Students often face high expectations from parents, teachers and peers regarding their academic achievement and social life, leading to high amounts of stress.
How might we address the culture of comparison and high expectations affecting youths’ mental well-being?
Team Arbitrium aims to address the culture of comparison, and high expectations that students face from their parents, teachers, and peers which takes a toll on their mental well-being.
The team will develop a safe platform for students to express pent up feelings of stress which they may not share with parents or trusted adults. They hope to support vulnerable youths who suffer from mental health issues derived from the culture of comparison and encourage peer support among students as they comfort and support each other.
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite Often (every other day)
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
When stressed
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
i don\'t
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
quite alot ngl
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
quite frequently, whenever necessary, my friends will always be there for me
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Daily
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Sometimes depending on the situation
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not very often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely, now that we attend classes remotely and everyone’s just trying their best to survive school
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not very often, only when I feel like its becoming too overwhelming and I need to share my feelings.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Everytime!
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Always
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
All the time!
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Sometimes. I dont even have time to talk to them sometimes but even when i do i dont have the time to be telling them everything bc we are all super packed
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Almost daily
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Easy Going
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
In the past, I kept alot of things to myself and I do agree the stress level is very overwhelming. Now I share my feelings to my friends weekly and I feel that it really helps with my mental well-being.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Almost every school day during recess
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Anonymous (Strangers)
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Very often, my friends and I kind of like to complain about school and workload together to vent our frustrations and relieve our stress.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
rant about the stress and workload frequently but never really share deeply about how it makes me feel and how it is affecting my mental health
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Once every week
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Very often. Whenever I face any problems in school I go to my friends and vent to them immediately
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Weekly
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Daily
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Occasionally ( 1 or 2 times a month ) if we happen to chat
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Easy Going
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Almost never
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Usually don’t
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
not much
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
All the time
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
I tend to keep things that I can handle myself, but if I feel too stressed or pressured I tell my friends first.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Sometimes
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Occasionally
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Nobody
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Mentioned almost every other day
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
weekly or 2 weekly, or whenever i meet up with my friends.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not often.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Anonymous (Strangers)
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Everyday
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
I would m talk to my friends when issues start to crop up if it is something they can relate to as well.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Daily, but I try not to as doing so might spread negatively.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
nearer to exam periods
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Personally I rarely do it. Not because I’m not comfortable but rather I feel I were to bother them if I do share my feelings as they face issues of their own
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Never
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often for I honestly believe that bottling your stress can lead to anger and depression. but I believe that we should be selective in choosing the right people to open up is essential as not all people are good for me to share and open up my personal feelings with them.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Biweekly - twice a week
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not very often, as I feel that i should face this issue myself. Nonetheless, I still share it sometimes when it becomes overwhelming.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often. I try not to bottle things up.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Weekly
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Generally, I don\'t like to share my struggles with my friends. With my closest friends, however, I sometimes do.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often actually.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Three times a week
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Three times a week
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Little .
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Very often!
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Sometimes
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Sometimes.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
I share with my friends only whenever i do i have problems and that always happen every few weeks.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
sometimes. I usually shared it with my parents instead
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Less because there is a pressure that you are not coping well.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Anonymous (Strangers)
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
normal amount
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
I have a close friend with whom I could share anything with. But not very often as well.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
whenever we meeet up
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rather often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
As & when or when it’s opportunity comes knocking at your door. Sharing is learning too.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Easy Going
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not so much. Cos they have their own stress to handle and sometimes they don’t understand too.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
not often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
I only share with close friends.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Always.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
quite often
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Occasionally if I feel it is overwhelming
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
seldom, unless major issues
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
depends on how close the friend is
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Anonymous (Strangers)
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
i\'m often told to share my feelings to my friends. however, after sharing my feeling with my friends, i have continuously stopped sharing about them, as i feel like its useless..
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Every time we meet
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Very often but only with a selected few who are trusted.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rather frequentlh
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
barely
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Not very often. I usually keep it to myself.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Once a week
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Easy Going
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
not often, i tend to keep my feelings to myself
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
sometimes
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
It’s usually through text or call if we don’t meet face to face. I really cherish my friends a lot so our calls would be as long as the whole day. Workload isn’t a big deal for me so I’m usually the one who provides help to my friends. If it’s about school, I talk to them a lot about it. It’s quite often I bring up a topic about school because I adore going to school.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Mostly to close friends, ad-hoc basis when cannot take it anymore...
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Easy Going
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
i only share when the situation is rather dire and only to my bestfriends. other than that, i will share it on my private instagram\'s instagram story.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often. Helps to lessen the burden.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Mostly to close friends only - will share as and when i feel that way
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
weekly
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Teachers
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Weekly
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
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Almost daily or everytime we feel low.
In response to "Who are you most likely to turn to when you are feeling stressed?"
