Alan C. Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Japan's worst day for teen suicides More Japanese school pupils commit suicide on September 1 each year than on any other date, according to figures collated by Japan's suicide prevention office over a period of more than 40 years.The grim spike in the statistics is linked to the typical start date of the new school term after the summer holiday has ended.. . .Japan has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world, and it is the leading cause of death among those aged 15-39. The government's figures show that in total 18,048 under-18s took their own lives between 1972 and 2013.
Mister Mister Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 jeez, this is really sad. why do we assume it's due to peer bullying and not the bullying of the school system? also I know that in S Korea where I lived for a time as a teacher, teen suicides clustered around the time when kids got the results for their very difficult and competitive entrance exams. it's a strange part of the world. they are "peaceful" places in terms of crime, police, militarism, and even extreme forms of corporal punishment, but highly conformist cultures that are really brutal and demanding on children, from parenting to rigorous education from ages 4-18, to the typical strangulating public debts. it's why I left, I couldn't take part in the Brick in the Wall style sausage factory when I saw it for what it was.
ClearConscience Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 This is due to parental expectations. I'm sorry I don't have a study that makes it COMPLETELY, INDISPUTABLY, WITHOUT QUESTION, the reason. I don't have that. That study doesn't exist, because it would never be approved, because it's inhumane, because it would result in the death of human lives. I shouldn't need to explain why I don't have the study, but based on previous responses, apparently I have to explain why I don't have the study... wow...Anyway, there are a bunch of kids in Japan who are addicted to anime and video games. It's a genuine addiction. When the new school year starts, these kids recognize that they either rise to the heightened expectations of their parents, which are insane for literally every student. Before I move on, I really want to educate people on how parents of most Japanese kids think. Again, I'm not going to cite it. I'm basing this off of all of the Japanese people I've met in my life while being a member of the Society of Physics Students at the University of Michigan, as well as several other Japanese students in other classes. Yes, it's somewhat anecdotal, but they've shared with me what the expectations were at their schools. It was, either you score in the highest 80%, or you should have worked harder. It was very analytical. It didn't matter what subject you were studying. And these kids studied 20 hours per day. Their parents would wake them up at ungodly hours in the morning because they should be studying, not sleeping... and after school, they should be studying even more-so. Every Japanese student I talked to spoke, very much so, flawless English. Learning English was part of their absurd study habits. At least the Japanese students I talked to, this was the case. Again, it is anecdotal. Fine. I'm sorry I don't have better statistics. You can call me ignorant. You can say that my references are inadequate. I really don't care.There are kids, in Japan, who are addicted to porn, video games, and anime. And when the new school year arrives, they commit suicide because they perceive the expectations and are too ashamed to confront the inevitable. Shame, in Japanese culture, is immeasurable. If you know anything about Japanese culture, you know this.You can dislike this comment, you can say it's ignorant, you can say I have no empirical facts to support it. Fine. I've heard it all before. I still think that this comment will benefit some people and put some things in perspective.
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