| Today everyone needs a lift, especially students. | | | | school board and guidance administrators. These peer |
| Radical modifications are necessitated by the | | | | counselors would file reports, when necessary, to the |
| disconcertment of high school students' lives. One | | | | school board and create awareness within the school |
| way this could be improved is by implementing a | | | | administration of problems that need addressed |
| powerful drug prevention and education curricula that | | | | accordingly, thereby excelling students academic and |
| would address students' issues. Peer counselors | | | | homelife to new standards. This program will |
| would aid the school by counseling students who are | | | | definitely create assiduity to students issues within |
| weakening and by creating stress reduction tools | | | | the school administration that would not have been |
| that would assist students throughout their academic | | | | addressed without the program. |
| life. A healthy diet program would reinforce the other | | | | Another problem facing young people today is |
| programs, resulting in students with salubrious bodies | | | | obesity. One way to address this problem would be |
| and minds. | | | | to instate a healthy diet program that would foster |
| Because of a proliferation in the drug use among | | | | students with healthy minds and bodies. The fast |
| teens, it is manifested that a plan is requisite. One | | | | food industry is paramount in students diets within |
| way the school situation could be improved is by the | | | | America's high schools. With french fries and soda |
| implementation of a powerful drug prevention and | | | | being served to hundreds of students, the reason is |
| education curricula. When 13 to 18 year olds were | | | | indubitable of why the students are drastically |
| asked what was the largest problem facing students | | | | overweight. By creating well-balanced meals and |
| today, drug use led the list. Teen students learning | | | | healthy food choices, students could become |
| and productivity is abruptly halted by the use of | | | | physically fit. Physical education and gyms would |
| drugs and alcohol. Unfortunately, the drug problem | | | | become superannuated and students would not be |
| continues to be obstreperous. In response to this | | | | forced to learn physical education. Instead, students |
| epidemic, it should be mandated that the school | | | | would be instructed on how to take care of |
| impose tight regulations and repercussions for the | | | | themselves, eat right, and foster a healthy mind and |
| use of illicit drugs. By creating Operation Drug-Stop, a | | | | body. |
| drug prevention program, students would be taught | | | | In closing, this essay manifests the radical changes |
| the negative effects of drugs through a series of fun | | | | that the school could and should institute. It clearly |
| television animated adventures. Once in place, the | | | | observed that modifications are necessitated by the |
| drug prevention system would make the school a | | | | decline of students morale. By implementing a |
| pioneer in improving student life. | | | | powerful drug education curricula, creating "Peer Ear" |
| In addition to drug prevention programs, peer | | | | peer counselors, that would help students with social |
| counselors could be instituted by the school to deal | | | | problems in their lives, and the instatement of a |
| with social issues students many experience. Peer | | | | healthy diet program to help students cultivate |
| counselors would facilitate a healthy school by | | | | healthy minds and bodies, the school could drastically |
| counseling students who are perturbed and by | | | | improve the current dastardly state. By following the |
| employing stress reduction techniques that aid the | | | | propositions and guidelines set herein, the school |
| students throughout their academic life. The | | | | could drastically boost students morale and |
| formation of the peer counseling program, Peer Ear, | | | | performance. By creating a well taught curricula and |
| would pose strong benefits to shy and fearful | | | | by instituting programs such as these, students could |
| students who are reluctant to tell their issues and | | | | work towards the betterment of themselves and |
| conflicts to the school guidance counselor. This | | | | others. These programmes work in conjunction with |
| program will foster the advancement of the student | | | | each other to foster the development of |
| citizenry, and prove to be a holistic experience. Only | | | | well-rounded and mentally stable students, thereby |
| reputable persons could become peer counselors, and | | | | rescuing students from the sea of perturbance they |
| would have to take a mandated test devised by the | | | | are currently drowning in. |