Friends
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Easy Going
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i dont
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Parents
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Weekly
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Parents
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Normal
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always
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Often
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Parents
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Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely
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Parents
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Rarely because I feel they will judge me
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Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
not so often , rarely .
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Frequently
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
About once a month
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Friends
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Normal
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Twice a week
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Often
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Normally only when they ask, to be honest. I won\'t purposely or start that conversation with them as I prefer to keep my feelings to myself, afraid of judegement.
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
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Weekly
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Friends
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Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom. Usually when others share about their feelings that I resonate with, then I will add on to their conversation and agree with what they are saying.
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
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Not often
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
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Almost everyday
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often, as friends are the only place where we feel most comfortable opening up.
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite
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Parents
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Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Quite often as they are usually in similar situation to me and understand how I feel
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
rarely
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
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All of the time.
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Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Seldom
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Anonymous (Strangers)
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Moderately Stressed
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Once a week
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
It depends. Various factors need to be considered, like how often good worthy or horrible things there are to share. Usually around once a month.
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
It depends. There are times where certain things come up be it good or bad that you\'re more inclined to share. Personally, it\'s around once a month.
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Very often
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Normal
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Moderately
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
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I seldom share my feelings about school and workload with my friends.
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Parents
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
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Whenever I feel like it
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Friends
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Moderately Stressed
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Seldom
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Super Stressed
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Once in awhile.
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Friends
In response to "What is your general state of mind towards academics?"
Moderately Stressed
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Never
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Parents
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Super Stressed
In response to "How often do you share with your friends your feelings about school and your workload?"
Very little
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Parents
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Moderately Stressed
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This is something that is already offered by multiple competitions, what with telegram, facebook, reddit, and other anonymous social media on the rise. Although it is an admirable tackle on a much needed social issue, there needs to be a stronger value proposition that can ensure users will find this platform more suited to their needs than the social media mentioned. This could probably come in the form of more relatable other users who have gone through the system and thus can easily relate to the similar struggles that they go through. However, another point of consideration is that users might start to use this application as a ranting place that encourages an echo chamber that does not actually help the users in destressing but rather promotes unhealthy coping mechanisms. I would think that the platform should be paired with a healthy thinking lesson or some sort of material that pops up after user has finished sharing that enables them to think constructively and healthily.
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Provide examples of how to share feelings towards these stressors and possible stress management strategies
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its a barebone idea, but i think yall can like take into consideration other examples and improve. for these kind of voicing-out platforms, people would want some sort of reciprocated feelings. so yall may have to spend time moderating this. before that, i just realised that getting people to participate may even be a challenge due to a lot of other platforms like social media where interaction is already pretty vibrant. i think it can a bit more variety to it or a selling point that\'ll encourage ppl to join, like e.g. group live sessions (but don\'t turn it into an AA meeting lol) or group activities idk
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Anonymity in the app
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Perhaps the platform could have an option to be anonymous when posting as one of the reasons why students are not openly sharing their thoughts and feeling could be due to judgements. Hence with the option of being anonymous, students would be able to feel safer. Having a buddy system by linking up similar individuals can also allow the buddies to check in one each other and create friendships.
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It feels like if you could take this project further, it could become like a curiouscat or an ask.fm. If you\'re looking for interaction between youths on this platform, maybe you could integrate a point system where they get points if they comment positively on the rants. I believe even without the point system, they could want to share comfort if they feel comforted by others first. It\'s a really good idea for a project! Keep it up!
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Provide a safe hotline for youths to safely communicate about their issues and to seek advice. Build a collection of engaging videos and content to be shared in social media to help to educate the public on how to handle such situations and where to get help. Host workshops and forums (both online and onsite) for the public to join and gain more knowledge while removing social stigma on such issues where it can be openly discussed.
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May be helpful to categorize the different levels- secondary school, tertiary levels etc
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If the platform can link up individuals with professionals e.g to provide free counselling or other services would allow for individuals to reach out for help. By allowing individuals to post about their experiences might sometimes also create a pool of negativity, how can we mitigate that? Allow for option of anonymous posting if possible, afterall not everyone is comfortable with associating/admitting that they are facing problems. It is the experiences that matter and that maybe similar experiences would help us feel less alone.
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Maybe consider reaching out to counselling professionals who don’t mind volunteering their time once a week or so to interact with students on the platform. The peer support concept that you guys are going for may encourage students to rant among themselves but they may not necessary help improve their current situations.
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It may be difficult to open up about each person’s vulnerable emotions at first, so maybe start with anonymous submissions and conversations among peers. Slowly when they have become comfortable with conversing with one another, they can introduce themselves to each other and become internet friends. This can create a more comfortable and easier to approach setting for students to feel safe and comfortable enough to share their hidden thoughts and vulnerable side of themselves.
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You must ensure that the safe space is really safe, especially in this age where scams and data leaks from government websites are rampant.
