Posted on 05/22/2015 7:23:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Flouride.
Because they can?
Hateful Christians.
Global warming.
The school nurse ran out of condoms.
Kidding aside, this is a heartbreaking topic. Suicide is a common thought amongst innocent teens, who shouldn’t even know what the word means at their young ages.
Clearly the name of the school needs to be changed.
More like the SSRI’s that they get put on when they first start to exhibit the initial signs that are a run up to the suicide.
Here is breakdown by name/place/age. A train seems to the instrument of choice.
http://paloaltofreespeech.blogspot.com/2014/11/palo-alto-youth-suicides.html
“But, Mom....”
“STOP IT RIGHT NOW Billy. If Johnnie told to jump off a bridge, would you?”
“Oceans are boiling, mankind is an infection, Western Civilization is evil, being white is no good, America is bad and economic decline is The New Normal....”
ADULTS are dumping this on them.
Can you post a link to the original article? Thanks!
SEE HERE:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/03/25/guest-opinion-the-sorrows-of-young-palo-altans
TITLE:
Paly school board rep: ‘The sorrows of young Palo Altans’
And here’s the other:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Why-are-Palo-Alto-s-kids-killing-themselves-6270854.php
TITLE:
Why are Palo Alto’s kids killing themselves?
My kids go to a Christian school in San Jose, and the kids there are very messed up.
No one has comitted suicide, but lots are in treatment for it.
Lots of the girls cut themselves. My daughter says it’s very sad to see their scars. Then there are lots of anorexia s. Even the Christian school pushes them with their theme Quest for Excellence.
Personally, I wish it was about the pursuit for God.
I wish we moved out of the Silicon Valley years ago.
However the problems here are elsewhere.
My son’s roommate at Texas A&M attempted suicide a few months ago. (My son saw the whole thing.)
I think kids do not have good coping skills, and I don’t know how you teach that.
Godless?
One kid from one of the local Christian Schools comitted suicide this year. He was active in his church too.
My son’s roommate was active in student ministries.
Kids can’t seem to cope with trials or failures.
I meant the National Review link to Maggie Gallagher’s story, not the stories she quoted. I can’t seem to find it on their site nor on Maggie Gallagher’s site.
Here is the National Review link:
Thank you. Greatly appreciated.
They have a disease called affluenza. And no God so their life has no meaning larger than them.
So they announced the salutatorians at my daughters’ school, they had 19 and 21 AP classes with over a 4.7 GPA.
The valedictorian had 17 AP classes and over a 4.7 GPA.
In my day, you were doing well if you took 1 AP class.
They only have 7 periods a day, and 1 is Bible. They also have to take 2 semesters of PE.
I don’t even know how they get that many AP classes. They must have gone to summer school.
This is one of the top 5 outreaches at church this year....
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