Depressing....

Woke up to this lovely article in the New York Times about student suicide in Korea. It seems to be rampant. It was brought up in one of my classes and everyone knew someone or knew of someone that had committed suicide. The oldest kids I teach are in 8th grade. It is very messed up and it doesn't really seem like there is a lot being done (though I could just not be well informed). One of my students said that they were given a card with a number to call if they wanted to talk to anyone but their parents would be notified if they called the number which seems pretty counterproductive.