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[musicteacher]

Just found out that a former student of mine killed himself. I just don't understand how someone that young can feel they need to end it. What could possibly be that horrible to end it all. From what I remember, he was a nice kid and had a lot going for him. I cannot even imagine what his parents are going through. I would be totally devastated if

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[miscard]

I never understood how teenagers could take their lives at such a young age either. When I went to school in Oklahoma there were three students that killed themselves in two years and a year after I moved back to Michigan I found out that another guy that I had been friends with got upset because a girl he liked didn't like him back, so he put a rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger.

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[musicteacher]

It just hurts to see a child who had a lot going for him pick up a gun and end it all. I still have his younger brother at school. I hope his parents get him some help to deal with the loss.

[tome_raider]

Oh God, I am so sorry to hear about your former student, Carolyn. The need to ends one's life is something I never understood, and I've had a couple of deep bouts of depression in my life too. But killing myself was just never an option for me. It's such a waste of life. :(

[musicteacher]

I think everyone has some form of depression but I think it depends on how you deal with it. From my view, I always thought he had a good head on his shoulders but evidently he hid his depression well. This kid was in high school and had his whole life infront of him. It seems like such a waste. On top of it, his little brother has to face this for the rest of his life. Such a shame. I remember in high school getting very depressed over a boy. At the time, I thought he was the one I would love forever. Events and another girl broke us up. I was devasted. He was one of my best friends and the loss was massive. I withdrew from many activities I normally did. I never once thought of taking my life because I knew that everything would work out. I just needed time to grieve for a lost relationship and move past it. I eventually did without resorting to my death.
It is just depressing to see a life suddenly gone.

[vicariousleigh]

That's the thing about teaching. Rarely do we go two years in a row without a funeral for one of our kids...and the bigger the school the worse it is. Those are usually car accidents but the suicides happen as well. I understand where you are with it, a friend of ours from the Master's program (who was an assistant principal one county over) took his own life last week as well. He had a wife and 3 year old son. He apparently left a note on his desk at work before he went home and...well, I'll spare the details.

I'll never understand what can possibly be so bad...so consuming that you think ending it forever is the only way to deal with it.

[musicteacher]

I love my job but I hate seeing kids I have taught die for various reasons. Less than 3 months ago, we had a funeral for a student who dropped dead at a track meet. She was so precious and full of life. She is suddenly gone because of an undectected heart problem. Now, I have to watch another family try and pick up the peices. I have been teaching at this particular school for 8 years and in that time I have been to 9 current/former student's funeral. It gets so depressing that a life full of hope and achievement is suddenly gone

[vicariousleigh]

I did find one *whew* Actually, I'm off today to drive to Raleigh for the rehearsal..which she told me - and I told the pianist was 630-and she just called to remind me that it's 6pm!

*rolls eyes*

We had a superstar baseball player that the same thing happened to. He had the undetectable heart thing that the first sign theres a problem is when you drop dead. He passed out on the pitcher's mound in a pick up game at school over the summer just after he graduated (and got a full ride baseball scholarship). They said he was dead before he hit the ground.

So terrible.

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