Annika's Current Events Blog

In an article by Bangor Daily News, recently Maine has been lacking the support and help for children’s mental health problems. With children’s behavior disorders like autism and cognitive impairments, families are being held on waitlists for at home, and local community services. The state has even sent kids out of state for these services. These services have gradually stopped providing for families which have caused many kids to spend periods of time in psychiatric hospitals and hospital emergency rooms. Other kids are being sent to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, the states youth prison. Mental Health Specialists are even questioning whether Maine children with mental health issues are getting the right treatment when they can get it.     This event actually comes shockingly to me. Just knowing how many mentally challenged kids that are in our school in Maine might not be getting the correct treatment. I’m questioning why some families didn’t b...

In February of 2018 in Parkland, Florida there was a school shooting. It impacted many of kids and influenced others to take action. Alex Wind, a seventeen-year-old junior, was crammed in a closet with sixty other students. He didn’t think he was going to survive. He texted his mom what he thought would be his last goodbye: “I think theres a shooter on campus… I love you guys.” Fortunately, he survived. He started to protest and tell his story along with Emma González, another survivor. The Parkland Shooting really got people to take action and protest for more gun control. Even though the shooting was in Florida high schools in D.C. started to take action and host rallies outside of the Whitehouse. Students everywhere started walkouts and protests because of the school shooting. I think that this action is great. These high school students have gone through a shooting with some of their friends being victims of the situation. This exact situation could happen to anyone. Prote...