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Have your team thought about current platforms for voicing out? Forums have been, and will be a powerhouse in voicing concerns anonymously. Instead of teens helping or airing their views with other teens, why not establish a platform for troubled teens to get in contact with trained professionals, anonymously or not? They might be able to give a fresher opinion and probably a more well-informed one too. Overall, great idea to tackle social issues, keep it going!
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Based on your team\'s project description, I take it that this platform allows teens to post their comments anonymously and also allow other teens to support them by commenting. While this is an excellent initiative, I think there are still ways for your team to improve! First, how do you ensure that your platform will not be misused? Is there some form of algorithm which monitors the comments shared by the other users, and eliminate those comments that seek to criticize, belittle, or dismiss the comments by others? Will there be a moderator for the comments? And if there is, how sustainable it is to hire a moderator (who will pay the cost, what is the working hours of the moderator?) Second, since your platform relies on teens to provide support to each other, how can you be sure that the support rendered is actually helpful, AND timely? Perhaps your team could consider having an algorithm that sieve out critical keywords like e.g. suicide, alert the moderators immediately and ensure that timely and adequate help is rendered the the teen.
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Some teens may not like talking to someone or expressing feelings because they might feel its a burden to do so. Maybe the platform can have a part where it suggests what u should or can do when you are feeling under pressure. This way they dont really have to talk about it if they dont want to
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It\'ll be better to filter the responses in the website, or set really clear rules, if not it\'ll become a toxic platform, with students being students especially if they have pent up anger and frustrations
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Given the fast paced and stressful nature of Singapore, I do agree that students faced alot of pressure. In addition, alot are still young and have not gone through many experiences, sometimes they may not know how to deal with stress effectively. Alot may feel that they know, but in reality when the stress is very overloading, it might be hard to handle. I think the platform \"Just Say It!\" is a good way for students to share their feelings anonymously and it is also readily available. However, once concern I have in mind is that since it\'s a platform open to all, insensitive comments or nasty comment might be posted. This might not be the effect and outcome of what is intended by this platform. Hence, I feel that sometime have to be thought carefully to address this issue. A solution to this issue of how to improve I have in mind is that perhaps people who are allowed to comment should be \"approved\" by the website. For instance, a one time form can be created to give scenarios of issues and students who want to leave comments should be sensitive through reading their answers to the scenarios questions. Thereafter, they can leave comments. This is one of the issue and solution that I have though of. Hope it helps! Thank you.
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Maybe have a quick escape button for the students living in toxic environments?
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I think that it is very challenge to moderate the platform so that the negative feelings do not get built up and then the whole website will be full of toxic comments coming from people’s vent up stress. It is important to look at true psychological methods and research that supports the activities supported on the platform will indeed make students feel less stressed. Friends and website may be a suitable medium, but it definitely shouldn’t be the answer.
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even as the ministry strives to lower stress of students through being less fixated on results, i feel that ultimately there is still a lot of societal pressure on younger generations to study harder so that they can get good results, get good education certification and land a good job in the future without considering that there are many pathways to go about living your life and pursues your interest. i feel that singapore needs to have more room and time for teenagers to explore their interests and less pressure on having to make a lot of big decisions at such a young age (eg: choosing your poly course at the age of 16) that will play a very big part in determining which path you will go
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Eveey discussion forum or platform would need moderators to help guide and moderate the conversation. A way would be to assign peer support leaders that would help to differentiate those who are truly able to support youth\'s who share their feelings on the platform. Those who were able to provide a good listening ear as well as being there for those youth of risks on the platform can be given badges as a form of thanks, or can be designated as an peer support leader.
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I think the stress sometimes also because parents belong to the group whereas their day\'s teacher call and comment about Homework or Test result mean not good . But I think parents should take it a step back and attend some webniars or have a message reach out to them that not all children is perfect and children do not need to be the most perfect one to succeed. I think this is a mindset think that is brought down and the only way to help is to target the audience to parents as well. As parents\' stress with work and family do make students stress more about school work .
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It will be hard to create a safe space for all students so filters or moderators are needed as well as report and ban functions
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I think its a good initiative especially in Singapore due to the nature of its study system and this helps student to voice out their issues.
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The platform should be anonymous so that the person typing in the information will not inform the whole world his/her problem
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Comparison is not always bad. It could serve as a motivation. Having a platform to contribute to strangers can be a double edge sword. As being anonymous , without any moderation, could attract trolls or bad advise. Of course, we want to assume the best in everyone but we must consider cyber safety and ensure that users are aware of the risks and not share too openly. Maybe partnering with proper counselling center or getting mentors from different industry to help could be useful as the advise come from experience. Of course sometimes all you need is a listening ear to rant , not really needing advise. I feel that one way to make your project better; is looking into how the platform can be moderated. Maybe as a start it could be peer support but would be useful to have an avenue for professional advise if needed. Your peer might not be give the best advise
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Consider adding an option where people can respond to the various posts uploaded on the aforementioned platform.
