家长们都请来读一下有关Gunn High自杀事件的长文

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家长们都请来读一下有关Gunn High自杀事件的长文

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Why-are-Palo-Alto-s-kids-

这是我看到的有关自杀事件最全面和open的文章，连所有自杀学生的名字都列了出来。
里面有些事实真是触目惊心，这里摘录一些：

4 suicides in as many months, 3 of last Asians, last one definitely Chinese

An alarming percentage of Gunn’s 1,900 students, it appears, have been
plagued by similar thoughts. According to principal Denise Herrmann, 52 of
them were hospitalized or treated for “significant suicide ideation”
between August and April of this school year

From 2006 to 2013, the incidence of depression among American teens
increased by 35 percent, from 8 to 11 percent, according to the Department
of Health and Human Services.

nearly half the school is Asian. Sixty-four percent of the school’s 2015
graduating class had a grade point average of 3.51 or better at the end of
their junior year.

The kids paint a picture of a sort of academic coliseum, where students look
down their noses at peers in a lower math “lane,” guard their grade point
averages like state secrets, brag about 2 a.m. cramming sessions, and
consider a B a disaster.

In 2011, Gunn’s start time was moved to 8:25 a.m.But students clamored for
an optional 7:20 a.m. class, known as “zero period.“

“At my best friend’s high-achieving school, kids are more stressed than
depressed,” says Lauren Saal. “At Gunn, it’s more depressed than stressed
.”

文章婉转地指出繁重的学业和巨大的升学压力还是导致忧郁和自杀的主要原因。大家都
别把小孩逼得太紧了，不是所有孩子都得爬藤都经得住压力的。