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My heart is breaking right now. Just watched the 11 am news. We'

My heart is breaking right now. Just watched the 11 am news. We'

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 12:07pm

My heart is breaking right now. Just watched the 11 am news. We've had a 17 yr old male student at Glenda Dawson High found hanging from a rope in a stairwell. He is still alive. Teachers started CPR immediately & Pearland Police/EMS continued until Lifeflight came. There needs to be SERIOUS thought about mandatory classes in reference to bullying, internet caution, discussions with parents & siblings who have lost a family member to suicide. See the face of permanency. No take backs. Let's pray for him, his family & the kids at Dawson
Ms. Marti

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ADMIN EDIT:

According to Pearland Police, the call came into 9-1-1 around 6:30 AM on Thursday (11/30/17) morning from Dawson High School. The caller and witnesses stated that a teacher was walking up the stairs and found a 17-year-old male student hanging from the next level of the stairway. She yelled for help and 2 other staff members came to help get the young man down. They immediately started life-saving procedures until first responders arrived. Once EMS was on-scene, the boy was Life-Flighted to Memorial Hermann. His condition is very serious, but he is still alive. Doctors will reevaluate his status in the coming days.

Our thoughts and prayers are with this young man, his friends/family and all the students and staff at Dawson.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 12:18pm

@MartiMo I like the things you say. I would add that we should start early teaching kids about values and relative importance of events. For example, how much value should be put on someone's harsh but unjustified words, and how important is it really to be talked about on social media? It's tough to deal with as a teen. Some starts around the kitchen table, with smart phones set aside. I wonder if this boy's friends and family knew how he was feeling. We need to talk with one another. We need to trust one another.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 12:48pm

@MartiMo That just terrible, praying is healed. I also agree that their needs to be family and school discussions on solutions.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 12:49pm

@DrewLundgren
I can't agree more. I'm a grandmother raising a 7 year old little boy, almost since birth. I am from the school of train, teach & talk to your kids in appropriate ways before someone else does it for you. I don't expect his teachers to be his right _ wrong moral compass. Having that to continue during the day is wonderful, but it's our responsibility, not Uncle Sam, schools, etc. The main thing I've taught him is to be sweet to others. Put his feet in their shoes. He's been through some hard times so he knows what I mean. Proud to report last year on the playground if a classmate was being picked on, he stepped in. Love that wild little boy.
Ms. Marti✌❤
🎅🎄🎁

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 12:50pm

First, I'm glad the boy is still alive. The word we got said otherwise.

Now, for my soapbox. I have 4 children. Have raised them as a single parent (dad out of state) for 11 years. We have moved multiple times because I was military. So, I am not speaking from a lack of experience.

The conversations we need to have with our children are about self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence. We need to more actively engage our children in creative problem solving and critical thinking. We need to give them tools to empower themselves. We have talked them to death about how they are bullied, too stressed out, and/or depressed. This kind of talk tells them they are victims.

Our children are not victims. They are champions. They are survivors. They are victors. We need to feed into positive discussions that build them up. They control their fate and their destiny. They need to be taught how to do this in a constructive manner.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 12:58pm

Yes sweet girl. God bless you and your babies. I'm 60 years old. We take care of our elders. We take care of our siblings. It's what you owe them. I have one exception to that rule. Along with taking care of my dying Vietnam veteran brother, I want his government to help him also. With respect. The healthcare package was part of his insignificant pay plan. He was not a"Fortunate Son". Did his duty. We are treated like bums sucking off the tit, like a county hospital patient. I of course don't let that happen. I'm with him & they don't like me. Who cares? Not me. I've got all the friends I need. 🇺🇸✌❤

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 1:01pm

I've just checked the internet. It appears the boy is still alive.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 1:02pm

@MartiMo Don't get me started on the VA. We are trying to focus on our kids in this conversation. We could start a whole new thread about how the contract the government signed with our servicemembers hasn't been followed through with on the government's part. This current war has pushed some change for the good, but our WWII, Vietnam, and Korea vets got served a **** sandwich.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 1:21pm

@squidgirl You ventured into an area I avoided for fear of creating controversy. We need to, at home, teach kids to be resilient as opposed to being fragile. When I hear of college campuses with safe zones, and excluding people with differing views, it tells me that we need to do some real analysis of what we're creating. The world can be harsh and we need kids to be kind, but prepared for that harshness.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 1:33pm

@DrewLundgren My kids didn't get the luxury of a protective bubble. They were 2,4,6, and 10 when we divorced. The military had us constantly moving, they never had friends for more than a couple of years. When we moved here, it was their 5th school district in 5 years.
I cringe when I hear parents say they aren't going to accept a new, higher paying job because "it will upset their kids to have to move and make new friends". NO! We are the parents, we do what is best for our kids. We teach them to adjust to adversity.
It is our job to spend 18 years turning a baby into a competent, functioning adult member of our society. We are failing miserably. Our kids need to be allowed to learn from their mistakes, deal with failure and loss, and a multitude of other things BEFORE they walk out of our homes, and we aren't there to soften the fall.
I can keep going on this soapbox, if you'd like to hear it...

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 2:06pm

@squidgirl We need more parents like you who understand that it is the parents responsibility to raise kids to be adults. It isn't the school's responsibility. If others are reading your responses, I think you should stay on your soapbox. Your ownership is refreshing. Bravo.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 2:09pm

@DrewLundgren Thank you. That is a beautiful compliment.

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3 OP
~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 2:15pm

@squidgirl
Agreed and you're right. I get a little soap boxy myself at times. Carried away. Sorry.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 2:19pm

@squidgirl Yes...Yes...Yes! We were raised tough, grown folks didn't plan around our whatever's & you surely weren't included in grown folks conversations. What are you doing in this house? Get outside, we're talking. Lol.

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 2:20pm

@MartiMo CPR. DID I MENTION I HATE SPELL CHECK?

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~ 6 years ago Nov 30, '17 2:37pm

@MartiMo Regarding spell checker, I wonder if it helps me more than it hurts me. I don't notice the corrections done right of course, but I always see where it has bungled something up.

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