Nope. They are all special. If a kid doesn’t want to take a test, he blames his Anxiety. If he doesn’t turn in a paper, it’s not his fault. It’s his stupid broken brain’s fault. Any attempt to make a student liable for his behavior is met with a firestorm of “I guess you don’t believe in mental illness”. Probably 10+% of the kids talk openly about committing suicide because their life is meaningless. You can’t take action on their behalf because they were just “venting”.
No academic standards.
No behavior standards.
EXCEPT in rural schools, mostly white.
I disagee. Depression is a specific thing. I know because I suffered from it for over 40+ years. I compliantly took meds that barely worked if ever for 25 years.
I ended my suffering by eliminating sugar, carbs & plants from my diet last year. 24 days into the experience I lost the depression symptoms & they have not returned.
You can make a young brain insulin resistant if you feed it enough sugar. Sugar damages the mitochondria in humans in addition to the insulin resistance. Pancreas & gut bacteria keep sending messages to the brain “MORE SUGAR!” Starve a young brain of energy & depression, anxiety & worse join the party.