Domestic Violence

On Monday I participated in a Focus Group “Youth in crisis” organized by the Team4Excellence Association. We discussed the problems that young people face. Because I am recovering from domestic violence and the trauma left from it, I have some ideas to...

Depression

Youth is the most beautiful and special age when we’re full of energy, ideas and hopes. However every young person is facing problems and some of them are really serious. The difficulties like physical, verbal or sexual abuse, bullying, alcohol/drug addiction,...

Bullying

When I was in middle school, I did not really have friends. The other pupils did not seem to like me a lot. They were often making fun of me, of what I was doing, of how I looked, calling me names. I was excluded from any group or after-school activities, always being...

Social media pressure

Social media has an important place in our everyday lives. I use it every day, and even more since the Covid-19 crisis. It became my only way to keep in contact with other people. It helped me feel less lonely as we all had to stay inside our homes. I also use social...

Peer pressure

“What I wish for all students is some release from the clammy grip of the future. I wish them a chance to savor each segment of their education as an experience in itself and not as a grim preparation for the next step. I wish them the right to experiment, to trip and...