Hong Kong Student Suicide Case Study

In the beginning of this year, there were multiple cases of student suicide raised the public awareness about the issue in Hong Kong. By studying cases of student with suicidal ideation, the causations of the modern problems in Hong Kong are identified in this essay. Drawing on Wu Fei’s article, the similarity and difference of youth suicide (mainly student suicide) in Hong Kong and rural China will be discussed.

First, the causes of youth suicide will be discussed. The main cause of student suicide in Hong Kong is academic pressure while the cases of youth suicide in Wu Fei’s article are mainly caused by family conflict and suicide become a means of coping family conflicts. There are cases in rural China caused by academic stress, however, the sources of academic pressure are different between Hong Kong and rural China. In Hong Kong, academic pressure of student is come from family and self-expectation that shaped by parenting method, education system and the society. For rural China, academic pressure is mainly come from economic pressure, academic success is seen …show more content…
She worked very hard and went to tutorials every day when she was in secondary school. However, her public examination result was unsatisfactory, she could not receive any offers from universities. She felt sorry for wasting her parent’s money. She felt that her effort was wasted. She studied associate degree and hoped to gain access to university two years later, she worked very hard but again her academic result was marginal to gain entry ticket for university. She waited for a long time but gained no offer. She was sad and grumpy. She tried to talk with her family but she thinks they could not understand her feeling and only care about her academic result. She started to hate herself and eventually she came across with the idea of suicide for a few times. Luckily, she gained accompany from a friend, listened to her and helped her to overcome the