tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17445520.post115253845273102122..comments2023-10-15T08:40:40.153-05:00Comments on Sistrunk Journal: UK students to take "happiness lessons"Deb Sistrunk Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14072871724975222638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17445520.post-1153623465646356172006-07-22T21:57:00.000-05:002006-07-22T21:57:00.000-05:00Very interesting article. Teens are really experi...Very interesting article. Teens are really experiencing depression. We need to do anything we can to address this issue.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13037132101026488589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17445520.post-1152834748966452372006-07-13T18:52:00.000-05:002006-07-13T18:52:00.000-05:00Here in NYC, there's usually about one social work...Here in NYC, there's usually about one social worker and three guidance counselors per several thousand students...<BR/><BR/>I never heard of these "happiness classes" used in the U.S. I would think I would have heard about them...Martin Seligman is well known...maybe he's working over in the U.K. because he's not appreciated here.Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17445520.post-1152821446261822592006-07-13T15:10:00.000-05:002006-07-13T15:10:00.000-05:00DCS, I don't even want to think about "happiness" ...DCS, I don't even want to think about "happiness" programs for schools in the U.S.. If I have to listen to one more educational commentator give us crap about caring too much about kids' "self-esteem," I'm going to scream.<BR/><BR/>Mental health is an issue though. Last year, our school social worker told us that about one-quarter of our sophomore girls were cutting themselves. Unbelievable!Dennis Fermoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066942564308377074noreply@blogger.com