B.+Melinda's+Problems

Melinda's Problems

==== You are responsible for adding the possible psychological reasons for Melinda's silence. Find out about the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, coping mechanisms, and any other reason you think Melinda might be failing many of her classes and not talking to anyone. You can give Melinda your diagnosis and find out how doctors would treat her. Questions should be posted on this page, and conversation posts should be done under the discussion tab. ====

Wait, so Melinda is failing her homework and classes because she is depressed? Or is it because they or too hard? I'm just a little confused... - Cheyenne Falz

I think that that may have been a reason why she is but i think that there is another reason but i havent found it yet does anyone else know why melinda is failing her classes? Ciara Brumbaugh

Do you think the reason that melinda has trouble in school because what happened at the party? Ciara Brumbaugh

Um, possibly. I think what ever she can't talk about from the party is having a major effect on her.- Cheyenne Falz

Do you think Melinda's parents have anything to do with the depression?- Cheyenne Falz

ya definatly i belive.... her parents don't seem to be supportive of anything going on in her life. -olivia tillett

Does Melinda start telling everyone about what went on at the party??- Amanda A.

I think that when her parents talked to her about her grades her dad could have been nicer and i think that maybe there are some issues going on in her house that we might not know about yet. Ciara Brumbaugh do you think her dad likes her?-BIG DAWG

I think that it doesn't so much have to do with her parents, as much as it has to do with what happened to her the night of the party. If you've read that far, i don't want to ruin the book for anyone.. -David

BIG DAWG i think that her dad may just be disappointed in her and how she has been acting i think a tone point they will become very close:) - CIARA BRUMBAUGH!!!

I think that the problem at school has to do with what happen to her that night of the party and also a little bit beacause of her parents.her parents dont understand her and her ex-friends are ignoring her beacuse she called the cops the night of the party.so of course shes failin classes 'cause of it. -Monika H.

She is constantly talking about her lips, why doesn't she buy some chapstick?- Cheyenne Falz

I think she needs to tell her counselor or her parents or someone she can trust besides Rachel/Rachelle about what happened at the party maybe she might fell better after that??-Timothy Campbell :o

I agree with Tim it might help to let it out. -Henry F. :o

it is never good to bottle feelings up so she needs to tell someone besides Rachelle/Rachelle. Ramsay

I think melinda is a whore that explains why she is so envious. -mahon

Do you guys think that if her parents actually tried to find out what was really going on that she would have told them?- Cheyenne F. <3

No, i do not think that Melinda would tell her parents, even if they tried to talk to her, i think that she still wouldn't say a word. It might have helped her over all though, to know that Someone cares. -Henry. :D I think that melinda would eventually tell her parents but they would have to ask alot of questions and become closer to her before she would tell them what happened- ciara brumbaugh

I think Melinda's bigggest problem in this book was the fact that she never spoke up about the whole rape situation and thats what made her first year of high school so bad.-Amanda A.

ya that probably is her biggest problem. if only she could of told someone sooner. Ramsay S.

Melindas overall problem was that she didnt speak with anyone about what had happend at the party and she wouldve still been friends with Rachel if she knew what had happend.I thought it was wrong that her parents didnt seem to care as much why she was acting differently. ~Hailey

i agree...it bugs me that her parents wont get a divorce already. they think that they are helping by not making it hard on melinda but its worse because it they got a divorce then they would probably have more time to spent with their daughter alex :D

yeah but if her parents got a divorce then its only a 50 50 chance that they spend more time with her. and there are to many situations were they do divorce and the kid is traumatised. KAT ^_^

I am glad that in the end of the book she finally started to speak to her friends about what had happened to her an because she did her friend was there for her the second time Andy tried to rape her.~Hailey

ya i liiked it when she started to talk to her friends at the end i think it meant a lot to her- Chrisstian B

well truthfully,, how would you stay quiet about something like that for so long??. --olivia tillett.