Glasgow Students Share Their Thoughts on the Fairfax County Youth Surveys
The survey asks about things like risky behavior, mental health, physical health, and safety. They send out the surveys to get information on the county’s youth and see how the community’s healthy choices affect them.
Angiza Hamdard, an 8th grader says, “I think they should work on making edits to the survey because I wasted 30+ (questions) saying no. They should make it kind of like if you say “No, you don’t do drugs” the next question shouldn’t be ‘When do you do drugs?’ followed by ‘Where do you get drugs from?’ I don’t think it’s that useful either because if someone smokes they are not that likely to say ‘Yeah, I smoke!’ Most likely they will try to hide. However, if they still do it to collect valuable data, they should program the survey differently”
Zineb Larachi, an 8th grader states, “I think the survey is useful in many ways if it’s used properly. Surveys contain sensitive and important information/questions. I think if students are sharing personal information there would be a reason and an action taken.”
What do you think of these youth surveys? Do you think they are useful? Do they need changes? Let us know what you think in the comments!

Bisma Aftab is an 8th Grade Glasgow Middle School student. She was born and raised in Northern Virginia. She enjoys drawing, writing, reading, animating, listening to music, and playing games. One of her favorite games is Twister. A few fun facts about her is she has 2 birthmarks on her face, and she pierced her nose.