Positives: 1. Addresses, mostly from a teen perspective, bullying (w/suicide); social conformity & attracting attention; drugs/alcohol etc.; parenting; educational process including administration at the high school level. 2. Acting & events/situations were just barely accurate, just overacted for dramatic effect. Negatives: 1. Dragged on w/too many editing flashbacks; time filling trivial; needless over indulgent acting & made-up situations not likely to be seen at a school. 2. Mentioned above the overacting & over-characterization for dramatic effect (made for TV so what to expect?) gives a misleading portrait of your typical high school behavior. Most importantly was the inaccurate portrayal of the counselor (and other school administrators, and teachers). Counselors & teachers have many legal impediments in terms of pursuing topics of a personal nature to students. They also are heavily restrained from physically touching the acting-out student even when said student is very disruptive or just a little harmful. 3. Contrary to the movie's characterization most students are actually boringly good conscientious students. Although many know how far they can go to take up class time with talk & swagger. 4. Next season they could go the gun angle since they showed a student w/a weapon; an unfortunate obvious topic. Or it may be too sensitive a topic.