First off I want to mention that this speaker was very good and I could tell she was passionate about her work and subject. I like how she tried to interact the class as much as possible to keep us interested. As for the lecture itself it was very informative. The statistics surprised me a bit and the relevant information regarding what to do in the situtation was needed. I also was fascinated about the people the young guy interviewed about who attepmted suicide off the golden gate brdge i think said the last thing they were thinking was wishin they didnt jump. Makes me wonder how many suicides think this and could of alter their course and have a normal life now.
Overall this was a good discussion especially since we are the age group that is more likely to commit suicide. But I do believe their are bigger problems out their that needs more attention. Not saying this isn't important I just wish we could have opportunities like these to spread the word about other things. For example. It was said someone dies from suicide every 2hrs, This is something but every 5 secs a child dies from malnutrtion in the world now to me that is crazy. But I'm glad to hear this because I had friends who had problems and really could of used this info back then.. But like I said great speech and great speaker!!
There are more problems out there that need adressing but I recently learned in one of my classes that people will rank everything that is important to them different than you would think. Someone ranked rape as being worse than murder! So I definatley agree with you that there is more things that need our attention, not that suicide does not because it is preventable and does, but it is all up to the individual.
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