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It can be quite dangerous and sensitive to do up such platform. So do ensure that there are sufficient professionals inside to help the troubled teens too, and to really look through the problems & advices raised to avoid any wrong/inappropriate advice given.
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need annonymous moderator / trained listener
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The overall education system will need to be changed. Putting in measures at the current level is not going to help relieve any stress that students are currently facing. The most that it can help would be a temporary fix but in the long term it is still damaging to the student themselves. Having schools be focused on getting students to learn what they enjoy instead of the standard subjects that each of them have to take like science maths etc. Of course language would be important as well. But there are so many possibilities for students to learn more about different subjects and matter that they think is important to them. Only when a student truly enjoys what they are learning about, they would feel good about it and not pressured into thinking that they have to do something against their will which usually leads to even more stress. But in regards to the website, I would suggest the following: 1. Moderation to be made in place to avoid any sort of harassment and bullying or just comments that provokes others. 2. A safe space where people can submit anonymously but submissions will be reviewed before it’s posted up. 3. An account where they can keep track of what they have posted and come back to see if anyone has commented or acknowledge their issue 4. Emoticon reactions because sometimes, when you’re that stressed, you don’t have the capacity to be typing a whole paragraph just to keep morale of others up. Emoticons can include but not limited to hugs, embrace, love etc 5. To bring it to the next level, you could host forums or ask questions as the moderator and get answers as to why students are stressed which is a great way to provide feedback to educators planning the education plan so that they know which areas needs to change. 6. Website needs to be something that is calming, Low sensitivity colours and having background music might help to sooth them and make them more comfortable.
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I don\'t know who \'we\' refers to but if \'we\' refers to ourselves then I think we can improve by expanding our thoughts by speaking more to our parents no matter how difficult the situation is. It\'s difficult and sometimes they don\'t understand and always saying things we don\'t want to hear but we also have to remember that our parents are the first person who was there when we have a scraped knee. Not our friends or anyone. If \'we\' refers to the team then I guess nothing much. I think it is a nice gesture that they are asking this for the youths.
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Good concept in wanting to help those stressed students. Although it is good to have a platform for them to express their feelings and experiences, some rules have to be put in place for the “peer support”. The session has to be supervised by someone professional as well. As if this support group is not properly managed, it might turn out to be a complain session and contributing too much negativity in the group and will just make the students think it is the world’s fault for their stress. What we want is to help them learn to manage their stress. For example, time management courses, negotiation course with parents, if they are too stress to talk to parents, can get an adult/ supervisor from the support group to talk to their parents; to give them advices on how to help their child manages their stress etc.
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Consider having an aunt agony figure/moderator to prevent trolls and abuses that will cause more harm than help to already vulnerable victims.
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Instead of websites; provide assistance
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the concept is nice, but how will you guys differentiate yourselves from other platforms that already exist (eg NUSwhispers)
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You can just start a telegram group or something for people to confine and share things with and decide how your website should be after looking at the responses.
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How to ensure that people who posted / commented will not reply negatively?
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I think the website might need word filters so that there won’t be as much profanity.
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I assume this website is essentially a site for venting - will doing so promote more negativity or become an echo chamber for such? My suggestion would be to add some incentive or feature that promotes positivity as well, something like an anonymous gratitude message board or some form of kind act or message might counteract this. Not a bad concept, however websites are also frequently not as used by youths compared to social media in this day and age. Perhaps linking to a social media account (such as Instagram or twitter) might help to spread positivity or advertise might help.
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how will you ensure that only positive comments and advice are given to the students? maybe you can add a feature for students to upvote or pin posts to help identify the students who are struggling more so more help can be given to them
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I like the idea of having a platform for students to pent out their thoughts! Being an anonymous post would definitely help them in being comfortable. It would be difficult though to persuade students to use this as an alternative as most are already on their own social platform to rent out as they are more comfortable with getting support from people they know. I would suggest for the admin side to always stick to the same group of students so the support will be constant throughout. Ie admin A gives the response for Student B and C for a period of time :)
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Great idea and it is similar to Singapore Management University\'s Peer Helper Club - successful and expanding! SMU\'s Peer Helper Club trains student members with counselling and mental wellness skills and pairs them with students that requires mental wellbeing assistance. I think the team can speak with this club and share some ideas with them. It\'ll be great if we can match students with seniors. E.g. Within JC student can match with a university student, so they can gain mentorship and proven ways to cope with stress! The matching is very important so the signup form for volunteers has to note many details of the individual to make the best pair.
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Based on what was pitched, my feedback would be to make it an option for anonymity as not everyone is comfortable sharing their pent up feeing online openly. Simultaneously, even if the teenagers share about their feelings, they may want validation or a follow up such as advices to be given to them. So what can be suggested in this aspect would be to implement a reply system from professional psychologist (for example) or volunteers with experience in providing advices to the teenagers without any trolls on the website. Good job coming up with this and all the best!
