Another kid shoots him self

so i just saw on the news how a kid who was an eagle scout, strate A student and volunteer fireman went and shot himself. why? because he got B's and C's the past 2 school quarters was it really worth it? NO! so discuss and tell me what you think on this topic

Give us some proof first of all.

I bet it was because he played video games.

That kind of stuff happens a little more often than people are aware, and I think it's a major problem not only nationally, but across the globe. The suicide rate amongst pre-teens and teens in Japan is ridiculous because of how much time everyone spends in school. Maybe we should look at this, take a hint, and make some changes in the way we discipline or teach our own children about getting an education and all that "being the best" business.

Damn! Someone beat me to it.

But seriously, killing yourself over a minor thing like that is stupid. Grades come and go, but a hole in the head lasts a lifetime.

You didn't specify whether or not the child shot himself fatally.

Before I say anything: Proof please, scan a newspaper, or find a video, the I'll say Duuuuude

There is to much presure in todays society. I don't blame him.
Grades may come and go, but you don't get a pat on the back when you get a bad grade. Instead you are punished, put in some tutoring place and end up worse then when you started.

Quoted for fact.

Seriously, there's so much pressure on myself because I'm a straight A, I get the worst punishments just over a B.

Which makes me get more Bs because I loose spirit.

But only if you allow that to happen. This kid was getting straight A's, there was obviously some change that caused the drop. This was something that he could positively influence, instead of just saying "screw this" and killing himself.

People don't say "Screw this" when they kill themself.

They're more, like "AAAAGSAHAHAHAH*WHINE* TEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*SHOT*"

I blame Japan's one day weekend thing.

Fair enough. Still a stupid thing to do over grades.

You don't know the half of it.
You seem to be fairly intelligent. Have you every badly failed at something?

Oh yeah, anything physical. I suck at sports. But I'd never shoot myself over it.

This post has been edited by staggy11 on Dec 12 2006, 04:27 PM

Ban school

People should be tutored not schooled.

I know the REAL story.

*kid plays a shooting video game.*

Kid: Does it really hurt when you get shot by a gun?

And then you figure out what happened.
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But if he wanted to get an A, lay off the video games, and go study!

There's this strange phenomenon in America. Our kids are waaaay too pressured to do perfectly in school, yet we still consistently rank lower than most other countries in terms of education.

I think if you have a great talent you should be able to choose to go to school to further that talent into something more. All you really need to do in school is learn the basics, like grammar and spelling and algebra, and make science and history elective classes.

I am a failing student at school and the only classes I am passing are both of my Band Classes, and by passing I am making A's. All of my other classes Geometry, English IV, American Govt., American History(3rd time taking it). To me, these classes offer me nothing that would help me with what I want to do later in life. I want to become a professional musician, and having what I think are pretty much useless classes is not helping me to achieve my goal.

Yet, I know the only way to get to what I want, I have to pass the classes that I find most boring. It's not that I am making good grades and making moderately worse grades, it's that I am making bad grades and I am not motivated to get my grades higher. I don't even know if the G.E.D is an option at this point, as I am not sure if my music schools would even want people that take that test.

I've already taken the SAT, and have gotten a slightly above average score (1060). I recently tried out for the Orange County Public School's Honor band program and made 8th out 18 chairs. I only read the prepared piece the day before the audition. I could of made a higher chair if I had started reading the music sooner. It sickens me that I may not be going to college based on useless test scores, instead of going because I have great talent.

Wow, I should print this and submit it as an essay :p