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Kemp makes fun of me ALL the time for using Wattpad (even though he read an article about someone who got published because of Wattpad), but really, what's so wrong with Wattpad? What's so wrong with writing a story, poem, anything? Wattpad is a great place to go and share your thoughts. I like Wattpad mostly to read other peoples things. I've read 9 stories already and they're good quality stories. They aren't novel length so they're easy to read on a phone or on a boring night. 
Wattpad is awesome and I don't understand why Kemp doesn't think it's legit. Even when 12 million people are reading just one story.
 
Promposal's! Those are the cutest things!! Girls like pormposal's, we like when guys ask us on dates, we like mushy romantic things!
Speaking as a girl, nothing melts a girl's heart like guys planning and taking time to do something cute and romantic! Mr. Kemp could not be more wrong when he says girls don't like cute things.
No, not all girls are like this, but most girls go NUTS over that kind of stuff!
But most girls who say they don't like romantic things, well they sit on a throne of lies.
Being asked out on a date (on an actual date, not just "hai, wanna b mi gf?") cutest thing I've ever seen! (not experienced, but seen)
Basically, the bigger show it is, the more likely she is to say yes. She wants a show. 
 
For the past couple days I've been doing some interviews and filming for my summative video (on mental health) and it's extremely surprising to find how many people have struggled with depression and/or other mental illnesses. Some statistics I found were that 20% of Canadians personally experience mental illness. That may not sound like that much (most people I interviewed thought it would be more like 50%) but when you think about it, that's 6 896 000 people! Six million eight hundred and ninety-six thousand people who struggle with mental health. 24% of deaths are due to suicide, just for people aged 15-24 years old. 8 275 200 teenagers die by suicide. Gone, never to see another day, never to laugh again, and they'll 100% never get to see things get better. 

Why is there not more attention to this? Not to suicide, because when someone dies by suicide, schools and media are all over that. But to mental health? Why don't we do more to bring attention to mental health? Mental illness indirectly affects all Canadians at some time through a family member, friend, or colleague. So why are we not doing more to prevent suicide? Why are we not doing more to help each other?



Signs: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm 
Help hotline: http://www.suicidehotlines.com/canada.html 

Laurel Austin