GIN Weekly Update

This week in the GIN Weekly Update, Joel Yeast introduces Chief Education Officer, Dr Tom Morter for more powerful lessons of the week. You can virtually become your own genetic engineer for your life. Plus, an update on our room block at the Hyatt Regency O'hare, the location of Global Dream Weekend coming up July 27 - 29 in Chicago, Illinois. April showers bring May flowers... it's time for the GIN Weekly Update!

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In High School, the Kids Are Not All Right

With social and academic pressure mounting, a teacher shares what he’s learned about tracking his students’ mental well-being.

This article By David Tow summarizes a serious issue:

I lost my first student to suicide not long ago. The student was no longer in my class at the time, nor even at the school, but I was flooded with the expected surge of feelings: overwhelming sadness, periodic despair, compulsive frame-by-frame replays of our every interaction. I felt the loss deeply. It was unspeakably tragic—for the student’s friends and family, for me, and for the world I’d hoped the student would help shape.

"I was haunted, too—I still am—by the fear of a similar tragedy among my raw-nerved and anxious students," Tow says. "And the recent spike in teenage suicides in my area has underscored this fear sharply."

Based on my observations, the lives of the high school students I teach are hemmed in everywhere by social pressures and expectations: high-stakes testing, the looming shadow of college admissions, the fiercely competitive school system, the painful process of figuring out who you are, and the ubiquitous desire for peer acceptance. Add to this the unseen pressures—fractured or fragmented home lives, emotional or physical violence and abuse, struggles with substance use, legal problems, and the wide range of issues borne by the many immigrant communities across the country—and it makes for a period of unsustainable emotional distress. In recent weeks the constant pressure has meant dealing with student depression almost daily, and helping support those who I feel might be toeing the line of self-harm.

Read more of this article.

Promote Your Work: Graphic and Video Tips

Research has shown that we are an increasingly visual society. To get noticed, you need good images and videos.

Here are some of the best sites for beginners.

Filmora Video Editor
Best video editor to combine & merge videos
Merge and combine small videos into one easily by drop-n-drag
Intuitive user interface with splendid editing features
Upload to YouTube directly or save to popular video formats or devices
300+ built-in stunning visual effects including stylish transitions, filters, and overlays
https://filmora.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-splice-videos.html

5 No-Signup Free Online Video Editors That Make You Anonymous 
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/anonymous-free-online-video-editors/

Kapwing: Resize Videos for Social Media and Add Subtitles 
https://www.kapwing.com/resize-video

VideoLouder: Increase or Decrease the Volume of Any Video
http://www.videolouder.com

Compressify: Reduce File Size Without Affecting Quality
https://compressify.herokuapp.com

RotateMyVideo.net: Rotate Any Video Quickly
https://rotatemyvideo.net

Combine Two Pictures
https://www.imgonline.com.ua/eng/combine-two-images-into-one.php