Spike in Teenage Suicides Was Not a Fluke

re: Spike in Teenage Suicides Was Not a Fluke

SamVed — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:48:49 GMT

Some Hollywood celebrities are not waiting any more for Congress to do something about this tragedy and the grand mess that "education" generally turns out to be.

Here's for instance what I see at
http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org

"The David Lynch Foundation provides funds for
in-school “Quiet Time” programs utilizing the stress-reducing
Transcendental Meditation technique. In the past year, the Foundation
has provided millions of dollars for thousands of students, teachers, and parents to learn to meditate.
The Foundation also provides funds for independent research
institutions to assess the effects of the program on creativity,
intelligence, brain functioning, academic performance, ADHD and other
learning disorders, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse."

I found this, and other ones like it, remarkable.

re: Spike in Teenage Suicides Was Not a Fluke

All Under Heaven — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:36:28 GMT

It's not just the drugs. That's only half the problem. I am so sick and tired of these big businesses and big government trying to cash in on the kids at whatever means possible and threaten to exclude them if they don't comply. School is a place for learning, no more and no less. It should never be the enforcer of personal affairs, it's not a place to teach religion and political ideology, it shouldn't act like a child's parents, it's not a dispensary, and it should never be dictating medical decisions. More and more it seems like schools are becoming prisons and concentration camps.

The other problem is the unhealthy pace of how hectic society is. People are just too stressed. And if kids act up because they're under so much stress, they're labeled sick by schools. Kids are expected to sit perfectly still for hours on end, are given standardized tests even in the early years, lunches/recess/PE are getting shorter and shorter or gone completely, video conferences are replacing field trips, the material being taught is far above the grade level, there's too much homework to the point of having no free time, they're sleep deprived, have no place or time to play, on and on....

You can thank Bush, for his asinine No Child Left Behind act and handing the country to big corporations on a silver platter.

re: Spike in Teenage Suicides Was Not a Fluke

Aaltrude — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:41:54 GMT

Get these kids off the antidepressants and I'm sure the incidence will decrease.