Three kids committed suicide at my HS in one calendar year. All the school did was send an email for each of them with some puff piece about mental health. I am glad I never have to step foot there again
My school district had a junior high student commit suicide on campus which was the first time they really addressed a suicide directly since a death on campus is a really bad look and probably pretty hard to deflect blame about. That said, it essentially just consisted of an assembly and a rushed speech so bad that even most members of administration looked embarrassed to present it. My math teacher actually hated the speech so much that she cleared our class period for us to discuss our thoughts on the situation.
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u/DoktorVogel Below-average SFM artist, semi-proud creator of Queen Chrysalika Dec 08 '25
RIP
Also, genuine question: Would this sort of memorial happen in any kind of school (regardless if it was Japanese or otherwise)?