You can decide not to let others’ actions and opinions invade your heart and mind. You can decide whom to walk beside into tomorrow, and whom to leave behind today.
Once an explicit image has been sent it is no longer in your control. The image may be sent to friends, and end up published on the internet, without your knowledge, for years to come.
You can face prosecution if you are over 10 years old and caught sexting if the person in the photo is under 18, as it is “distributing an indecent image of a child”.
Anyone under 18 “sexting” (texting sexually explicit pictures) could be committing an offence, despite 16 and 17-year-olds being legally old enough to have sex.
By the time you realise what a great opportunity school is, you’ll be well into the middle of your life with a lot of responsibilities – children, mortgages, career pressures, etc. Then most people have neither the time nor energy to go back to school. So take the time to learn some stuff now, because you’ll appreciate the opportunity later on.
Each year in the UK households throw away almost 29 million tonnes of waste – the same as 4.3 million African Elephants.
If you don’t have someone in your life who can teach you basic life skills such as shaving or how to use an oven to cook food safely, you can use YouTube to learn these things.
You may not be able to control all the things people do to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
All the negativity in the world can’t bring you down unless you allow it to get inside your head. Remember that you have full control over your attitude.
You won’t be able to solve all school worries on your own. Speak to parents and teachers to make action plans for the things you struggle with.