Education

Do schools need to teach students about mental health?

For

Awareness helps prevent burnout and bullying.

Against

It risks labeling students or creating unnecessary worry.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • “I feel that it’s time to put or money where our mouths are and really create a curriculum that has to be taught in schools”
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • “It should be taught, people need to be aware of mental health”
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • “That will just make 75% of them self-diagnose themselves and each other.”
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • “I seriously wonder how many kids would suddenly self diagnose themselves with a mental illness.”
    RedditOriginal language: English
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