Advice for My Middle-School Self by Raker, Amy https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l Answer the following questions: 1. If you could give your middle-school self one piece of advice that affects a student's mental health, or advice about life or school, what would it be? 2. In what way do you think this advice might help them-include your thoughts about how schools and younger people could support teen mental health in general? en-us 2022-03-23 17:53:30 UTC 2022-05-18 21:17:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f499.png Symone I. Creath https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111782173 1. That to never listen about what people say about you, don't hang out with mean popular people so you don't feel bullied or even more alone, and be true to yourself.

2. It would help my middle-school self because I hung around the wrong people, I got bullied a lot and I held on to the bullies' words and for the longest time I realized all that happened I shouldn't have hurt that much if only I didn't care, but we live and we learn for the better. ]]> 2022-03-24 12:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111782173 Tonita Thomas tonitarikhyennthomas https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111816918 Middle-School Self Advice:

1. I would say never let others doubt negatively about you, never lose hope to keep going, and don't stress out too often throughout the school year.

2. I can help my middle-school self to be calm through every situation and day, avoid bad things happening to you, such as having thoughts of suicide as you're hurting yourself and your mental self-esteem. Just think of good and happy thoughts.]]> 2022-03-24 13:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111816918 Andrea Brunson https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111829902 1) Life as a middle schooler was pretty fun and less stressful . I would say enjoy the time being there .it’s getting you prepared for high school . with that being said if you are wanting to rush to high school I would stop rushing because once you hit freshman year there is no Turing back . 
2) When going to high school it’s supposed to be fun but to some it may be stressful if I do say so my self . But other than that high school also preparers you for adult life or getting a career in collage .

]]> 2022-03-24 13:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111829902 Ashton Sullivan https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111871556 Middle - School Advice - 
I would tell myself to not care about how other people think of you or see you. I would also tell myself to hang out with people that make me comfortable and happy, people I feel comfortable talking about anything to

How it would help - 
I feel this advice could help me because maybe if I had someone to tell me these things my middle school experience would be much better, because middle school was a very hard time for me personally. This advice could help me not develop anxiety and maybe I would have friends that I really liked and made me feel comfortable ]]> 2022-03-24 13:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111871556 Rachel Collier https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111876961 1. Life to me was less stressful and I actually got sleep at night lol, but I would definitely tell her to continue pushing and to strive. Don’t let anyone stop you from achieving your goals. The sky is your limit, that may not even be the limit, go beyond it. Saving the best for last, sun gaze, get your sleep, and meditate.

2. I think this can help her to wake up everyday and to just keep pushing, that mental health is most important, understand who you are. ]]> 2022-03-24 13:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111876961 Deshon Scott https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111878576 1. You actually have done well in middle school. You should relax a bit more though since you will be in college a lot sooner than you expect.]]> 2022-03-24 13:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111878576 Isaiah Refuse https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111881127
1. The advice I would give my middle school self would be to be yourself no matter what and don't let people tell you who to be.
 
2. When it comes to mental health I can say that depression can easily come over somebody in middle school.

3.  I feel that this advice can help middle-schoolers because I guess some people can forget themselves. I mean that in a certain way because people are so busy trying to fit in with everybody and they wonder why they're so focused on others that they get overwhelmed and depressed with their life.]]> 2022-03-24 13:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111881127 Mikiah Noble https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111881358 1.Everything that seems so important to you right now isn’t going to be in the future.
2.Host Motivational Speakers to come and speak and educate kids went bad mental help to how to cope and have hope for themselves.
]]> 2022-03-24 13:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111881358 Markis' Jones https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111921301 1. I would just say to watch who I call my friends/hang around most of my time in middle school i moved around alot like from school to school so I couldn't make "friends" so what I did was try to fit in.
2. I can think of a lot of ways this advice can help younger people and teen health in general, one of those are when you try to fit ib bad things can happen you can get in trouble, people can be fake etc.. Being careful with who you call your friends will save people a lot of trouble in middle school or school period i say this because not everyone is gonna listen to what you have to say, and not everyone is gonna care about you either, so finding REAL friends in school might just save you or even make school better.]]> 2022-03-24 14:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2111921301 Karissa Dillingham https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2112259278 1. I would tell my middle school self that I shouldn't give in to peer pressure and to pay attention to who I keep as my friends.
2. While in school, especially middle school, you want to fit in for multiple reasons. But, fitting in can be more of a negative than a positive. You may never truly understand yourself if you follow other people's rules. I think one way that schools can support teen mental health better is by actually listening to them. While in middle school, I often saw students not getting the proper help that they needed, despite reaching out to teachers and staff at the school.]]> 2022-03-24 16:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2112259278 Elizabeth Welch https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2112395105 1. You should be careful of the people are you, they will try to pull you into bad habits. Do not talk to the wrong people. 2. Some people around you will use their mental health for attention and make you believe you have these problems too, I suggest having a staff or teacher you could ask to see if they think you need to see the doctor about it. If someone is saying they do try to talk to the if they want to talk. Schools could have friends in each groups that are their to talk to other students because sometimes students do not want to talk to the adults about what's going on, so i think it would be good to have a friend to talk to.]]> 2022-03-24 17:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2112395105 A'Beni, Minor https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2112825229 1.  Stay true to yourself. In middle school I knew right from wrong, I was even the friend to to tell my childish friends to chill or to not do certain things. I also, put myself in a few situations that may have embarrassed me, made me uncomfortable, or made the girl I am today disappointed.  In reality we all know what we want for our future, what it takes to get there, we know our true characters and being another person or changing yourself to be a certain way is valid in the world but, not valid enough to get you somewhere, help you get a step further or even who you want to be.


