Sunday, August 24, 2008

CHILDREN SUICIDES

A sixth-grade girl was found early one morning in Nagano, Japan, hanging from an overhead screen in her classroom. She left seven separate envelopes for her classmates, mother and school authorities, each decorated with a teddy bear, balloon or other cute pictures.

“Did you guys hate me? Was I weird?” asked one letter to her classmates. “I could not trust most of you people.” The letter said classmates had ignored her for years.

Japanese newspapers and television revealed the case, and many more similar cases of suicides. The reports triggered an avalanche of more than 2,000 letters of protest to the schools.

The Ministry of Education said it has received at least 32 handwritten letters recently from students saying they're also considering suicide.

Pressure on the teachers is getting stronger and stronger. Teachers stay at schools past 8 p.m. nightly to finish administrative work and routinely are involved on Saturdays and Sundays in club activities for the children.

“Parents, teachers and children are all under great stress,” said Professor Sato of a Tokyo university.
Source: McClatchy News, by E. Doi, 2006-12-06

Why can people not look to the God of the universe for solutions for stress?

Be anxious for nothing,
but in everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God;
and the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus
(Philippians 4:6).

We do not need to fret and worry! Let God replace them with a peace more wonderful than any human mind can comprehend!

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