Suicide

In today's media class, we spoke about a very disturbing, but real topic; suicide. Many people don't like talking about or dealing with it, but it is, unfortunately our reality and as future teachers we need to be aware of the signs of suicide in children so that we can properly deal with the issue and prevent unwanted behavior.

Teen suicide is getting more and more common these days. I was surprised to learn that there are so many websites that tell children how to commit, and how it's cool to do so. Instead of websites such as these, there should be more preventative type websites that teach children and teens why you should NOT commit suicide, and that it is NOT cool.

The media plays a huge role in popularizing suicide. More and more teens find comfort in the idea when they hear so much about it in movies, television shows and on many websites. Teens begin to identify with other people their age who have the same beliefs and as a result, we get a huge population of people who don't see past the illogical thoughts and stupid ideas they hear.

I can go on and on about the topic because it is very serious and there is so much to say, but I am no expert and I think I have to learn more about it myself first.