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Born in Sg, survived seven years of IJ, escaped to canada for the miraculous rebirth.. likes to say she found self there, But well when can we reach self actualization? now a waterloo student. 110% horse mad, was practically born on the back of a horse ( or rather wishes she was) horses are my favourite thing.

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Thursday, December 09, 2010

SO instead of going to Kari's ugly christmas sweater party...
I went to facilitate a Focus group

It was more fun than i expected, although there were only three kids who showed up. THough each representative of each age group , one 12 yr old, one 14 yr old and one 17 year old.

The 14 yr old couldn't stop talking, the other two, a boy named adam ( looked like a younger of my housemate)

Basically when i got them into discussion the 14 yr old won't shut up... and pretty much dominated the conversation. Good thing we had our training.... the two other two barely had chances to speak up...

One thing that left an impression on me was support. When i had to ask them " Who do youth talk to about their problems?" the obvious answers like friends and parents came up.. but when i asked what about " teachers" the question about teachers immediately got shut down, or school counsellers, they immediately gave me a quizzing look, and were like really? no?
let me get this straight, if you have an issue but can't talk to your parents about it, or your friends about it.... who do you turn to? religious/ faith group leaders? obviously not.

THen no-one? why arent there school counsellers who the kids can turn to if they have a problem? then again when i was 14 i looked upon the school counsellers as only for ppl with serious problems. I was thought i was never one of those kids with the issues. I probably wasn't.... but then again. You don't need to be crazy to see a counseller, if you have a problem/ issue/ something you can't move past. It's ok. That's what i have learned.

But seriously, this is a major issue, these kids NEED trusted adults they can talk to besides their parents! I mean family is great, but what those who can't? they fear judgement. SO if they can't turn to friends or family.... who can they turn to?