Suicide is a permanent solution to your temporary problems.

Today I found out that a student at the high school I teach at committed suicide. She was a senior, a good student, and a very intelligent young lady.
It saddens me that many young people should feel that ending their life is the best way to solve any problem.
PLEASE, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO IS DEPRESSED OR FEELS OVERWHELMED WITH LIFE, TELL SOMEONE. GET THEM HELP.

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NativePortlander1970

Decades ago a woman I worked with was fired for justifying and supporting Kevorkian, but never really explained why, she was very active with Oregon's Death with Dignity ballot petition drive to legalize doctor assisted end of life in the 90's, it passed. Apparently one of her own close family members got sick years and wanted to go down that road and she tried to get a court injunction to stop it, the judge supposedly told her that it was alright for other families but not her own and dismissed it. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but that's what I heard from former coworkers still in the Portland area that knew her before she got fired.