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i feel that u might want to consider having interested users to create an account, something like that ? 1. register with their legitimate name 2. account nickname will be shown so that their identity still remains unknown 3. in the even user says something indecent or post something worrying, you can be notified and call authorities if needed
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This is a great idea but has the potential to be used in undesirable ways. While it is a platform for students to vent out their frustrations, there would need to be (rather strict) moderation to ensure that students are not attacking anyone, saying offensive things or revealing their personal information (which can be extremely dangerous). The ‘support’ or advice given by other students will need to be monitored and vetted as well to avoid circumstances where the already stressed student gets called names or receives harmful advice.
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Great idea. Mental health comes with a great stigma and although efforts have been made to normalise it, it still is quite a touchy subject. The initial pick up of the project might face some difficulties - find some ways to get users to start (incentivising is often a good way).
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More open-ended questions would be helpful, since your project\'s aim is to provide teens a platform to express their worries and struggles. In other words, questions which allow for elaboration beyond the immediate \'yes or no\' answer (For example: Why do you feel this way?) would give the user a chance to share more about themselves. Take the first question (about how often we share our feelings about school and workload) for instance. Apart from asking how often, one could also ask the underlying reason for refraining from sharing one\'s struggles with their loved ones afterwards (depending if the user shares that he/ she does not usually talk about their struggles). In that way, this platform would facilitate the user\'s self-reflection while also providing him/ her an opportunity to vent or share their worries! Not only that, by answering the user based on their previous responses, the platform would become more interactive and therefore more like a real human friend. And isn\'t that what this platform is aiming to be? To be a friend to the user? Hope you find the feedback useful, I just shared some thoughts that occurred to me as I did the quiz above, haha. Take care and all the best for this project!
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Perhaps to have a proper channel for people to voice proper concerns.
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Focus on other areas , academic is not the only way . Our badminton players are not bad . I was stressed too when in secondary schools . We should take our time to developed ourselves . Life is a journey . Keep learning . Lifelong learning .
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How to ensure this doesn’t become a source of cyber bullying?? That should be in the consideration :)
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Since the prototype is in progress, I would just comment on the idea of the project description ‘Just Say It’. I think maybe there should be adult regulators aka professional Therapist or counsellors, to ensure that the teenagers use responsible comments to other people worries and stress.
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Perhaps there should be a points system whereby the more the users interact with others on the website, the more points the user earns. This is to ensure that most of whatever concerns teenagers share on that website are being heard/read and assures them that they are not alone (for example, more people encouraging (interacting with) a person who is going through a stressful time)
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The website can allow users to express their feeling by words. an email to peer support or creating a forum for them to discuss the issue. Youths feeling stress due to loads of homework in school should not kept to themselves. But most importantly, they should always discuss it with their close ones (family).
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May have to figure out a way to ensure constructive and realistic feelings are shared rather than letting the platform be potentially abused by spammers. Is there a vetting system to vet through comments?
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Accountability (eg: habit tracking) instead of trying to solve the problem by ranting would be a feasible solution
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Platform needs to be moderated. While the intention is good (give a space for students experiencing stress to talk to one another and share feelings), students might not be equipped with the emotional and mental maturity to respond appropriately to their peers\' comments, which might cause a \'blind leading the blind\' situation. Also, an \'unhealthy culture of comparison\' is a systemic/structural issue which you cannot solve with a comments platform, you might want to change the aim of your platform and tackle something on the micro/bottom-up level.
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I really appreciate this initiative of yours. However, I am concerned that people might misuse these platforms and make it a toxic place to share their feelings. The problem is, parents and students have this huge gap that has to be bridged in order for this initiative to be more efficient. With bridging the gap , the conversations made on your platforms might lead to more disparity between two parties. So you guys could look more into that. Or maybe you can think about filtering comments on this platforms that might seem inappropriate. There are algorithms that can actually do this.
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Consider what would motivate these students to comment on the threads to support each other? Are there opportunities for gamification, and how will the community be sustainable?
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As we see the rise in importance of mental health, \"Just Say It\" is a great first step in helping students cope with their mental stress, and find support if they do not have any! - I feel that it will be useful to closely moderate the platform to ensure that only positive talk and vibes is flowing around the platform. This comes from the fear of having keyboard warriors coming in and poking fun and adding stress to those who are already stressed - I feel that it will be useful to have a section for parents and teachers to view the thoughts of the students. Might be anonymous if necessary, if students do not wish for their parents/teachers to know directly. This is to help them become aware and understand what their children/students are facing. To make it even more focused, it could be a page for each class of students where the students of the same class can post their concerns and the parents, form teachers and subject teachers can view and comment on the posts. - It might also be useful to educate parents/teachers on how to help their children/students cope better with stress, and help them gain awareness of how their speech/actions might directly and indirectly add to their child\'s stress. Good luck! :)
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Please lend them your ears in earnest & only for discussion for improvement/bonding.
