The Relationship of Self Esteem and Depression in Adolescence Preface On May 14, 1996, a 15-year-old middle school student shot his bus driver in the leg, forced all the students off the bus and led police on a high speed chase through a residential neighborhood in Salt Lake City. The chase ended when the boy shot himself right before crashing the school bus into the family room of a house. The boy, dressed in a cowboy hat …showed first 75 words of 2928 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2928 total…be especially helpful for persons whose family environment lacks the acceptance and support necessary for healthy self-development. The junior and senior high schools need to continue to examine the isolation created by these large impersonal institutions. We are subjecting all adolescents to these places at a time when belonging, community, and interpersonal skills are so critical and imperative. The damage that can be done at this age may be long lasting and permanent, even deadly.