Introduction
Our
topic is on suicide. Suicide is a very important topic to
us because too many people die by killing themselves. Most
suicides are done by white men. Firearm suicides are also
mostly done by white men.
In
this report we will tell you solutions that are being offered
and if they are working, how to increase awareness on suicide,
where suicide is occurring, who is affected by it , are
the United Nations or any other group involved in dealing
with this problem in any way, and we will analyze five or
more sources from the newspapers, magazines, books, television,
or the Internet.
We
think that the message and importance of the articles we
are researching is that too many people die by killing themselves.
Suicide is a big problem in the world, because it affects
too many of us. It our choice to kill ourselves or not to
kill ourselves, it's not a choice made by anyone else, but
you. To some people it may seem that it isn't worth killing
yourself and they just can't stand the pain of dying. To
others, suicide may seem like it's worth it because they
think that they have nothing to live for or maybe they have
too many problems that can't be solved, so they kill themselves
to get away from them.
We
chose our topic because we wanted to know why people kill
themselves, how many people do it, and how to prevent people
from it.
It
would be really nice if suicide didn't exist in this world,
less people would die, the world wouldn't exactly be perfect,
but it would be a really good start to a perfect world.
Research
News
Article 1
The
problem in this article is the number of people suffering
from suicide every year, each attempt they make, and the
different type of people of all ages that suicide. Teenagers
have the most percent of people killing themselves. The
second worst percentage of people dying from suicide is
woman in general.
In
this article, the location of the problem (suicide) is in
the US and the interview & information was taken in
1993 by the National Institution of Health.
Mostly
woman and teens are affected in this article by this problem
(that's what gender it says in the information that we got).
The gender ratio is 4:1 over 72% suicide is caused by white
woman. Only 1.4% of total deaths is suicide.
The
National Institute of Health plays a big role by helping
people by counselling, keeping the world informed about
suicide, giving out hotline numbers for help, and continues
to research on this specific issue.
News
Article 2
The
major problem according to this article is the reason why
people commit suicide.
In
this article the problem (suicide) is occurring in the US
too and a part of Canada.
The
most obvious reasons why people commit suicide are: depression,
health, looks/appearance, relationships, school problems,
family problems, heart diseases, and eating disorders. The
leading cause of suicide is depression (54%).
The
National Institute of Mental Health are involved in dealing
with this problem. They opened a centre for people that
are concerned about this matter and are publicizing the
fact that they are opened for anyone who needs help.
Article
3
The
major problem in this article is the number of people dying
from suicide over the Bloor Viaduct in Toronto.
In
this article the problem (suicide) is occurring in Canada
on the Bloor Viaduct bridge.
In
this article a lot of people have suffered from this happening
such as the people who drive in the morning and the people
who dies from suicide's parents and family which is caused
by depression. This is a tragedy for Canada.
The
members of the Schizophrenic Society of Canada are helping
by trying to build larger bars or barriers on the Bloor
Viaduct Bridge so that way people can't jump off because
the bars and barriers would be in the way to help prevent
this from happening. They are also giving out help line
numbers too for people that are thinking about suicide and
people who need help on depression and all other causes
for suicide.
Article
4
The
major problem in this article is self- killing (suicide)
another way of death without understanding. They, the people
themselves choose to end their lives by themselves caused
by depression, heart diseases, school and family problems,
looks/appearance, relationships, eating disorders, health
and lots of other personal problems.
In
this article suicide is happening most in the 1990's because
of how the famous people died and why they chose to commit
suicide.
In
the famous novel Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare,
Romeo died by poisoning himself because he thought that
Juliet died. He didn't get the message that it was a trick
so that Juliet didn't have to marry someone else other than
Romeo himself. Then Juliet wakes up and finds out that Romeo
poisoned himself so she shot herself in the head to be with
him.
People
are getting more help to not commit suicide these days by
all sorts of stuff such as hotlines/helplines.
Article
5
In
this article , suicide is happening in Australia, Sydney.
In this article so many people are affected by this problem.
The main reason are alcoholism and over usage of drugs.
Mostly the person is armed with guns or poison to shoot
or poison themselves. These condition usually occur because
of terrible relationships with friends and family (family
& friend problems).
Response
In
this section of our report we will tell you the solutions
that are being tried, and are they working?, how to increase
awareness on our topic, and actions/steps that can be taken
in our local community.
The
solutions that are being tried right now are mostly counselling
services, Mental Health Services, or Health Care and Rehabilitation
Services. Another solution that is being tried are the Domestic
Violence Hotline and the Sexual Assault Hotline. These solutions
only work if people call them.
I think
that we can increase awareness on suicide, so that people
might not have to go through that kind of situation where
you have to make a decision whether to kill yourself or
not. Therefore, we will have less people dying. Another
possibility to try to stop suicide is to get along. We should
all stop fighting and hurting people, that way we won't
be as depressed, which means that some people might stop
killing themselves. We can also have a suicide helpline
with people helping you through your problems and encouraging
you not to commit suicide. They should also make you realize
that you have a lot to live for, and if you commit suicide
you will be missing out on lots of things. Our last solution
is to increase awareness on suicide, that way they'll stop
and think before they do anything stupid.
I think
that we can increase awareness on suicide by talking about
it a lot more, or we can have someone to talk to us about
it, all the information we need.
These
are our solutions on suicide. We really hope that people
will think twice before doing anything stupid, that way
the world would be a better place!
by
Debbie, Prasha and Gina
Class
84 Milne Valley Middle School
North York, Ontario, Canada
e-mail us at: milne84@ipsystems.com
Introduction
Suicide
is a big problem. People of all ages, especially teenagers
kill themselves. Some do it for little and stupid reasons
like failing a test or not feeling loved, or big reasons
like someone you loved dying or getting abused. People think
that this will solve your problem and put you at peace.
They don't realize how much they are hurting the people
around them, the people that love them.
Every
day this problem increase. A friend does it so people say
if he/she could do it, why can't I? I want to study about
suicide because I think it's a senseless way to die. You've
got your whole life ahead of you and then you end it like
that. I
think life is short enough, why make it shorter? Problems
come and go, so for a problem you die and never would you
know the problems you'd bump in to in the future.
I hope
after reading this you will think that suicide is a stupid
way to end your life.
Response
People
should go to counselling or someone they trust and to them
how they feel. People should know there are people they
can trust.
People
should know how to share their feelings. Keeping it inside
will just make them angrier.
The
help line isn't always a good idea because the people don't
really listen. They are talking to people they have not
talked to their whole life. They need someone who loves
them, like their parents or friends.
Counselling
is good because you talk to the person a couple of times
a week, so you trust them and tell them how you feel.
by
Hawraa
Class
8-4 Milne Valley Middle School
North York, Ontario, Canada
e-mail us at: milne84@ipsystems.com
