What a tragic story.
My sister teaches in Baltimore and has lots of stories of depression, violent fights, young sex, and anti-social behavior at her school. She frequently visits professional teaching boards from all over the country and teachers everywhere are seeing the same thing.
There was an article a couple days ago about the social pathologies in Silicon Valley companies and they sound similar (except no fights or sex). There is depression, ennui, “don’t give a sh!t” attitude, low or no productivity, tardiness, no respect for authority and frequent job hopping with zero on-boarding.
This was all predicted in March 2020 as the shutdowns were quickly ramping up and schools closing. People pooh-poohed the prospects of massive mental problems, but they are real.
My own seven year old great-niece is having horrendous behavioral problems and I think they are due to the ridiculous mask requirements.
Two of my three children have an endocrine disorder. They go through frightening bouts of depression. During one bad cycle, I had to have my middle child committed because they engaged in self harm.
Depression is an illness, like any other illness. You can’t just wish it away. Please, folks, take it seriously, and look for underlying medical conditions. Most teenagers go through it because of an imbalance in their endocrine system. Something so simple is often overlooked when it is treatable!
My own seven year old great-niece is having horrendous behavioral problems and I think they are due to the ridiculous mask requirements.
Frankly the people with the real mental health problems are the families who send their children to places where they have to wear masks.
Why aren’t people home teaching their kids in Groups with other like minded souls?