Becoming a teacher, entering into a wonderful profession, also deals with many
             difficult issues. The problems faced by the adolescents of today has greatly
             changed, and even increased, from earlier times. Adolescent suicide is a
             dreadful, and ghastly problem that, as an educator, numerous will run into. It
             raises many questions: What are the statistics, and in what ways do children
             attempt to carry out a suicide? What are the reasons behind it? What are the
             warning signs to look for? Is there a difference between males and females?
             Does educating the children about suicide increase the rate? Are these children
             mentally ill or possibly depressed? What should be taken seriously? Is an
             attempt just seeking attention? What ways can a teacher, or a person close to
             them, help? The statistics, that scare any rational human being, involve a
             number and percentage that is much too large, and it is the second leading
             cause of death for adolescents among the ages of 15 to 19. It is also the
             second for college students, with homicide being the third. It is the fourth
             leading cause for those 10 to 14 years old, and the rate has more than tripled
             since the 1950s. As of September 1999, the rate was 13.8 per 100,000 children
             that committed suicide. For 10 to 14 year olds, from 1980 to 1992, it increased
             120%. Although, over the last decade, it has gone up a total of 200%. Some of
             the ways these children either attempt or commit suicide depends on what is
             available. A myth that suicide is painless, glorifying it in the movies does not
             help, ...