tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2469344927078240263..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: After a Professor's Suicide. From InsideHigherEd.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33889202115094729702013-01-12T10:25:58.764-05:002013-01-12T10:25:58.764-05:00I'm not sure I quite understand your question....I'm not sure I quite understand your question. I assume that such comments refer to the good work the person who committed suicide might have done during the rest of his/her life, continuing a trend that was already apparent in the years (s)he did live (perhaps with some interruptions due to depression, but usually when such remarks are made the people making them weren't aware that the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74996817223783781752013-01-11T20:59:32.858-05:002013-01-11T20:59:32.858-05:00At the risk of raising a point that some may find ...At the risk of raising a point that some may find offensive, but why doesn't anyone worry about "a terrible sense of wasted talent, an oppressive sense of what they might have done" until <b>after</b> a suicide? I;ve always wondered this about the response to a suicide, whether on campus or off. I made the mistake of reading this article during a few spare minutes before class, Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24789181401195058972013-01-11T17:18:44.571-05:002013-01-11T17:18:44.571-05:00As far as I know, suicide (except perhaps in some ...As far as I know, suicide (except perhaps in some cases at the end stage of a terminal illness) is a pretty clear indicator of depression, and, because depression by definition distorts thinking, looking to the person's surroundings, personal and/or professional, is not a particularly productive endeavor, and may even amount to an (unintentional) using of the dead person's medical Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29282771952500100322013-01-11T14:49:41.675-05:002013-01-11T14:49:41.675-05:00My condolences to his family and friends.My condolences to his family and friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14907409918982256332013-01-11T11:21:01.550-05:002013-01-11T11:21:01.550-05:00"Researchers say it’s hard for a variety of r..."Researchers say it’s hard for a variety of reasons to determine the statistical significance of professor suicides." Your death was not statistically significant at a .05 level. Really?! <br /><br />Mental health in the university is a major problem at all levels. Throughout grad school my friend and I joked the reason the windows didn't open on the higher floors was as suicide Prof. Llama Demonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815821706819865942noreply@blogger.com