now I've hit the full Japanese experience....
One of our students killed herself this last weekend. She had just graduated, I don't know if she got into her college or not, but either way, it's a sad, sad thing.
It is interesting that almost all suicides do not occur when things are blackest. People wait until after the highest stress moment, and then fall apart. This girl was done...and now she really is.
I don't know which student it was, I never taught her, but she was in 3-5 with several kids I do know, and they have to be feeling it now..along with her parents, friends, home room teacher...the whole things sucks.
All parties this month at my school have been canceled, so no hanami for me this year. Which is fine, I don't drink anyway, but I do like talking to my teachers away from work.
I don't know if it bothers me more than other people or not, but when I was 20, I was more than borderline suicidal myself, and....I dunno...there's an and there somewhere.
It is interesting that almost all suicides do not occur when things are blackest. People wait until after the highest stress moment, and then fall apart. This girl was done...and now she really is.
I don't know which student it was, I never taught her, but she was in 3-5 with several kids I do know, and they have to be feeling it now..along with her parents, friends, home room teacher...the whole things sucks.
All parties this month at my school have been canceled, so no hanami for me this year. Which is fine, I don't drink anyway, but I do like talking to my teachers away from work.
I don't know if it bothers me more than other people or not, but when I was 20, I was more than borderline suicidal myself, and....I dunno...there's an and there somewhere.