[verity]

"Elizabeth set herself on fire in her dorm room"

MIT should file charges of arson!

[Artist]

Sad bump.

[3catsanadog]

Apparently the university did notify the parents about her condition when they told them she was hospitalized. The Shin's knew she was seeing a psychiatrist. I don't think they'll get a judgment in their favor; however, the university will have to pay for legal costs, which will be passed down as increased tuition and school fees.

These parents go on about how mature their daughter was, then whine when the university doesn't break adult confidentiality regulations and tell Mommy and Daddy.

[bandleader]

Everything bad is ALWAYS someone else's fault(see prevaricator(#42)in-chief).This young woman should have been institutionalized by her parents!They were(obviously)into denial as to the true mental-emotional condition of their daughter!!!!

[57 Corvette]

I wonder why She wasn't discussing Her problems with her parents.

[Lazamataz]

Suicide at MIT raises parents' ire

Yeah. Pisses me off, too.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Setting herself on fire , slashing wrists and wanting to stick a knife in her chest..........wow. From what I understand this is not the way most females commit suicide. They usually prefer the clean way as to not interfer with their looks. An acquaintance once committed suicide in a car with the motor running. This is what the family told me about the methods. So sad.

[Savage Beast]

Some years ago, the parents of a man, who had comitted suicide, were blaming the Catholic Church because a priest had counseled him. Another priest, speaking for the Church, denied that the Church was responsible.

A "reporter", interviewing the priest, asked, "But if the Church is not responsible for his suicide, who is?"

"He is," the priest replied.

The "reporter" was dumbfounded--speechless. It had never occurred to him that anyone would be responsible for his own suicide.

To the mind of the decadent Liberal, it's always somebody else's fault. Someone else must always be held responsible.

The American people had better get their thinking straight--and fast--and repudiate Liberalism and all this decadence. The U.S. is in a struggle for survival, and its greatest threat, by far, is decadence--in the form of Liberalism.

Many Americans behave as though they had never heard of self-reliance and accepting responsibility for one's own actions and destiny. That is what built the U.S., and it is necessary if the U.S. is to prevail over its numerous, formidable enemies.

Foreign enemies, however determined, will not destroy America.

However domestic enemies--Liberals and their decadence--will--if the American people do not cleanse the U.S. of them, and soon.

[boris]

Suicide has always been a problem at The Institute.

I commend Pepper White's excellent book, The Idea Factory. It's the best I've found for capturing the feel of the place. White entered M.I.T about a year or two after I graduated, and his experience was similar to mine.

Only I didn't have the wit to write a book about it!

--Boris

[TN Republican]

Please refresh my memory, why do parents deserve any compensation for the death of their children? Shouldn't any possible damages only be recoverable by someone who was actually a dependent of the decedent?

[metesky]

At MIT alone, 12 students have committed suicide since 1990.

MIT has a student population of about 10,000. Twlve years @ 10,000 gives us about 120,000. so 12/120,000= almost no problem at all. I'd be willing to bet that the overall suicide rate for the Greater Boston area is much greater.

Indeed, suicide has long been the third leading cause of death for college students, after accidents and homicide.

What the he!! is supposed to kill 18/22 year olds? Lung cancer? Heart disease? What a load!

Those pressures are considerable: 74% of students surveyed by the MIT task force said they had an emotional problem that interfered with their daily lives.

LOL! 100% of honest people said, that at one time or another, they had an emotional problem that interfered with their daily lives.

But of course the lives of our future betters a much more important than the drudge filled existences of peons...

[July 4th]

Indeed, suicide has long been the third leading cause of death for college students, after accidents and homicide.

That would be alcohol-related accidents...

The problem that schools like MIT wil never solve is that there is enormous pressure NOT to drop out and correct whatever problems you might have. At the top universities in the country, it's a tough decision to say that you can't handle it and need some time off. People push themselves through it regardless of their situation. I'm surprised that there aren't more suicides there.

But any way you slice it, it's still the student and her parents' job to make sure the right decisions are made. MIT isn't there to keep psychological tabs on all of its students.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

then had a pleasant dinner with her at a favorite Chinese restaurant

First accutane drives a kid to pile a plane intoa building, now MSG makes someone torch themselves.

Where is the FDA to lockdown society (sarcasm)

[gunnedah]

Wicked Liberals with no souls.Reap what we sow!

[csvset]

They brought her a TV and VCR to cheer her up.

They say the stellar scientific institution, which they paid $34,000 a year for Elizabeth's education, should be held responsible for medical malpractice, gross negligence and wrongful death.

The parents sound as though they're pissed about the 34k. Were they able to return the vcr & tv? I suspect they knew nothing about their own daughter and this was the case long before her attending MIT. I also suspect Elizabeth was pressured to excel all costs and couldn't face telling her parents she was having problems.

[Don Myers]

bttt

[KneelBeforeZod]

Indeed, suicide has long been the third leading cause of death for college students, after accidents and homicide.

and.....someone was thinking that cancer, emphesema, alzheimers, heart attack or strokes would be third?

[Egg]

Its a shame when someone reaches the point of feeling that they're better off dead than alive.

I've always wondered why suicidal students at colleges and universities don't just quit school and try something else rather than end their lives. Maybe they don't think life would be meaningful without a degree. Maybe the stigma attached to failing one's parents (particularly for Asian youths) by dropping out of college is too much for them to handle.

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." [Matt 11:28-30]

Indeed, lighter than the load this poor girl was trying to carry on her own.

[LJLucido]

Let's see. A school can't violate the confidentiality of a 14 year old who inquires about birth control pills or who requests an abortion. But MIT must violate the confidentiality of a 19 year old who attempts suicide. Man, being a school administrator must be tough these days!

[let freedom sing]

And they were clueless--

("Always be happy," Cho Hyun Shin remembers telling his daughter as he kissed her goodbye.)

Apt description of the parents