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Teenage suicide in Thailand

Oct 13th, 2005 by Lillian

This article, breaks my heart. Asian kids in general are being pushed beyond endurance. Education IS important but..
The Nation writes about a 17 year old boy who commited suicide because of his bad grades. After reading the article its a wonder he didn’t shoot his mother.

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2 Responses to “Teenage suicide in Thailand”

on 13 Oct 2005 at 11:01 am1Sandra

I feel sorry for Korean kids–they work so hard, take so many lessons after school, they are sleep-deprived, and they are under incredible pressure from their parents to achieve, even the elementary students. It seems very unhealthy. I didn’t realize it was like this in Thailand, too.
on 13 Oct 2005 at 11:34 am2Preya

So sad…seems like all the blog posts I have been reading today are along the same lines…the pressures, expectations, contraints that drive people crazy.