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does not know what to do (Rubin pg.143).

Pressure can also be deadly. Here are two cases. First, a fifteen year

old honors student (and an Eagle Scout) stood up in the middle of his English

class and shot himself. He did this because he was given a notice, that was to

be signed by his parents, saying that he was doing badly in class (Guetzloe

pg.65). The second case is another teenage suicide. A ten year old boy

received bad grades on his report card for the third time. He left his report

card at school knowing that if he brought it home he would be punished. When he

went home, without his report card, his father got suspicious. He went to the

school to pick it up, and in the half hour that he was gone, the little boy shot

himself. His brother remembered him saying that he could not stand the idea of

a whipping (Guetzloe pg.63). There have been many more suicide incidents and

Seiden (1966) suggested that ?increasing pressure for academic achievement would

lead to an increase in suicide rate among the student population? (Guetzloe

pg.65).

In a recent survey of sophomores in Ramapo High School, more than half

stated that they had a lot of pressure relating to school. Some came from

parents and some came from themselves. A person answering this survey stated, ?

Most of my pressure about grades and school and college comes from myself. Last

year, the pressure was so bad that I made myself sick.” According to Garfinkel,

3 of 10 leading causes of stress in adolescents are school related and 1 of 10

suicide attempts is related to a crises at school (Guetzloe pg.64). Also, in

this survey, 15 of 43 students have siblings that do better in school than they

do, and 10 of those students have parents expecting them to do as well as

his/her sibling.

Kelly Leaman and Tyler Mills were both interviewed and both students

stated that they have families that do extremely well in school. Kelly states, ?

My whole family is smart, and they all go (or went) to good colleges.” In the

issue of pressure affecting their school performance, Tyler said that he has a

good amount of pressure and that without it, he would probably do worse. Kelly

on the other hand, said that she would do a lot better if she had less pressure

from her parents.

Being a good parent means being there and having confidence in a child.

A parent should provide outstretched arms for a safe place when the child might

need it. The child should be relaxed and should be enjoying school. Maybe the

child will get good grades because he/she wants to (Webb pg.25).

Works Cited

Gaillard, Lee ?Hands Off Homework?? Education Week 14 December 1994

Guetzloe, Elennor C. Youth Suicide: What the Educators Should Know. New York:

The Council for Exceptional Children, 1989.

Leaman, Kelly – interview

Mills, Tyler – interview

Rubin, Dr. Jeffrey and Dr. Carol When Families Fight. New York: William Morrow

and Company, Inc. 1989

Webb, Margot Coping with Overprotective Parents. New York: The Rosen

Publishing Group, Inc. 1990

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