I’m learning this blogging stuff for a writing class. To be more specific, English 310: Teaching Writing for Secondary Teachers….something like that.

I’m thankful I’m learning more about today’s technology and communication between teenagers. I asked my 10th grade daughter last night how she thought kids would react in an English class where the students posted all their work on a blog, where others could read and respond. She thought that would be cool. She spends hours on the computer reading friends’ Facebooks, chatting, instant messenging and emailing. I think this would be a cool approach for High School teachers.

For this class, I’m going to concentrate on depression and teenagers. It’s a topic that interests me, and I believe it’s often overlooked, but definitely relevant in today’s society. I have three daughters, none of whom I think are depressed, but as a future teacher, and a person who works with high school girls in a church youth group, I am interested to learn more about a topic that is often overlooked by parents and teachers. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to approach the topic yet. I subscribed to feeds from the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Psychology Today. I also found a pretty cool website through the University of Michigan that has some good info on teens and depression. I may take it a step further and check out teens and suicide; I’m not sure.