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Besides from allowing them to express themselves to release the stress, it will be helpful to have someone to have encouraging words for them. It will also help when they are provided when they are given a different perspective of life.
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group people of similar problems together so that they can share and lend a listening ear to.
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Create academics more interesting. Do not limit to books but bring learning to a new level by bringing it to outdoor instead.
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Perhaps an anonymous section where teens can share their problems anonymously
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i think regulating the platform and ensuring that it will not be abused will be quite a major headache.
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Provide activities or matchmaking where students can discuss, hangout and converse with similar likeminded individuals.
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1 differentiation from other online forums. 2 content filters / moderations
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maybe there can be a side column for us to read motivational quotes/words to be less stressed.
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I love the idea of having peer support through a positive environment! The feeling of collaboration and being in it together can be really helpful for somebody going through a tough time. However, some thoughts you might want to keep in mind: - Many online communities tend to struggle with trolling to a certain degree. It would be good to look at those that handle it well, and learn from them in order to truly foster a \"positive\" environment from the get go. - Sometimes, stressed individuals interact with others in different ways. For example, you might be good friends with an academically strong student, but you avoid her around examination periods because talking to them gives you anxiety about your own exam preparations. How can you design your positive environment such that these \"flashpoint\" or touchy topics don\'t create more negative feelings, while still allowing for individuals to destress through sharing? - The issue of verification would be something you might want to keep in mind as well. Hand in hand with trolling is the issue of holding individuals accountable for their online actions, and proper verification would help substantially in creating a safe environment for people to share. Cheers, looking forward to great stuff from the team :)
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I am wondering how youths can help one another if everyone is just there to vent their pent up frustrations. Would there be a moderator or facilitator for this platform so that it does not just end up as a complain outlet or just another forum? Perhaps, more information could be provided on how the positive environment would be created?
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I think that certified psychologists and councillors should be included as a stakeholder in this project to moderate the website. After all, they have the expertise to coach and advice users. This is not saying that they should be the one giving advice per-say, but perhaps intervene when the advice given by other users are incorrect or potentially harmful towards the individual asking for advice.
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I think u can engage counsellors to work on the sites. At the same time think about why you vent, are you looking or craving for an answer or an understanding, if it is the latter then think how do you make the people feel heard, cause mere posting will not let them feel heard. It just give them the space to do so. Personally i feel reiteratimg back the narrative extremely useful Hope this helps
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try expressing it through writing. sometimes, verbal expression may not work out for everyone. get a journal, take a pen & take it all out on that lined piece of paper.
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We don’t share because of judgements. We often get judged or given rather unfair comments like we didn’t work hard enough. When actually we did work very hard. To do better, we could try pen it down somewhere or talk to a “safe” person like school counsellor or there’s something like a virtual self help chat/text line too. We need an outlet or else it’s not healthy.
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The site will definitely require moderators and monitoring, otherwise it will become a toxic environment, such as Tumblr. Will the Youth/Student be able to get referral to a Mental Health Professional if required/desired?
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teaching teens how they can express their emotions clearly and how they can reply appropriately
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Hopefully to have a counsellor or senior taking a \'mentor\' role moderating the platform / website - I would hope that if I do get a reply, either from peers or someone else more objective after I post a comment on the stress faced... and some steps to chat more (or seek help) or get over it.
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Student should have self expectation and motivation towards the academic. Academy should deliver the important of the subject content and understanding instead of judging only by the score or result.
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i believe catching on the fact that friends are our most often pillars of support is great! however, it can be concerning when we share too much with friends who may be struggling themselves. hence, it is important to make sure the platform is moderated in a way where it will not become counterproductive.
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A platform solely dedicated to rants on societal expectations is bound to devolve quickly into toxicity. Positive reinforcement techniques should be incorporated, such as educating individuals on ways to either achieve said expectations or ignore them.
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The project can be further improved by having functions that can detect words or phrases that are obvious signs of extreme stress and poor mental well-being. By having such functions, we are able to identify individuals that require more help and assistance. Afterward, the individual can be directed to a professional counsellor or health expert so that they would be properly treated. Maintaining the platform using such functions can allow students to communicate with each other healthily and will be able to instill a supportive relationship with users.
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I like the idea of using a platform to connect youths to support one another through life\'s difficulties. perhaps for the youth peer supporters - there could be training on mental health first aid techniques. also, there could be a function where youths can choose to be anonymous. Lastly, to get youths to know about the platform, perhaps publicity could be done with the secondary schools, universities, JCs, polys and ITEs. I understand that there are a few existing groups that run a similar platform/youth peer support system - perhaps it might be helpful to speak to these existing groups/organizations to learn from their experience of running such a platform.
