Psychology

Behind the act of rage and worthlessness witnesses at Hamilton High, there is a large issue of mental illness in teens that needs to be urgently addressed.  After the unrelated suicides of four students that shook the Hamilton school and the surrounding community, school officials have come up with Character Day (Grant, 2007). This is a raw, emotional and truthful program that was set up to motivate students to open up when they felt pressured and they were prompted to ask for help when the need arose.

Discussion
Following the events that happened at Hamilton High, this institution has played some major roles in its history. Grant (2007) reckons that one of the roles is that behind the acts of sadism that was witnessed at the school, is that there is still a great concern of mental illness in teens that is hardly ever discussed. However after this happened, school officials came together to seek a solution to this problem and they came up with a program known as Character Day. The mission of this program was to encourage students to open up when they felt down in the dumps (Grant, 2007). This program was designed for the students to give a raw, emotional and honest account of what they were feeling.  However, this role has changed since many schools are now creating online forums in their communities where the teens can air their troubles incognito and in turn seek support from their peers and professionals skilled in counseling (Grant, 2007).

Nevertheless, Hamilton High could have been more culturally responsive to diverse student groups by offering programs that would make the students feel more at home. The school would have set one day aside where all students would interact together and share their different heritage and ideas together (Grant, 2007). This would have a long time solution to problems faced by students from diverse cultures.