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from, especially for those being bullied,” she says.
“ Fortunately we are more accepting of anxiety and stress and there’ s lots more ways of dealing with it.
“ If we can encourage students to look from a different
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perspective and ask‘ what’ s the real story’,‘ where’ s the truth’,‘ what research do I need to do’, that’ s a really valuable skill to have.”
For all the complexities facing vulnerable teenagers, Asher remains full of hope for the
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next generation and their capacity to make their way in the world.
“ There are some brilliant kids that I’ m teaching who just have so much knowledge about what’ s going on in the world and can evaluate things
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and have that really educated perspective on issues,” says Asher.
“ I think they are going to have the most amazing, successful career and life beyond school.
“ These kids just amaze me.”
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