Interviews

Interview 1:
     Mentor: Ann Conway


         1. How many senior students would you say come talk to you about their stress?
                 "I would say about 1/2 of the senior class"



         2. What is the most common problem?
                 "The most common problem I would say is worries if they will graduate on time, their credits, passing their classes, family situations, or work related problems"


         3. What percentage of senior students do you believe is suffering from depression or anxiety from school?
               "I would say a smaller percentage about 25%"



        4. What percentage would you say that depression and anxiety is coming from home/outside of school?
              "I would say about 75%, that starts outside of school, causing them to miss more school and have exceeding absences."



         5. What type of advice would or have given to senior students dealing with these problems at school?
              "The advice I would say is make sure you prioritize, make time management , overwhelming, staying on top of things, and make sure your attendance is good. Put school first."



         6. What types of advice have or would give to senior high school students with situations at home?
              "Make sure you have good communication with your parents, teachers, anyone outside of school"



         7. What is your perspective on depression for senior high school students?
               "I would say it is fairly common, it is becoming more of an increase, I see students becoming more hopeless, needing counseling."



         8. What is your perspective on anxiety for senior high school students?

                    "What I see is that is abnormal, you will always be anxious for test, it can become an impact on your physical and mental abilities, affecting your daily life. You should seek assistance professionally, for coping skills."











Interview 2:
    Mentor: Amanda Escarcega
           
          1. How was your overall high school experience?
                     The beginning was good. But once I hit my junior year it became very hard and I faced many challenges.

          2. Can you say you ever suffered from depression or anxiety during high school?
                     Yes, most definitely.

         3. What helped motivate you?
                     My nieces and nephews honestly are what motivated me to get through and finish high school because I want to have children of my own and its hard now a days to get a job without having some type of schooling and I want to be able to give my child the world.
        
          4. How did  you get past it?
                    I kept myself distracted. I started playing sports and I would surround myself around positive people. I had the support of my bestfriends who kept pushing me. Whenever I would try to skip school they would actually go to my house and pick me up so I would go.

        5. What challenges did you face?
                    I had a lot of challenges not only inside school, but outside as well. At the time I had been in an dangerously abusive relationship. Trying to get out of that caused me a lot of issues not only with him, but with my family too. When my sister found out I was still involves with him after legal authority got involved, it ruined my relationship with both her and my mother, So not only was I afradid to go to school because I didn't want to see him, but i hated being home as well because I felt very uncomfortable there.

       6. When did you notice the change?
                I noticed I had became depressed around the middle of my junior year. I failed almost all of my classes which made my senior year very difficult. The stress of trying to get everything done honestly caused me to become more depressed, but also lead to frequent anxiety attacks.

        7. What advice would you give to current high school students when it comes to depression and anxiety?
          Advice I would give to current highschool students is never give up. It may be hard now but it will be so worth it in your future. For those of you who are seniors or will be seniors next year, I'm telling you DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. You will fall only more behind which will make you feel very overwhelmed when trying to have everything done at once. If you need help, don't be afraid to find it. You need to surround yourself around positive people, and find a hobby you'll enjoy doing. Do not spend you're days at home crying or feeling miserable. It will not be worth it. I promise.