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Counter view Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.h

by petodo 4y ago

Counter view Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suici... bullying is issue, but children mental health during school closings clearly deteriorated if you look at increase in mental related visits, so I doubt results of this study, there might be temporary increase associated with any change, but long term it's definitely healthier if someone in school is able to monitor kids and take care of their mental health, which is going largely unchecked if schools are locked

jmcgough 4y ago
The study uses large, national statistics, and shows a clear pattern on a national level. The article you linked is just for a single school district, which may have unique circumstances. It could also be statistical chance, given the small sample size and single year referenced.
- ianai 4y ago
  LV is a weird, violent place. The schools are designed from prison architecture. The culture is a bunch of people who wanted to move somewhere so far from where they left they’d never be visited. (See the Anthony Bourdain episode as he did it justice.) People routinely move there then leave with a turnover rate of around 7 years. The heat and ultra dry conditions are their own form of violence, too. Pretty sure it consistently ranks low on education scores. Suffice it to say, not a place to raise kids nor use as an example of choices made for their best interests.
  - camgunz 4y ago
    I think it's common to have schools designed/built by the same people who built your jails, who reuse plans. At least, I'm pretty sure a lot of schools in central Indiana (where I mostly grew up) are like this.
- petodo 4y ago
  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/11/health/covid-school-closings-depression-suicide-study-trnd/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/11/health/covid-school-closi... https://thehill.com/opinion/education/588302-closed-schools-more-risky-for-young-people-than-covid/ https://thehill.com/opinion/education/588302-closed-schools-... and tons of other articles while here we have one clickbaity study which says opposite, but sure this one study will be the right one, while literally everyone else is wrong that school closings are harmful and very bad for children mental health
  - jmcgough 4y ago
    You're referencing a study about china, which had severe lockdowns, and one that isn't about kids in school but the 18-24 age group. Completely different populations studied.

by petodo 4y ago

jmcgough 4y ago

The study uses large, national statistics, and shows a clear pattern on a national level. The article you linked is just for a single school district, which may have unique circumstances. It could also be statistical chance, given the small sample size and single year referenced.

ianai 4y ago
LV is a weird, violent place. The schools are designed from prison architecture. The culture is a bunch of people who wanted to move somewhere so far from where they left they’d never be visited. (See the Anthony Bourdain episode as he did it justice.) People routinely move there then leave with a turnover rate of around 7 years. The heat and ultra dry conditions are their own form of violence, too. Pretty sure it consistently ranks low on education scores. Suffice it to say, not a place to raise kids nor use as an example of choices made for their best interests.
- camgunz 4y ago
  I think it's common to have schools designed/built by the same people who built your jails, who reuse plans. At least, I'm pretty sure a lot of schools in central Indiana (where I mostly grew up) are like this.
petodo 4y ago
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/11/health/covid-school-closings-depression-suicide-study-trnd/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/11/health/covid-school-closi... https://thehill.com/opinion/education/588302-closed-schools-more-risky-for-young-people-than-covid/ https://thehill.com/opinion/education/588302-closed-schools-... and tons of other articles while here we have one clickbaity study which says opposite, but sure this one study will be the right one, while literally everyone else is wrong that school closings are harmful and very bad for children mental health
- jmcgough 4y ago
  You're referencing a study about china, which had severe lockdowns, and one that isn't about kids in school but the 18-24 age group. Completely different populations studied.