“Laura Liz Partoon is remarkable. While still at school (she’s just left and is hoping to go to Roehampton University), she set up her own campaign,The Stresses and Strains of School. Her aim, as you can see from her short video above is to promote and improve the mental health and wellbeing of students.”
“I’ve seen friends go through the pressures of school and drop out of courses because of stress,” she says. “I’ve seen other people stay on but suffer from depression because of the stress of all the work. I think there needs to be a system to help young people cope.” That’s why she does what she does…
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Kathleen McLaughlin said,
9 June 2009 @ 12:27 pm
Clever girl. The one time I worked up the courage to speak to someone about my course worries at university, I went to the wrong people. I wish it had been a more openly discussed subject so I would have known where to turn to.