TEEN SUICIDE SURVEY Name:______________________________ Gender:___ 1. How much do you know about teen suicide? a. Nothing at all b. A lot c. A little 2. Do you think teen suicide is preventable? a. Yes b. No 3. What ages do you think is the most common lost to teen suicide? a. 12-13 b. 14-15 c. 16-17 d. 18-19 4. What do you think are the most common reasons for teen suicide? a. School c. Work e. Anything b. Family & friends d. Bullying f. All of
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other teenage boys on the same bus began to laugh and make jokes about Sasha and his attire. Suddenly, one of the three boys flicked his lighter, and Sasha’s skirt went up in flames. Sasha immediately leaped up and began to scream. Two other passengers on the bus helped extinguish the fire, and afterwards, an ambulance rushed Sasha to the San Francisco burn unit. He was treated and operated over the next 4 weeks for his second and third degree burns. Richard Thomas, the 16-year-old boy who lit Sasha’s
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Being a girl can become a difficult life style. Between our stages in life, staggering attitudes and emotions… I don’t know how we would get through it. I myself am a girl, born and raised as one; so I know first hand that I can be very frail and take many chances. I’m also the target for a lot of people, for emotional support and other things. My parents depend a lot on me to take care of things when they can’t, especially because I'm the only girl. I recall my 5th grade classroom, the desks
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a short story written by Wendell Berry. It was published in 2003 and is about a young boy and his mom. The young boy’s name is Mat Feltner. He lives with his mother in what seems to be USA in the late 1800. The environment is described as though they lived in a small town on the prairie, with only all the necessities, such as saloons, a church and a bank. The story’s narrative point of view lies with the boy, Mat. Almost everything that is told is being told from his experience. The narrator is
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their tender flesh. In the poem “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden, the boy speaks of how his father shows his love by the physical things he does for his family. The dedication and commitment of hard work through the week the boy’s father does to provide for them is unrecognized by outsiders. “with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze.” (3-5). It was not until the boy became a man that he realized just how much his father loved him without ever
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Are Girls Smarter Than Boys Ok so there is a debate that is explaining how girls are better than boys. And even though there is a lot of evidence supporting that claim, i think that they are wrong. There are many reasons explaining that girls are not smarter than boys. And guess what most men can reach to higher levels of jobs the women can get. So that would mean that means that since they can get to higher levels, than that means that they are smarter. SO i am going to be telling you
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Funfair The announcement of spring brings with it the promise of childish whims. Adventures to the beach. Picnics in the park. Endless possibilities. But, for the teenagers and the so called ‘adults’ that we call ‘Big Kids’, there is the funfair! The roar of music. The drums, thumping in the distance, like an elephant that rushes towards them. The bass tingling through their adrenaline-pumped bodies; racing through their blood; streaming through their system; while being blinded by the beaming
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was falling as the boy arrived with his herd at an abandoned church. The roof had fallen in long ago, and an enormous sycamore had grown on the spot where the sacristy had once stood. He decided to spend the night there. He saw to it that all the sheep entered through the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent the flock from wandering away during the night. There were no wolves in the region, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy had had to spend
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and so that one has the freedom to grasp knowledge in a diversity of learning skills. While a young boy walks across the streets, there are undoubtedly a number of things that he adopts. There are possibilities that the student may see another young man walking his dog or a woman carrying her grocery basket. He might be able to spot another friend riding on their bike too. This way, that boy will realize that this could be the situation every morning or probably just one certain day. He’ll meet
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cashier hand this little boy his money back, the boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.'' The little boy turned to the old woman next to him, ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?'' She replied, ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.'' Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the
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