Students who sadly kill themselves are often filled with hatred and dispair for both the world and their parents. It is probably more often than not that students will kill themselves after an argument with their parents or the release of poor grades. Kids who kill themselves because of poor grades, their parents owe a lot to them since that it was probably them in the first place who set such a high benchmark that even the slightest shortcomings strikes fear into the child's minds. As for arguments with parents, we've all had our share of being blasted by our parents, it's sad how we don't often see from the other persons point of view, parents don't take the time to listen and understand what the kid is trying to say, and also cannot understand how something means a lot to the kid while it might mean nothing to them. And vice versa, kids do not know that their parents do actually want to protect them when they say no to something.
In this day and age where even some toilet cleaners have to be uni graduates, the amount of pressure kids gets is unmeasurable. Just the fact that UAI-cutoffs had been increasing by so much over the years is proof that students requirements and benchmarks are getting harder to acheive.
Furthermore, to me, if you could face the fact of your own death, what can't you face in this world. To me, death is probably the thing i want to prevent most in anyone i love and me. If the figures are true, those 20 people must have some hidden talent that was undiscovered and destroyed due to the pressure and effort needed for the hsc.
For future kids and parents, I suggest doing something that you enjoy and have a passion for, not something that will get you a good job for the rat race.
