Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
AGENCY TESTIMONY
Students discuss challenges in video presentation
0:31:12
·
67 sec
In the video, students share various challenges they face in their daily lives, highlighting the need for comprehensive health education.
- Students discuss issues such as bullying, peer pressure, and social media addiction
- Mental health concerns and body image issues are mentioned
- The importance of addressing emotional and social challenges is emphasized
Kid 1 in Shown Video
0:31:12
Sometimes it's not always easy being the kid because when you're a kid, people, like, bully
Despina Zaharakis
0:31:18
you.
0:31:18
We struggle with bullying, social media, as well as mental health.
Kid 1 in Shown Video
0:31:22
I get really mad when people make fun of me.
Kid 2 in Shown Video
0:31:25
Peer pressures.
0:31:26
Kids my age are, like, drinking, vaping, and, like, smoking.
Kid 3 in Shown Video
0:31:31
It's hard.
0:31:32
It's hard to be at school and get all the work done and still prioritize things like sleep.
0:31:36
It's challenging.
Kid 2 in Shown Video
0:31:38
Me and my friends have dealt with a lot of drama.
Kid 1 in Shown Video
0:31:40
A lot
Kid 2 in Shown Video
0:31:41
of drama.
Kid 1 in Shown Video
0:31:42
There's a lot of, like, drama my parents find kinda silly.
0:31:46
But at my age, it's, like, a kind of a big deal.
Kid 4 in Shown Video
0:31:49
Me and my friends are always on our phone.
0:31:51
Like, it really is hard to, like, not be on it because it's just so addictive to you.
Kid 5 in Shown Video
0:31:55
Every morning, we wake up, check our phones.
0:31:57
So everything on social media impacts us dramatically.
Kid 6 in Shown Video
0:32:00
At least in my case, like, all these girls with, like, really perfect bodies, like, super skinny.
0:32:03
It's kind of hard not to feed into, like, this thought that I need to look like that.
0:32:07
I need to be perfect.
Rita Joseph
0:32:09
So, yeah.
0:32:09
There's, like, a lot of stuff, but, like, a lot of, like, emotional stuff go into it.
0:32:12
You face, like, big decisions every day.
Teacher in Shown Video
0:32:15
Going up that balloon.
0:32:18
Let it out.