2. Ask yourself will this situation, or thing bring you happiness, help you, is this something you would in front of your mom. Think before you act..]]> 2022-03-25 00:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2112825229 dahniya harris https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2113061340 1.one piece of advice i would have told my middle school self would be stay in sports and don't just quit. i should've stayed in sports but i didn't. 
2. I feel like staying in sports and not quiting would've helped my mental health because it would've kept my mind off of negative things and i wouldn't just give up all the time.]]> 2022-03-25 02:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2113061340 https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2115002126 1.The advice I would give myself is to not claim every body as my friend.

2.This would help them choose friends wisely, and look out for the ones that they call their friends. ]]> 2022-03-26 17:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2115002126 Tatiyana Woods tatiyanawoods1 https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117365527 1. If I could give advice to my middle school self it would be to relax and everything would work out. I was so pressured by the feeling of high school and the reality of everything till the point I was stressed. I would tell myself to stress less and enjoy every moment cause you can't take anything back. 
2. I think this advice would help them more than they realize. In middle school all you hear is teachers talk about how hard high school is and you have to be prepared and put in double the work. Yeah wrong high school is mentally challenging but it is actually a breeze. Teen mental health is not taken serious because we are looked at as just kids nothing else. Teen mental health would be taken seriously if we were taken seriously. ]]> 2022-03-28 14:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117365527 Tatyana Ruffin https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117409294 1. I would give the advice not to care so much about people you don't live with and to focus on your goals. There's no point in comparing yourself to others.
2. You can become so concerned about other people's thoughts but seem to forget how little they actually impact your life, and you should spend that time thinking about what benefits yourself.]]> 2022-03-28 15:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117409294 Jada Fouche https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117416354 1.) If I could give my middle school self advice it would be to never doubt yourself through anything you do .
2.) I think the fear of failure is the number one thing that always sets people back . It’s okay to fail, it’s what you do after that makes the decision of what you really are .]]> 2022-03-28 15:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117416354 Jasmine Alston jalston246810 https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117425622 1. Trust yourself! The more you trust yourself, the more you will become successful in learning. Trusting yourself also boost your confidence, and allow you to voice your opinions in learning. This advice also helps you when you second guess yourself or try to cheat on assignments. Your own mindset is needed 
because no one thinks like you.

2. This advice will help you by building your collaborative skills and allow your communication with classmates and teachers expand. You also create self love and build more effort in yourself.]]> 2022-03-28 15:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117425622 brandon mills https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117425853 I would tell myself to never compare yoor greatness to someone elses greatness and to never doubt. It would help my middle school self because a lot of time I would compare myself to other people and it was make mad me and i would doubt myself but this mostly in basketball but it does help in school too]]> 2022-03-28 15:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117425853 emma bradford https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117553455 1) the one advice i would give my middle school self is to not be someone you're not just to please everyone 
2) i think a lot of middle schoolers have this problem because it's their first time going into a new environment and they try their best to fit in and it doesn't work so they pretend to be someone their not just to fit in.]]> 2022-03-28 16:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117553455 Cecilia Maldonado https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117694262 1. I would tell myself, sometimes it's better letting someone go.
2. this will help letting go of someone who has hurt you. sometimes you have to let people go to benefit you mental health or well being.

