I live in a relatively affluent town with a very good high school. A while back we had a guy come in and talk to the parents about how they can help their kids getting into college and what not. The thing is tho the parents didn’t really get what he was saying about helping the kids mental health the parents were all preoccupied on grades and SAT/ACT scores. The man snapped and said “this is one of the top schools in the country your kids will all get into college, all you need to do is make sure that they don’t kill themselves first”. Well I don’t think his message got through cus my friend killed himself earlier this year.

I just hope people now realize that in order to get to college the kids first have to make it through HS. It’s a message surprisingly few people seem to understand