An anonymous cry for help scribbled on a bathroom wall inspired a flurry of encouraging messages at a high school. Now the responses have spread from that wall to the internet as students seek out ways to support each other.
A Desperate QuestionThe question read,"Is life worth all the B.S.?" Golden High School English teacher Ashley Ferraro noticed the message in the girls' bathroom last week. She immediately encouraged her students to respond with their own supportive words written on sticky notes and posted on that bathroom wall.School officials plan to move the notes to a hallway so more students can paste messages. More than 50 notes now surround that desperate question.
"My hope is that it isn't such an isolated feeling -- so people don't think they're the only ones feeling that way and to reach out for help," Ferraro told CNN. She relishes working with the type of kids who see another student in pain -- and choose to help.The outpouring of encouragement is a response to the question,"Is life worth all the B.S.
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