<story><title>CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/31/student-mental-health-decline-cdc/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>johnold</author><text>As a high school teacher(14-18 year olds) who actually spends a lot of time trying to interact with students and get to know them, I keep hearing this kind of statement:&lt;p&gt;There is no room for mistakes.&lt;p&gt;Students cannot miss a homework assignment, fail an exam, not achieve an A, make any kind of faux pax on social media, etc…&lt;p&gt;And then you combine this with many adults in their lives telling them, I got into UCLA, why can’t you? Just work harder, or just not caring about their mental health.&lt;p&gt;They see this never ending cycle of&lt;p&gt;turn the assignments in and then go to sports practice(where again the competition is at such a high level) and also, get a job, because they want or need money.&lt;p&gt;Many are going to bed after midnight every night.&lt;p&gt;Something has to give.&lt;p&gt;This is really disturbing to me.&lt;p&gt;How are they doing living up to this? Many are living up to it but the cost is substantial, and the others that have no hope of being this are giving up.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nynx</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a senior in university now, but it did really feel like this when I was in high-school. And it still feels like this in university, though I&amp;#x27;m now much more capable of reasoning of whether it&amp;#x27;s true or if I just feel that it&amp;#x27;s true.&lt;p&gt;I think this is a consistent theme throughout the entirety of the United States. There&amp;#x27;s so little leeway. Fail a class -&amp;gt; you might have to go into an extra 20k of debt. Lose your job -&amp;gt; Homeless, foodless, insuranceless.&lt;p&gt;Something will eventually give.</text></comment>
<story><title>CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/31/student-mental-health-decline-cdc/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>johnold</author><text>As a high school teacher(14-18 year olds) who actually spends a lot of time trying to interact with students and get to know them, I keep hearing this kind of statement:&lt;p&gt;There is no room for mistakes.&lt;p&gt;Students cannot miss a homework assignment, fail an exam, not achieve an A, make any kind of faux pax on social media, etc…&lt;p&gt;And then you combine this with many adults in their lives telling them, I got into UCLA, why can’t you? Just work harder, or just not caring about their mental health.&lt;p&gt;They see this never ending cycle of&lt;p&gt;turn the assignments in and then go to sports practice(where again the competition is at such a high level) and also, get a job, because they want or need money.&lt;p&gt;Many are going to bed after midnight every night.&lt;p&gt;Something has to give.&lt;p&gt;This is really disturbing to me.&lt;p&gt;How are they doing living up to this? Many are living up to it but the cost is substantial, and the others that have no hope of being this are giving up.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>prepend</author><text>&amp;gt; Students cannot miss a homework assignment, fail an exam, not achieve an A, make any kind of faux pax on social media, etc…&lt;p&gt;As someone close to a high school student, I’m actually surprised how much “make up” is allowed. All missed assignments can be done any time during a semester for no penalty. Two exams can be retaken for a max grade of 80.&lt;p&gt;When I was in high school there were no retakes at all.</text></comment>