Passion Project and Reflection

In this paragraph I’ll talk about one cause of depression, bullying.  “Nearly 19 percent of the students reported they had experienced cyberbullying during the previous 12 months. Cyberbullying was associated with all 11 of the internalizing, externalizing and substance use problems” (Fars New, 2014). The three problems listed in the quote are all thing that can come along with depression. and they aren’t the best ways to deal with depression. Next “About 1 in 5 adolescents has experienced recent online bullying and cyberbullying, like traditional bullying,it can increase the risk of mental health problems in teens as well as the misuse of drugs and alcohol” (Fars News, 2014). Just like the last quote drugs and alcohol aren’t a good way to deal with bullying. But the statistic that 1 in 5 teens have gotten bullied adds up very quickly and shows that we need to do something more about it.  Bullying in any form isn’t good and causes a lot of problems for teens the their families. But there are ways to make things better like talking.

• I chose this paragraph because I feel like I did a good job on the explanation and getting my point across. and makes my paper better than it would have been without it.
• One question i still have is that for my actual passion project if i could write about other mental illnesses that are common in teen or if i would have enough information on depression to just focus on that.