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I am constantly stressed whenever i am studying or when school semester starts. What is consoling is that i meet up with my friends to do tutorial together and submit the same answer for grading. If one get the uestion wrong, we are ll in it together. This helps to reduce some stress because my friends help to spread and share the load.
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1. This is a worthwhile project, but you need to be mindful of trust and safety considerations that may arise. For example, if someone posts that their suicidal, there may be a risk of contagion. Also consider how you might deal with cyber-bullying and other forms of negative online behavior. What kinds of moderation will you put in place on your platform? What types of community standards and norms will you set out, and how will you nudge users towards positive conduct? 2. Sharpen your unique value proposition by explaining specifically how your platform will contrast with existing social media sites, which many teenagers already use as a way to ventilate their emotions. 3. Think about what intervention you may include on your platform to facilitate healthy expressions of emotion. For example, consider the inclusion of a mood meter, or a emotion vocabulary list, in order to foster socio-emotional learning and expand users\' emotional capacity.
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In this present world, I feel there are lot of platforms where one can hide their identity and discuss about their issues to a complete stranger and get some help. Sometimes listening ears are better than just talking mouth. I feel most of these issues require one to one consultation rather than a group discussion. If such a platform to provide both group and in person discussions are provided then it might be better.
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greater advertisement so that more youths would be able to find out about this platform and make use of it as i believe that there are many teenagers who have pent up emotions and no where to turn to and i would have made use of it if i had known about it earlier!!
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Generally, the concept of the website sounds good. Teens might be more willing to share their frustrations with each other if they know their audience is made up of people going through the same or will not judge them. Not feeling alone is one of the most important points of maintaining good mental health. I don’t know the extent that your team has planned, but I want to stress that it is important for the website to be easily accessible. Youths nowadays are on mobile much more than their computers. How can you ensure that they would take time to visit the website? It is also important for the site to have enough publicity. Seeing as it runs fundamentally on input from users (i.e. students), you’re gonna need a larger userbase for the site to be successful. It might also be worthwhile allowing users an option to post anonymously, for those who are afraid of disclosing their identity. Good luck team! :)
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The project description is crisp and summarise the key points of the project. It could be beneficial for students and teens to have a chance to speak to someone of their age and maturity. Here are few factors to consider in the project, 1. The website could need various forms of marketing such as Instagram and TikTok for it to reach the students. 2. The website need to provide privacy to students who are willing to share their opinions and there can be admins to moderate the posts and opinions appropriate to the students. 3. The website can contain sections for students of different ages such as secondary school, JC, poly and university. This could provide a better and relatable opinions of other students and teens. Overall, good job in choosing and working on this interesting topic.
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maybe add in more specific questions ?
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Timely moderation has to be in place in order to prevent cyber bullying from happening and/or improper use of the website. If students share their concerns on the platforms, based on the premise that there are no adults present, who is going to provide them the help/support they need?
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As much as an online platform would be nice in allowing youth to anonymously discuss the issues they are facing, there are areas that the team should be careful of. Without proper constant moderation, discussions may become unhealthy and the platform may no longer be a safe space if they become flooded with inappropriate comments such as those seen on confession pages.
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Theres an initiative called itallstartshear.sg that is similar. Perhaps u can learn from that
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Split students based on similar levels, schools and courses. Those who are stressed can get help from other teens who are of similar age, same schools and even studying the same courses as them. This way, the stressed teens can receive \'peer support\' that is more targeted and relatable towards them as those providing help can understand them better (e.g., seniors from the same course/school) as they\'ve been through the modules before and can provide tips on how to cope with the stress.
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We can promote the idea that academics is not everything, I guess students are stressed because they feel the pressure of \"what happens if I didn\'t do well for Os/As?\" especially in Singapore because academics is something highly prioritised.
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There are actually many platforms online where one can share about their feelings, including stress from academics. However, the bigger issue to tackle for such platforms will be: How are they being regulated? How \"proper\" is the advice from their fellow peers who are teenagers? Perhaps you can share more about how this platform can be different from other platforms e.g. reddit, or quora where people are able to post and receive replies anonymously. And how the threads can be regulated such that improper advice that may be detrimental to a stressed-out peer can be removed. Other things to take note could include what happens when the post contains something that should be highlighted to higher authorities such as things relating to suicidal intent or complaints of a \'named\' teacher/parent? One suggestion is to also include a tab where healthcare professionals can post up topical tips such as \"5 ways to improve mental wellbeing in a stressful home environment\" so that peers who use this platform are able to gain knowledge from a trusted knowledgeable other.
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- How would the platform be moderated? - how to ensure that the ‘peers’ do provide support and ensure that there are no instances of cyber bullying or misusing of confided information?
