"I go to a Jr. high school. I was trained to be a mediator last school year. We started out with about 18 people. By the 2nd and last day of training it was down to 12 people. This year when we got back to school we were down to 8 people. Now we have some new members and we are back up to 16 people. Being a peer mediator is one of the hardest things that I think I have ever done in my life so far, but I'm only 13. Every one that I come across is "like what is a mediator?" It is a really hard thing to explain. In our group last year we saved 2 people from killing themselves. We were very proud of ourselves. This year I have acted like a counselor and have helped a teenage boy from going to jail. That is the type of stuff that is going on in our school today. It is very frightening some days for me to get up and go to school because I never know what is going to happen. That is just some of the things that is going on. We have helped a lot of people and we hope to continue. I think this is a good idea to have a website like this."
Allie Roberts
