Possible Suicide Attempt on University of Alberta Campus

[CaptainYooh]

I don't know, I was worried about exams too, most students are, I suppose, except for those that are geniuses or those that simply don't care much (a girl in my MBA class was all about "I am here to learn something good and not to get graded by someone"). But I was always conscious of the worst possible scenario: so, if I didn't get a good grade, then what? The nuisance of te-taking the course? Quitting the U? Taking a year off? All manageable outcomes.

There was probably more to this case than just midterm pressure. I mean, think of kid's parents receiving two kinds of news: a) "Mom/Dad, I cant' take this pressure anymore. I quit the University and I'm gonna work for McDonald's' vs. b) "We are sorry, your kid has committed suicide". Even the fact that some kids can actually doubt which one is the better option in making the above choice is incomprehensible in my mind...

[saillias]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

There was probably more to this case than just midterm pressure. I mean, think of kid's parents receiving two kinds of news: a) "Mom/Dad, I cant' take this pressure anymore. I quit the University and I'm gonna work for McDonald's' vs. b) "We are sorry, your kid has committed suicide". Even the fact that some kids can actually doubt which one is the better option in making the above choice is incomprehensible in my mind...

Yeah, depression. That's why people commit suicide. You are trying to argue away why suicide isn't logically smart. you will never win that argument, mainly because there's no one on the opposing side.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Yeah same here...... had another one, this time just had a dream I was stuck studying for 4 exams in 2 days.... what a boring freaking dream. 4th dream I've had about university exams this month, probably 20th this year, and I'm over half a decade past my last university class.

Exams are a very stressful time for some people..... for us, its a dream plague, for others its suicide. I know more than a few people (indirectly) that committed suicide during midterms week. (oddly enough, usually not during finals though)

I think another poster has mentioned that during final exams week, there were just exams, no other project needs to attend to. But during midterm week, we had to study the exams then had to find time to get the project done. When I was in school, I find it midterm week was extremely stressful, mainly due to 24 hours just not enough in a day to get everything done and be prepared for exams.