Are Mental Health Days a Good Idea?

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Junior Thien Nguyen sits in the eatables. He is stressed out for his honors math terminal. (Samrawit Kopessa)

Have yous e'er come to school, feeling mentally exhausted and wanting to take a intermission from school to get together yourself mentally?

Many believe being a high schooler comes with many responsibilities, ane of them existence managing school piece of work with mental health. Whether information technology's the SAT, quizzes, or even homework, students are always expected to understand the knowledge they need to heighten their learning for the future, under a sure corporeality of time.

Every bit a Inferior, the consequence of preparing for the Sat and taking CCA and AP classes have fabricated these nine

weeks of school stressful. Being expected to take these challenging classes, being involved in the school'south community, and taking a test that volition play a large factor on which college you go to, takes a toll on students mentally.

"It'south only been two months of school and I already feel stressed and overwhelmed by my junior year," Inferior Rediet Ayanaw said. "It would really help if the school could provide 1-3 mental wellness days throughout the yr." (Samrawit Kopessa)

So should schools let students to have mental health days?

According to The New York Times on July 1, 2019, Oregon passed a law that went into effect that would allow students to accept v mental wellness days in a three-month catamenia.

This neb will requite students the opportunity to take mental breaks from school and still have the chance to make up any missed work or tests.

Mental health experts say that the bill is "ane of the first state laws to require schools to treat mental health and physical health equally, coming at a time where teachers increasingly consider the emotional health of students."

Depression can be caused by school pressure where many students feel some degree of academic force per unit area, only getting worse when students keep to higher education.

Juniors Samantha Fuentes and Koyinsola Oyefesao share the aforementioned idea. Fuentes said, "I retrieve mental health days would help but because everybody needs fourth dimension to procedure and take time to just accept a sabbatical, especially since students are always on the go."

Many students have the same statement as Fuentes and Oyefesao, expressing the fact that school takes away from their social lives and the time to but relax.

Later on interviewing multiple students, they came up with these lists of pros and cons on whether mental health days should be something Colorado or even Rangeview should await into.

Mental Health Days pros and cons:

Pros:

  • Allows students to prioritize their mental state and well-being
  • Gives students a break to get together themselves
  • Might increase a educatee's performance in school
  • Decreases stress!!!

Cons:

  • Might be taken advantage of or used as an excuse
  • Missing work
  • Having to catch up after returning
  • Exploitation
    There is a sign outside of the Counseling Role indicating where information technology is. "In my opinion, talking to a advisor wouldn't be an option," Junior Blessed Asare said. "I don't experience open talking to a counselor about personal things; by giving u.s.a. students a mental health day it actually would be beneficial." (Samrawit Kopessa)

This nib has received nifty support within the students at Rangeview; however, the adults feel differently.

When asked if he agreed with the idea of having mental health days, Dean Mr. Anderson said, "No, I don't agree with having mental health days when you can come to schoolhouse and get support from your counselors rather than staying dwelling and using your phone."

Merely are counselors enough to help students with depression, anxiety, or even bookish stress? Or is having time to yourself better?

Hall monitor Stone said, "No, I don't think it is necessary for students to have mental health days; life is already stressful itself. I'm stressed and I still nourish my job. Over time you need to learn how to deal with it and not apply that every bit an excuse."

Having mental health days would benefit and meliorate how students perform in school, and it would increment engagement in classrooms. In today'south social club, there's a lot of talk about mental health, but naught is beingness washed.

Students need more back up in times where they feel overloaded with homework, or when they feel they're mentally unstable. The question now is, volition Colorado follow Oregon and put this beak in outcome, or volition students continue to feel pressured academically and mentally?