TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHYBy Jay Asher
(Guided Response)
The more I read this book the more I get mad. Where was Hannah's parents through this ordeal that she is going through? I relate to this book because I have a daughter that is 16 and a sophomore in school. She also gets ridiculed on a daily bases. Yes, she is suicidal and I have to take precautions everyday. I deal with the schools and counselors everyday. Some days are worse than others. I seen it in my daughter and so did the school. So again, in this book, How did they not see her pain? Hannah could not have been so good at hiding her feelings to where it could not be noticed. In today's schools, they try to make it easier to notice troubled children. They have lowered the number of children per classroom, so the teachers have more time to notice if there is a problem. They even went to making more lunch times to divide the kids in smaller groups. Instead of 3 lunch times there are 5. Is the strategy of the schools working. I would have to say no. If it was than my daughter would not be going through the same thing Hannah in this book. Is there a way to fix this? Kids are a product of their parents! They learn by seeing their parent, grandparents any role model that is around them doing this. Its about time for parents around the world to wake up and take some responsibility for their actions. Gossip is the one worst thing that people do and most of the time they don't realize they are doing it until it is to late. Here is a solution: You hear something go straight to the person and ask if it true! As for any young people that have a problem with someone saying something false about you. Stick up for yourselves, you have a mouth go tell someone that you no will help. Weather it be a counselor at school, a parent or someone you no you can trust. I don't believe suicide is the answer. No one is worth taking your own life. Never believe stories, that's all they are "STORIES" nothing more, nothing less. You know the truth, that is all that matters.
