“When a teenager at Newton South High School took his own life last week, the city’s third high school student to commit suicide since October, school officials addressed the tragedy directly, by sending a letter to parents a day after Roee Grutman, 17, killed himself.” (Schworm, Peter, and Ellen Ishkanian). Was the school right to send that letter? Would you have sent a letter? What would you do if you received a letter like that? Some people think that suicide doesn’t happen often, but in reality it happens a lot more than you think. Most of the press doesn’t cover the deaths of suicide because it wasn’t a dramatic death. The news should cover suicides because then it will show kids that this is not the answer and there is help out there.
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In the article “Communities Now Take Frank Approach After Teen Suicides” Alan Holmlund states “Talking about suicide is a whole lot better than keeping it hidden” (Schworm, 1).
Talking about suicide is better than keeping it a secret because then you can ask people to help you get through and ask them to help you get professional help. Also if you talk about it to someone it will make you feel better and it will give you a relief knowing you can talk to someone about it instead of not being able to tell anyone and feeling alone. If you can talk about suicide and can get through it, then you can help other people who are feeling that way and can say that you know what it’s like because you have been in the same spot they are in now, and they will believe you because you just went through it. In the article “Communities Now Take Frank Approach After Teen Suicides” David Fleishman also states that “Candid discussions about mental health issues, at school and at home , will help students realize they are not alone” (Schworm, 2). If we talk about these topics at school and other places then a teens who are thinking about suicide or have any other mental illness will know that there is help out there and people who understand what you are going through and can help you through these times. Also if we talk about it people without a mental illness will understand that there are people that have mental illnesses and how severe it could be and what they might be feeling, so they may help them out and talk to them about it. So if people without a mental illness know how serious these illnesses are and what they can do to try and help then they will feel like they are helping people and want to help others. Talking about suicide is important but it’s what we do with it is the big thing; we need to take in what we hear and take it
In the article “Communities Now Take Frank Approach After Teen Suicides” Alan Holmlund states “Talking about suicide is a whole lot better than keeping it hidden” (Schworm, 1).
Talking about suicide is better than keeping it a secret because then you can ask people to help you get through and ask them to help you get professional help. Also if you talk about it to someone it will make you feel better and it will give you a relief knowing you can talk to someone about it instead of not being able to tell anyone and feeling alone. If you can talk about suicide and can get through it, then you can help other people who are feeling that way and can say that you know what it’s like because you have been in the same spot they are in now, and they will believe you because you just went through it. In the article “Communities Now Take Frank Approach After Teen Suicides” David Fleishman also states that “Candid discussions about mental health issues, at school and at home , will help students realize they are not alone” (Schworm, 2). If we talk about these topics at school and other places then a teens who are thinking about suicide or have any other mental illness will know that there is help out there and people who understand what you are going through and can help you through these times. Also if we talk about it people without a mental illness will understand that there are people that have mental illnesses and how severe it could be and what they might be feeling, so they may help them out and talk to them about it. So if people without a mental illness know how serious these illnesses are and what they can do to try and help then they will feel like they are helping people and want to help others. Talking about suicide is important but it’s what we do with it is the big thing; we need to take in what we hear and take it