Did you know questions

Just wanted to post my questions onto my blog

QUESTION: Did you know…?

Notes · Untreated depression may cause suicide, suicide 3rd leading cause of teenage deaths. · Depression may amplify suicidal thoughts by as much as 12 times. · 20% of teen receive help · 10% of Americas total population have depression, 5% are adolescent. · 500,000 teenagers attempt a suicide from depression a year. · 5,000 succeed · 90% of teens rely on medication · 4 of 100 teens are SERIOUSLY depressed, may need significantly more aid. · 1-800-999-9999 is one of the top depression hotlines for teenagers. · 33 to 35 million US adults experience depression, not as serious as teenagers.

Sources 1. http://www.teendepression.org/articles5.html 2. http://www.teendepression.org/articles5.html 3.http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm 4. http://www.about-depression.com/articles/teen-depression/index.php 5. http://www.about-depression.com/articles/teen-depression/index.php 6. http://www.about-depression.com/articles/teen-depression/index.php 7. http://www.about-depression.com/articles/teen-depression/index.php 8. http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/teens.htm 9. http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen_teenagers.htm 10. http://www.pristiq.com

First han experience.....

I suppose today I'm experiencing my topic first hand.....
I don't know how to solve it....
But if I do....I guess I'll post that......
The causes don't really need to be said....
But...I have a lack of motivation....Don't really wanna talk.....
And just want to either A) Curl up in a ball... Or B) Sleep for 2 days.
I suppose that's a form of depression....?
I feel better than I did last night....
Thanks to a friend...
So i guess a solution for some people is their friends.....

*sigh* v.v;;;

I have a lack of motivation to do anything today besides rant...
But that is not what this blog is for...
So todays plan is to post all of my old assignments i did not do, even if there so late it wont be graded.
I need to post that....it helps me too.
If i finish posting my terms and sites, I'm going to format my sound recording of my discussion. So you can listen to that if your intrested. I need to make it smaller and cut some parts out...

My Image?

Ok, this is my first attempt at a collage thing...
Give me feedback?

Interview details (No sound recording yet)

Ok, So I need to get the sound files off of my computer at home.
But basically how it went, I got to sit in on a chat session between about, 6-8 people, who have all received help for their depression. There ages ranged from 12-19 (At least in the one I sat in on). And I listened to them chat.

My main complication was that, when I was listening in, my internet connection kept cutting out and disconnecting, so on the sound recorder there is a very loud, and annoying *PING* noise, of the "Call dropping" as the skype program calls it.

Another one was my choppy microphone, I had to repeat any questions I had multiple times. I was aloud to listen into their conversations and ask questions, this is like a, What I'm doing with my life now, compared to what I did then chat. And despite the fact it was a 2 hour conversation, It was kind of interesting, but some stories you hear more than one time.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

Last night I did online Interviews.
I'm going to be posting my interviews.
It was thanks to an outside source I was able to do this.
As well as the chat program called skype.

I also narrowed my topic even more to depression caused by dysfunctional family's.
That is one of the more common causes for teen depression.

Provide me with your help and be rewarded with gratitude :3

Ok, So I now know I want to do a topic on teen depression.
Shannon and Kristen have been giving me feedback in a few of my entries. (Thank you both)
But I was wondering If anyone else could help me think of what i can narrow it down too.
I've got a few idea's and such thanks to my comments.

How I used my time thus far.

So far today, I have revisited my main squeeze for information, the link posted in my last entry. I am looking specifically at the "How to help parts" Because I have my suspicion that in the real world, all of the methods do not work. My project is to find out which methods of helping depression actually work, and which don't. People i interview will already have a relation to me, as not to offend other people with the main question "are you depressed?" Names however will be changed for the sake of security and comfort.

Link to a teen depression site

This so far is my first source.

http://helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm

My project is to experiment on what tests actually work.
I know a few depressed people that are my age (Depression can be many levels, so not like, OMG SUICIDE FTW D=)
I can start by asking questions and such of the people i'll be talking too.
And i can talk to a "professional" for an interview.

Idea

I'm going to do a project having to do with teen depression.
But my issue is, I'm not too sure how to turn it into a project.
I'm way behind in this.

In responce to Kristens Comment.

I'm not too sure about the teen depression.
Sure, I'm intrested in it, but what to make the project into is the whole question....
>_<
Sure, alot of teens have depression.
But, it's like, what can I do with it?

THA H1E5T >=P

Ok....
Im going on an Idea heist ._.
Seeing what everyones topics are and try to re-focus my topic
Alot of people seem to be getting idea's and I feel so lost.

I would really apreciate New idea's since Mrs. Savido just cut me down.
So my new short list is:

• what causes teen depression.
  
• Civil Engineering
  

Its not much, but it's all i have.
(This is a link for Civil Engineering if you don't know what it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering )

Narrowing the idea's =/

CRAP! CRAPITTY CRAP CRAP CRAP, HOLY CRAP.
IM HAVING MENTAL BLOCKS WITH THIS PROJECT >.< .

Ok..

sorry for the snap...

Indeed I'm having problems but my thought's have not stopped. I was thinking, since Edline is a national program. I could start small and re-do the 11th grade class pages on edline. If i am successful with this (as my grad project) after the project, i could make some more changes as well. All the changes I make will be posted on my blog, and you may be able to view my progress and rate them as well. I've already started on rough copies with hand scetching them out.

I will have to mail edling and propose a change if I am succesful.

Blogging blues

I have no new ideas today *sad face* TwT
So I'm looking at everyone elses topics, trying to get a more general idea.
looking for ideas as well *ninja* >.>

About Blog comments.

I may be responding to a few in blog, even though we don't have too. Sometimes the comments you post really make me think, so I'd like to include that if you don't mind. So don't post anything you would not want public.

After more thinking...

In response to one of my previous comments. I'm still in the thought stage, so if you could bare with me, I'm still storming idea's. I already changed it in my head a bit after talking to some of the CHS staff about the idea. I've gotten one idea from the female councilor (can not remember her name) about making something new and sending it to ed line. My project would be more of a recreation project for the new CHS dashboard. But, I'm still in the thought stage, and not 100% sure of an idea. All I've gathered is I want to do something involving the adobe programs, and the new "dashboard" inspired me a bit.

Idea Bashing And Other Ideas

Without even doing the short list, I have an idea of what I might want to do for my Grad. Project.
My idea is-

• Make a new poster, or advertisement, for city charter high school, using adobe programs such as photoshop and illustrator.

The reason I do want to do this topic, is because I'm always using adobe programs, I enjoy editing pictures, as well as creating images as well. I would need to make multiple "posters" and post them to my blog to see if I could get feedback from my readers.

I already have a general idea for who I would want to interview as well. My electronic art teacher Mr. Kaperneros is amazing with photoshop and illustrator and would be the perfect person to interview about his career in photoshop and other electronic art.

Blog is up.

I've just made my block, and this is it's first post. I'm new to blogging, so this should prove to be interesting, as well as the rest of the graduation project.