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To avoid feeling sad or lonley you can be kind and talk with you peers.

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Technology can help you communicate to your friends, and family wherever you are in the world :) and you can make strong connections with others.

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You can talk to different people and have fun outside of school. Don't be afraid to talk to people

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You can make friends by connecting online or social media.

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Yes it is possible because you can feel lonely and connected with different people. For example, maybe you feel alone because your best friend is mad at you but you have other friends.

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You can talk with each other, found out if you have any similarities and put in the effort to try and know each other. You can sit with people who are alone in lunch, you can try and include people to play with you in break. Or you can just smile at them or say ‘hello’.

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Spend quality time with your family such as, family trips, movie nights and more

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I can help you stay in touch with friend at your old school or your friend who has moved away.

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You can meet new people and talk to people from other countries, also there are downsides to technology and friendship, becuese pope, can do things like make group chats and send photos

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We believe that is it possible , because , for example, if you lost someone/something , than someone might comfort you about it and you will feel connected, but you still will feel lonley about what you lost.

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You can fell connected and lonely bc you could be connected in one place and lonely in another

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Someone can be connected to another person, but lonely when they are not around them feel lonely

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I think it is possible because you could be connected at home but lonely at school or connected at school with your friends but lonely at home.

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Arnav: No, because being lonely is not being able to be connected with someone
Ethan: I think you can be connected and lonely at the same time because you can hang out with your friends at school but have nobody to hang out with at home.

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Road trips would be good bc your in the car with your family for a long time

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You can have friends you value yet be lonely outside of school. Because there are different types of connections.

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You can spend time with others

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You can communicate and play with eachother

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Making connections with others is crucial. Most of your life is spent with other people, during school, work, university. You need to have a connection with everyone otherwise you end up losing many of the friends and co workers you worked so hard to get. There are some barriers such as not connecting with your peers and preferring to work with only your friends this leads to trouble when you get put with different people.

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Technology helps loneliness by making it easier for you to watch what makes you happy or just by texting them

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You could be on a call with somebody but still feel lonely as you know that they are not actually with you

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It can affect loneliness because it can take you away from doing games and. Plating with your family.

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Technology helps extend your connections by making it easier to reach other people through many apps.

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People might bully you and make you feel alone.

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Cyber bulling, body image issues, fake relationships, feeling disconnected. It is way easier to say mean stuff on a device, you don’t see their face, and it does not feel like you are talking to a real person as much. But it hurts as much as in real life.

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Technology can help to build connections, because there are texting/communication apps like FaceTime and Snapchat. These can help you build connections because if you are not going to see your friends and/or family for a long time, it is important to still be able to contact and FaceTime them so that you don’t lose your connection.

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Have more family dinners and do stuff other than stay in your phones and do some more interactive activities with your family. With your friends you can hang out more and go to the movies or something more interactive instead of going on your phones with them.

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It shows us that we can be together even when we are far apart

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Why does technology help building connections?

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Why does technology help building connections?

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Something like FaceTime is good to make connections because you can talk to people face to face when they could be all they way across they world but you are still friend with them and you are still building a relationship. But som thing like social media, it can be bad because it can take you away from making relationships or connection with your family and friends.

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Making connections are so important because you’ll be able to make more friends and meet new people

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Technology can be very useful for connections through social media like facebook and Snapchat however a common problem with social media is cyber bullying. Cyber. Bullying can be a legit-emit threat as if it gets bad it can lead to depression and loneliness due to intense feeling hurting.

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It can easily distract you from opportunities in the real world, and it can also give false impressions of the “friend” you are making. If you are on a platform where you post things, if you get some negatives comments, it can be bad for your social life.

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It can help to keep in contact with your peers.

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You could make connections with family and friends by hanging out with them and cooking food

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you can communicate with others and and hang out

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Making connections are important because then you can have more fun, and enjoy school more.

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You can talk to people after school, late at night when you are laying in bed. It’s easier to plan your hang out, and connect in general more. It is also easier to keep in touch with friends if you move away.

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It is so important because it gives us the opportunity to stretch our vocabulary and make new friends

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You could build connections by talking too more people and Hanging out with people at break or lunch

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So that you can hang out with them and talk to them and trust them

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To avoid being lonely, you should make connections with peers. It is always nice to have someone care about you and you caring about others. But you should always respect others boundaries, if someone wants to take some distance you should always listen, you should also always feel free to say your own opinion.

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May connection with your friend’s for family is important because usually human always wants attention and something to do when they are boarded or when they are stressed about something you can do something fun to get it off your mind.

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You could try to talk abt things and school stuff more with them. And then you ask if they wanted to hang out or do an assignment together

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If you find it hard to go up to someone and talk to them, communicating across the internet might be easier.

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I think you could be connected through social media but you could also have nobody to talk to right in front of you

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You an say hurtful things about other people but be anonymous so they don’t know who you are. And you can say embarrassing things about them.

