The document argues that mental health awareness should be taught in schools to reduce stigma and equip students with knowledge about mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. By educating students, it fosters empathy, creates a supportive environment, and teaches coping strategies, helping them face life's challenges. Ultimately, this knowledge can prevent severe consequences like suicide by encouraging students to seek help and support each other.

1. ANALYTICAL
EXPOSITION TEXT

2. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS SHOULD
BE TAUGHT AT SCHOOL.
Mental health awareness aims to reduce stigma by sharing personal
experiences. Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and stress
are common, making it important to teach children and young adults
about mental health and solutions to overcome mental issues is also
important. Therefore, they can understand the significance of taking
care of their own mental well-being and supporting those around them
who may be struggling.

3. ARGUMENT
one of the main reasons why Mental health awareness should be taught in schools to
help reduce mental health issues. While physical health is prioritized, educating
students about mental health can help them understand that mental illness is
normal and not shameful. This can reduce stigma and encourage those affected to
seek help.
In addition Teaching mental health awareness in schools helps students learn how
to care for their mental well-being. By understanding factors like stress, bullying,
and depression, they can develop strategies such as exercise, mindfulness, and
Talking to trusted friends or family is also one of the bestsolutions to solve
those problems.

4. ARGUMENT
Then, another reason mental health awareness isimportant to teach in
schools is that it can make students empathize with others. Mental health
awareness can also help create a more supportive and compassionate
school environment. This can help create a culture of care and respect in
the school,where everyone feels valued and supported.

5. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, mental health awareness must be taught in schools from an early age
because it can help reduce stigma and can equip students with knowledge about mental
health. If they don't have knowledge about mental health, they will find it difficult to
overcome their mental issues. They then look for the right way to solve their problem.
If they couldn’t find it, the worst case would be that it could cause them to commit
suicide. By teaching them about mental health, they can prepare to face life's
challenges with resilience, empathy, and compassion.

6. SOCIAL FUNCTION
Mental health awareness in schools can reduce stigma, help students
understand common issues like depression and anxiety, and teach strategies for
well-being, such as mindfulness and seeking support. This education fosters
empathy and creates a supportive environment, equipping students with
resilience to face challenges and prevent severe consequences like suicide.

7. LANGUAGE FEATURES
1. Focus on generic human and non-human participants:
- The text uses "students," "children," "young adults," and "mental health issues" as generic participants.
2. Use modality:
- "Mental health awareness can help reduce stigma..."
- "By teaching them about mental health, they can prepare to face life's challenges..."
- These modal words indicate the potential and capacity of the proposed actions, showing flexibility or potential outcomes.
3. Use temporal conjunctive relations, mostly logical reasons:
- "Therefore, they can understand the significance..."
- "Then, another reason mental health awareness is important..."
- These conjunctions link arguments with reasons or consequences, providing a logical flow in the text.
4. Use thinking verbs for reasoning:
- "educating students about mental health can help them understand that mental illness is normal..."
- "helps students learn how to care for their mental well-being..."
5. Use relational verbs:
- "Mental health awareness is important..."
- "Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and stress are common..."

8. THANK YOU