It is understood that happiness at boarding schools can be quite difficult to acquire, usually drastic measures are taken to deter problems and blank them out from student's repressed freedom. ... "At boarding school, everyone gets depressed" (Minot 310). ... Ok, it is understood that fear, depression and solitude can make a person act illogical, but there are alternatives rather than acting unreasonably. ... It is also understood that a lot of senseless acts occur at boarding schools, but no one person can take away your personal right of speaking your mind. ...

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Teachers in schools need to take part in working to improve the lives of the world by implementing the importance of friendship and strong social networks into a regular curriculum for students at a young age. ... In school, groups of friends are often referred to as cliques. ... At the agency she was given the alternative of attending a support group. ...

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­Locked In Silence Of Sadness The sun rising from the window in the corner, the alarms irritating ring, and the traffic outside. The things that start his day, a day that he does not wish to live through. This is day 0, out of the 16 years of his life. He has yet to be truly happy and he has lo...

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