and can easily join clubs and other activities w/o having to worry about transportation.  Kids here are able to enjoy just being kids.

I'm just happy to start a new life elsewhere, as the DC-metro area is dysfunctional to the core.  Rigor is dead.  Onus is on the teacher only.  Social promotion is rampant. And instead of relying on teachers for the answers, systems seek out outside "experts" who have little to no classroom experience.  [/quote]

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