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Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

Title (Dublin Core)

Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

Description (Dublin Core)

This is my worst fear for my students. All of us are on high alert for our students right now. The feeling of hopelessness is overwhelming our children. The next town over a child ended their life a few months ago. At the school board meetings, the children are saying that they feel desperate. I had a student who would put on a 72 hour hold for attempting to take her life before Christmas. I worry about my own pre-teen who is the most adaptive child I know, but he is missing his friends and his whole world has changed. I know my district is worried for the wellbeing of our kids. They want to open now, even if the numbers are high and even if we are not vaccinated yet. Anything to get these kids back into the classroom. The thing is suicide and depression are nothing new with kids. We know this. But now, I do not greet them at the door every morning, I do not see if they fall asleep in class every day, I can't stop them on their way out and ask if they are ok because I noticed a change in their body language. That ability saved kids before and now teachers cannot use that superpower to catch the kids when they fall. I worry that I will receive an e-mail telling me that one of our students did not make it through. That is my biggest fear right now.

Date (Dublin Core)

January 24, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Erica L. Green

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Dana Bell

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html?referrer=masthead
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html?referrer=masthead

Publisher (Dublin Core)

New York Times

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Emotion

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

hopelesness
Christmas
student
suicide
depression
classroom

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Arizona State University
fear
suicide
mental health
children
teacher
superpower

Collection (Dublin Core)

K-12
Mental Health

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/25/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/21/2021
02/27/2021
08/02/2022
09/15/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

01/24/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 25, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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