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Can schools give students mental health days off like sick days?

For

Mental health is as important as physical health.

Against

Students might misuse it to avoid school and responsibilities.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Schools that actually care about student success need to acknowledge this: mental health IS health.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • They should be able to take one mental health day per semester to catch up on sleep, homework or activities to destress.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Mental health should be a bigger deal, but I'm not sure mental health days could be implemented without students abusing it.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • I can see their mental health deteriorate throughout the semester.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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