JAYDN HART / Sophomore
What makes us happy? For almost 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been studying this question, examining 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through career, war, marriage, divorce, parenthood, and old age. These Harvard researchers have been trying to learn the secret to a good life, so what makes us think we could figure it out in a day? When observing the people around you, you can quickly see the habits that have been taught to them by their schools, parents, and society. Some of these habits could be good, while others could be bad. I've personally been taught that habits can be broken if you give it enough time, so I also believe that if the habit you have learned is bad, or negative.. get in the mindset that you wanna change it. You cannot change your happiness, your mental health, or your mental illness in a day, but you can take small steps to achieve what you want. Researchers are able to study lives in such depth, and over so many decades, and still not figure out anything, and we can now just self diagnose ourselves into a mental illness. Now you are in the mindset that you haven't been in before, all because of what you have told yourself or what you have assumed to be correct. Meanwhile real researchers and doctors are out studying for 50 years plus trying to solve mental illness. It's a hard topic, but now it's what most people are talking about. Mental well being seems to be the most trending topic. Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are more positive our mind starts to become more creative, energetic, and balanced. We think that if we work hard and be successful, we will be happy, but that's not the case. This is also something researched in psychology. So what makes us happy..? Is it the mindset we put ourselves in? Is it Success, physiological adaptation, work and love, or a formula of it all? I'll leave it to the researchers to figure it out, but using your own knowledge and brain, you have the ability to figure out your own formula of happiness.
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JAYDN HART / Sophomore No one likes to talk about mental health because of fear. Fear of making someone uncomfortable, fear of talking about your problems, or just fear that you truly aren't okay. I think writing this is important to tell and explain to people that not being okay is okay. Talking about your well being is important, and I personally think it makes people stronger. Mental health has become such a widespread topic around the world, and I think it is important to check how you're feeling once in a while.
Peyton James, Jackis son, fell victim to a tremendous amount of bullying at his school. Peyton was born nine weeks early and was in the NICU for 25 days. He was on feeding tubes and had pure oxygen fed to him through a tube. What his family didn't know was that the oxygen and liquid nutrition made a discoloration to the enamel of his teeth, causing them to be super yellow, which would then be the main reason for his bullying and harassment. Peyton was seen as weak and became a target to the boys in his school. This bullying lasted until they moved when Jacki got a new teaching job. Peyton was excited but nervous to change schools. After changing schools, the bullying sadly started again. At this point, he stopped telling his mom that he was even being bullied. After months of being harrassed and hated on, Peyton sadly took his own life. After he passed, he actually gave a gift that night which was giving his organs, skin, and corneas which saved the lives of 6 people. This story, like many others, talks about a helpless kid and uneducated children. We've taught kids about bullies and given detailed ideas of what bullies are and do, but what we haven't done is teach them how to just be nice to each other. Parents and teachers could make a huge impact on a student’s life if they knew how to handle similar situations. High school students and teachers as a group should focus more on making sure bullying is not occurring in their school... and it starts with us. JAYDN HART / Sophomore Today, I want to talk about honesty.
A pretty scary topic for a bunch of teenagers to read, but let's take a moment to talk about how good it can feel. Honesty is a word we learned when we were young. It's something that is expected and gratefully appreciated. Consistently being honest can change the way people think about you, and reflect on you as a person in a positive manner, whereas if you are known to lie you're not as trustworthy, and at risk of never being trusted with anything, from anyone. It's hard nowadays to find someone who will be truly honest with you. In a recent survey in Ask Your Targets Market, just 26% of people considered themselves very honest and 48% said they were honest. 14% said they are somewhat honest and 9% were neutral. Laurie Enby was shopping in New York City and found a wallet on the ground. She picked it up and looked inside, revealing a Jamaican driver's license. She tried many different ways to locate the man named George. When trying to find him through Google or Facebook she found nothing, so she resorted to a website called Nextdoor, where she got not so positive feedback. One lady suggested she check a little Jamaican store. She checked and did indeed find George, but it didn't stop there. Laurie asked what he and the migrants needed or wanted, and he responded with, ``some warm clothes.¨ Laurie was then able to open a clothing drive. The story concludes with all of the migrants getting better jobs and new clothes, etc. I think this story shows how just being truthful can help so much in life. If the wallet would have stayed in George's pockets, Laurie may have never tried to help the migrants. Just by doing little things, like returning a missing wallet and not keeping it or taking something out. Doing things similar to this can make you and others feel good, and will show how kind of a person you are. |