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With friends and family you can go for family walks, bike rides. It is very important to spend quality and important time with your family not just hanging out for the sake of hanging out. Family meals are a great way to do this; but just stay open with your family this keeps you all in a close knitted community

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I think you can talk to a lot of your friends on social platforms but you could have no body right there to talk to

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Play together, sit together at lunch, talk to each other, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, tec, ect, ect, etc

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It is important to make connections because you should give new people a try, they might end up being a very good friend. It’s also nice to have someone to rely on. You might find it hard because you are stalling, or not feeling up to it, and forgetting the next day.

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Technology is worldwide and so you can have many more friends because of all the people in the world

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It can make you less lonely by helping make friends and by talking to people, you can also get help online from therapy programs, it can make it worse because comments on TikTok for example.

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Making connections with others is very important in order to avoid being lonely. It is always important to know that you have someone to talk to.

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Building connections with with family and friend’s  

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Building connections with with family and friend’s  

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Some things that I thought of was to play games with them. Play board games with them and see what their favorite board gaste to play.

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To build more connections at BISB we need to be inclusive and accompany new students through their journey.

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You can try to not be in your room all day and do things - hikes, games etc. - with your family. With your friends, you can do things outside of school ours and be the bigger person to make them feel happy.

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TEchnolOgy can affeCt lOnelIneSs by providing tools like chatting apps and video games to help you socialize

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There’s apps to add friends and meet friends like Snapchat and discord and even on TikTok you can meet people, video games

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Humans are social creatures.  It is important to be with others and share moments. Some barriers are: Blocking yourself off, not trying to be with others. Being mean.

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Text or contact them online, try and make some time to hangout or go somewhere together.

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Technology and general talking

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When your with friends and you feel connected to them and then when you get home you feel really lonely at the same time.

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You could build connections with peers at BISB, by joining sports teams and after school clubs. This is because there are many people in your year group and throughout the whole middle school in sports teams, and by the time the term is over, you will have built big connections with your teamates.

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Social media helps because you can talk to them at any time no matter where you are in the world

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So you don’t feel alone and your connected with people and you have trusted people to talk to.

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Something I thought of is maybe you can sit with them at break time and talk to them and see what they are like and what’s their favorite thing to do. Or maybe you can play with them at break time and even see that they like to play. Or you could just sit down and talk and see what they enjoy and what they like to play and what school the went to before this one.

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Connections with others are so important to develop your socially. It is very important because you need to communicate with people later in life

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You can hang out with your peers in class, try to talk to them while discussion. You can also approach them in break time and hang out, extra activities after school may also help to connect with your peers in school.

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Hanging out with them being near them, playing with them online, sports.

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Spending time with the. Do different activity’s with them. Find something to bond over, something that EVERYONE likes.

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it can help you make connections online and it can also take your mind of your struggles while you figure out a solution

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You can help them with things and spend time with them in class or at break

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Attend festivals, celebrations, holidays, etc together, socialize, etc, etc, etc, ect, tec

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You could try to hang out with new people by playing with other people at break, and sit at a different table at lunch. Also, you can choose different people for class pairs.

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Clubs and getting paired in an activity, on the bus, going up and meeting someone, at break, lunch

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You could ask if you could hang out/play at break times with other people. You could sit with people in class. Don’t always be with the same people, try to spread out.

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Hang out with them

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You could invite them over to your house

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You can be surrounded by many people yet still feel lonely. One example of this would be fake friends where you are connected but do not feel like you are a whole unit.

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Examples: when your with your friends you can feel connected to them but when you get home you feel lonely too

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There are more apps like Snapchat and WhatsApp now that help you talk with friends far away.

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You can be alone in your room but be online with your friends at the same time and feel lonely but still connected with your friends. If you are in a large friend group but you feel left out like no one talks to you directly.

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We think that you can feel connected and lonely at the same time because you can have connections with friends and family, but still feel lonely.

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We think that you can feel connected and lonely at the same time because you can still have connections with friends and family, but at that moment, you can be feeling lonely.

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You could spend time with them

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You could eat lunch with someone, or play with them at break.

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Sometimes I think that you can be lonely and connected at the same time. Some examples on why I think this is because you can be friends with the person but not hanging out with then because maybe you had a bad day or you were in a fight with them.

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You can feel lonely yet connected at the same time because you might be lonely at home but connected at home. Also, if you’re in a friend group, you can be connected but feel not included.

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I think that it is, you can be connected through social media but you are alone so you dont have anyone to talk to.

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You could have a connection with your friend but they can give you no attention

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Yes, sometimes you can have a lot of friends but can’t reach them

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Yes. You can have a connection with a sibling but they can still ignore you

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Sometimes you might feel more lonely than others. Sometimes you might have a bunch of friends, but you don’t feel like your friend is always there for you/toxic relationship.

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Yes because if you are connected with people you can feel socially lonely.