NEWS: What Would Your Sucide Note Say?

CULTURE: What Would Your Sucide Note Say?

A teacher is under fire in Queensland, Australia for assigning 11th-grade students to compose their own suicide note.

wow. just....wow.

when I was in high school, I wrote a 3 page paper for a creative writing project in my gifted class. I wrote it from the perspective of someone who had committed suicide....what they might be thinking...seeing, all that. it was about 20 minutes after I turned it in that I was hauled to the principle's office and my parent's were called. I had to spend the rest of the day convincing a roomful of adults that I wasn't thinking about killing myself - that it was just CREATIVE WRITING.

though....I think that article means 11th graders, not 11 year olds.

My bad...

Now that i've decided to end my life i would like for everyone to know where i hid the money from the bank heist that i was part of so many years ago.

The location of the money is right under the...

You know what's funny....... I don't think it even made the t.v. news here in Ausralia. LOL



[Edited on Apr 01, 2004 8:32AM]

Yeah, I had to write my own obit. in several different grades. High-school juniors certainly have the maturity to grasp a topic like this. I think I probably wrote a real suicide not in the 11th grade. Ah, angst-ridden teen melodrama...

I concur. It may sound stupid, but this is just a lawsuit waiting to happen. If any of these kids ever commit suicide, the teacher and school district will be on the hook for it. I dont care if its 5, 10, 15 years later, they will be called on the carpet for it. I dont agree with this sentiment, but Its the truth.

Mine would say:

"I faked it."

To Whom It May Concern:

Sorry about the mess. The Formula 409 and gloves are under the sink. And yes I did turn the heat on full blast for a reason. Hee Hee.

"fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool... fuck you, and.... fuck you. i'm out."

-bobby

I don't think it really matters how old you are. People of all ages commit suicide, so saying that they're high schoolers doesn't mean shit really.

And I would take an F on that paper anyway. When you *truly* just wanna die.. You don't bother writing no suicide note.

so long and thanks for all the fish

"oops"


[Edited on Apr 01, 2004 2:37PM]

[Edited on Apr 01, 2004 2:39PM]

double posty

[Edited on Apr 01, 2004 2:38PM]

"Courtney..put down that gun!!"

B#

i would've owned that assignment, i was practically writing a suicide note a week in high school anyway.

"this is walter kronkite, signing off."

"there, you happy ladies??"

nuff' said...

[Edited on Apr 01, 2004 by Torment]

Thats not what I mean. But I would say the majority of notes are not written by people who just wanted to die.

Ok.. a lot of people (or try to) kill themselves for reasons other than they just wanna die and end their suffering. For twisted ideas of revenge, attention, the fact that some people feel that the only thing in their life that they have any control over is their death, or to *try* to gain some kind of legendary status. That might sound dumb, but Michael Hutchence WAS quoted as saying that Cobain killing himself was genius. A pity if that why either of them did it..

But look, to me, for someone really serious about offing themself, its just more trouble than its worth. If there was something that important to say or do still, perhaps I would be forced to reconsider whether or not I really wanna kill myself.. and ultimately not end up dead, and having left a note behind.

[Edited on Apr 02, 2004 by NG_Resonance]