How a lack of counseling can detour youth
Lack of counseling outside of school can prove to result in troublesome effects for youth. For a lot of students, their counseling extends only to their guidance counselors and nothing more. How long are these interactions? Fairly short from my personal recollection and not too informal or entertaining. I did have a caring guidance counselor on the contrary, but I didn’t spend much time with him outside of schedule creating him pushing me towards college. Outside of that, I had little in the framework of guidance throughout my youth. I cannot imagine what this could be for youth across the country. As we grow into our adolescent and teen years our attention spans lessen, our desire for social acceptance grows, and our sense of direction becomes clouded by the ladder. This meaning our trajectory can be detoured by the momentous amount of distractions and pressure that comes with these years. Without proper guidance, who knows how many of our youth can fall to the wayside
A 2016 article from the Atlantic titled The Undervaluing Of School Counselors States that the national average ratio between counselors and children is 491:1, a stark eclipse of the recommended ratio of 250:1. These numbers are staggering when it comes to assisting children with their pursuit of higher education and seeking better lives. Personally, 250:1 is a high number for a guidance counselor to handle…