]]> 2022-03-28 17:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117694262 1. If i could give advice to myself in middle school https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117740820 i would tell myself to stop standing in a bubble and speak out and rise and 
tell that i stand out more then anyone else ever did i was different i would not made it this far if i didn't stay true  to myself i did not have friends i did not have the best life i had a lot of angers and regrets i had nothing but the truth is god put things in ways that you cant describe but you can feel them but what i did had was pride and respect by others and hope the motivation of something. myself it changed me as i kept going and then i was someone new and i wasn't afraid anymore until strange events happened during the time i was never really a school guy but school isn't learning or finding a future and boredom its also finding your own character and what pushes you above and beyond what impacts you the most or what are you trying to achieve not for everyone but for you.

2. If i could help my middle school self mental health i would 

Motivate him and help him interact be more active and calm and joyful as i was help him make more friends help his emotional problems and grudges help him change into the person i was before everything happen hoping it taught me something as well ]]> 2022-03-28 18:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117740820 https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117979233 Be confidently who I am , I would choose to tell nothing because I believe whatever happens, happens for the better for me.
If I had the chance to get back in time, I would see everything and come back, there are very less people who can see about my childhood. Enjoy every moment. Push myself. Take hard classes. Pass those hard classes. Make time for me to studying.
















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]]> 2022-03-28 20:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2117979233 Aamaya Rice https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2118069733 If I could give my middle school self one piece of advice that affects a student's mental health it would be to take as many high school class in middle school as you can because, once you get to high school you will have more free time and not have to worry about a lot of the classes you already took. Doing this will definitely help you be a lot less stressed in high school.]]> 2022-03-28 21:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2118069733 My'kalal Thompson https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2119776723 1. I would tell myself it's  better letting someone go and be more confident of you becoming.
2. This will help letting go of someone who has hurt/betray you because sometimes holding all that hurt in will affect mental health or well being. Also being more confident in yourself will give you the validation in yourself that you been trying to look for in somebody else that don't have you best interest in life, that will not be around for the rest of your life so you really just wasting the best version of yourself for a nobody.]]> 2022-03-29 16:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2119776723 Jada Fouche https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2123779064 If I could give my middle school self one piece of advice it would be to not stress yourself out about what you're going to pursue after high school. It will come naturally.
I think this advice would help other middle schoolers because that statement is always heard but never talked about. Not everyone knows right away what they want to do after they graduate high school. College is always the first thing thrown at middle schoolers but never getting a trade, starting a business, or going straight into your field.




]]> 2022-03-31 14:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2123779064 Janay Sturgis https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2124763010 Be confidently who I am , I would choose to tell nothing because I believe whatever happens, happens for the better for me.
If I had the chance to get back in time, I would see everything and come back, there are very less people who can see about my childhood. Enjoy every moment. Push myself. Take hard classes. Pass those hard classes. Make time for me to studying.


]]> 2022-04-01 03:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2124763010 Caya Harper https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2129501902 I would tell myself to just be free, everything will come naturally if I don't overthink and stress myself out. I would also let myself know to speak up and stop being shy when it comes to asking questions about my work. And just focus om my main current thing that i am doing and not overworking myself.]]> 2022-04-04 21:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2129501902 treasure https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2129564383 Don't care about anyone else opinion about you, because its your life they're just in it. Do it while you're still young, you never know when your time is going to run out. Don't let your insecurities get the best of you, you're beautiful. I would give someone that advice because this generation is cruel and its easy for someone to break your character ]]> 2022-04-04 22:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2129564383 brandon mills https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2141439962 I would tell myself to be confident in everything you do. I would tell myself not to compare someones greatness to your greatness becasue a lot of times I would compare it and discouraged and give up on things and it would bring me down]]> 2022-04-12 20:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2141439962 Hayley f. https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2170446091 I would let myself know that it'll be okay, you don't have to excel at school. Sometimes it gets down to the point where you must choose between a bad grade and your mental health. It's okay to take that bad grade there's always another assignment but never another you. I think in middle school especially I needed to hear this, its very important to understand that regardless of situation you can be selfish when it comes to your mental well being. I think schools should absolutely encourage mental health above all else, the top priorities should always be the students themselves and I believe its the lack of this that damages our ability to put ourselves first above all else very early on.]]> 2022-05-04 18:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rakeram/iebws8firreiz16l/wish/2170446091