So today at school, news hit us that a student had committed suicide the day before. I didn't know him very well, but we said "Wassup?" to each other everyday and we were on good terms. On that morning we were joking about it. We thought it was a joke because he posted on his facebook wall about it and we all took it as a joke. Some of us talked it over with him that night. So when we got in school that morning we heard rumors and joked and thought he was just sick. In first period however, the councilors came into every freshman class and announced that he had committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. We thought about this. He looked so happy on the outside. Rosy red cheeks and a puppy dog face with curly hair. He never hinted at all about his apparently terrible life. Which in fact was. A while ago his aunt had died. Then a few days before he killed himself, his brother died of a drug overdose. Then his parents went into marriage counseling. He also did drugs, which may have contributed to this. There were rumors going around saying that he had killed himself over a girl not going out with him. Others were he had recently turned gay and he was being made fun of. We'll probably never know. So today, all we did was grieve. All tests and work were cancelled and every class sat in silence. I live in a part of my state where suicides are common. But this is the first time I've ever been through something like this. Teachers tried to comfort us but they only made it worse. He was a cool kid. Everyone cried, including me. But the whole reason I hated this, was because there were these idiots who thought they could just say they were his best friend and go to a councilor and cry about a kid they've never even heard of. So, it would make me happy if something like this ever happens to you, call those kids out. And will you please give your condolences to his family? That would make all of us happy.
I'm sincerely sorry to hear this. It's never easy to learn of a suicide, even if you didn't know the person well. I don't know what else to say other than I know what you're going through. My deep condolences to his family and your community. <3
There's a school of thought that says glorifying their suicide encourages others to follow the same path. After all, the idea of having an entire day off school, purely to grieve for a student is rather attractive. I'm not saying suicide's a good idea. Far from it. But making such a big deal out of it may end up driving other, living students to do the same.