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We can improve by taking control of the situation one problem at a time. If we listen first and respond later, it will actually work out well. This can mean things such as not cutting through a sentence when someone maybe be screaming at you and such. Plus, split the workload as organised as possible, and destroy your problems one by one. To overcome problems, Be Smart ; Act Dumb. And here’s how we can use that! Approach someone you really know, and if that person is the one causing problems, unless they are family, be smart and let yourself know they are not worth using up your time, and if you think through maybe you might figure out who are the reason the problem is caused and you can have a new take on the situation by reflecting on yourself and how you can overcome it. Act “Dumb” when it requires you to, by putting your self strategically and smartly into a position where anything another person or problem can hurt you is when they or it do(es) something wrong, use it wisely to get out of tough situations, or when it comes to problems you can’t control. Don’t feel guilty because acting dumb at the perfect time, is the smart way to overcome the problem. Don’t stay back, push forward! If it comes to studies there are many methods to getting over problems. Students may often cause problems themselves by complaining that exams exist, and as it’s a problem that’s not in our control we can save time by focusing on the problem itself and how we can overcome it and in this case studying smart. Don’t study for the sake of studying, especially if you are studying towards a goal of your interests. Instead, we should spend time organising how we can study smart, and COMMIT to the plan, and make sure the plan is reasonable to ourselves if not we will feel guilty if the plan is not feasible and we don’t manage to finish it. Timers, such as work, break, work break apps really work, trust me. And this app that I have been using a lot really helps, where you can set own intervals and block websites and apps when the timer is on its work interval, made by an amazing developer called Micheal Tigas! https://focusedwork.app/ As a student myself, who has gone through many problems and survives them, I feel you guys. Good luck for your studies too!
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One small detail which may or may not be helpful, is adding categories to the website where students can select whatever applies to them to them, and they would be categorised to a certain channel with people of similar issues, where they can understand each other better. Idk this is just a small suggestion. But yeah this is a really innovative concept!!
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How do you moderate the platform to ensure there are no hateful/hurtful comments? How do you encourage peer support? Would this be done in anonymity? If so, how do you identify anonymous comments that are at risk of severe mental health?
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I recommend clearly thinking about the user experience in terms of how much they believe the anonymity of the website. If they dont believe that what they are saying will not be forwarded to their parents or whoever they are unwilling to share these feelings with, then they will have no incentive to provide honest answers.
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Take a day off! Sometimes, all you need is to spend a day doing the things you enjoy while spending time with the people you love and cherish. It gets you rejuvenated and ready knowing that your family is always supportive of you and you can turn to them for help.
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Apart from giving a safe platform to encourage stressed teens to share their concerns with “peers”, I believe that there should be specific criteria on who can provide sound advices on the platform. Careful consideration should be made on the eligibility of people who can join the community, an example I can think of is that there should be a basic test (to ensure that joiners have empathy, positive intentions, etc) where interested parties can take and would be required to pass prior to joining the community.
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Prepare a set of personal questions that allows people to express things they have always wanted to. It frees their baggage
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I think its a good idea to introduce a specialised platform like this to directly address pressing psychological stresses on students. Looking from the \"Project Description\" and \"Problem Statement\", I have a few pointers to share: - With the important need to prioritise a comfortable open-spaced sharing environment, i think it\'ll be great to have different communication platforms in the website. For example, text message with a particular individual, open-posting of problems to all eligible members, video/voice calls etc. This will help to give your users a variety of options to work with based on their personal preferences. - how \"safe\" will the platform be? who are the ones attending to your users? is it possible that they use these stories or problems against your genuine users? will there be any sort of screening done to acquire these \"peer supporters\"? - To better cater to your users, i think it\'d be great if there is a detailed form that users can fill in to allow the \"peer supporters\" to better understand their predicament before consulting them. This helps to give the \'supporters\' a clear picture of the situation, and give targetted advice or words to encourage your users. - in your problem statement there\'s mention of the need to \"address the unhealthy culture of comparison\", is there any solution to directly address the high expectation brought up from parents, teachers and peers onto students? This is something worth considering as this is essentially the root cause of the problem. If this cause can be resolved or improved, it will reduce the severity of the cause-and-effect situation in your topic of research.
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Hoping your team can think about how to prevent trolls from ruining this very good suggestion.
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I\'m wondering how impactful sharing feelings can address the problem statement - i.e. to address \"unhealthy culture of comparison\". How would sharing their experiences solve the excessive comparison culture?
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I think friends although are a good help, but sometimes there can also be competition among each other and hence not all peers are sensible or mature enough to lend support or might be facing issues themselves.
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Teaching teens emotional intelligence, such as how to respond appropriately
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Create a safe environment for sharing and really walk the talk
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Why create a website when you can utilise platforms that youths are already on like Instagram and tiktok. Then comes the challenge of creating content that addresses the issues and makes a difference.
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You’re good
