Adolescent Suicide

Becoming a teacher, entering into a wonderful profession, also deals with many difficult issues. The problems faced by the adolescents of today has greatly changed, and even increased, from earlier times. Adolescent suicide is a dreadful, and ghastly problem that, as an educator, numerous will run into. It raises many questions: What are the statistics, and in what ways do children attempt to carry out a suicide? What are the reasons behind it? What are …

…a large problem in society today. It is a issue that teachers may unfortunately encounter during their career. The problems adolescents face are so numerous, that sometimes they can not deal with them in the correct manner. There are statistics, reasons, warning signs, males versus females, education, depression and mental illnesses, attempts, and help available that all need to be looked at. Hopefully with education, teachers will be more prepared to deal with adolescent suicides.