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difficult child has a friend die - these kids are sooooo sad
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 48119" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>This sort of thing is such a waste.</p><p></p><p>I remember when we began to lose classmates. I was just fifteen when a kid the grade ahead shot himself. We all tried to find a way to explain what had happened as maybe an accident, but there was no way it could have been.</p><p></p><p>About the same time, the mother of a close friend died after a series of strokes. The whole class went to the funeral, which was made even more difficult by the priest saying to one girl who had been VERY close to the family, "First time?"</p><p></p><p>husband had some classmates riding around on a rough dirt road in the back of a ute (pick-up, I think you call it) and when they hit a pothole a kid was thrown out and killed.</p><p></p><p>We had another classmate who had actually had to repeat his final year due to suddenly going deaf. His sister was a good friend of mine, she was embarrassed by her brother because he kept acting weird. When he began to walk, dragging one leg, she said to ignore him because he was just attention-seeking. We were all fairly mean to him. </p><p>We did our final exams, and the following Friday he was rushed to hospital in a coma. Turned out he was riddled with brain tumours. He never regained consciousness. Thankfully he never knew he failed his final exams.</p><p></p><p>By the time we had our first reunion five years later, we had lost another two classmates, both to road accidents.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 48119, member: 1991"] This sort of thing is such a waste. I remember when we began to lose classmates. I was just fifteen when a kid the grade ahead shot himself. We all tried to find a way to explain what had happened as maybe an accident, but there was no way it could have been. About the same time, the mother of a close friend died after a series of strokes. The whole class went to the funeral, which was made even more difficult by the priest saying to one girl who had been VERY close to the family, "First time?" husband had some classmates riding around on a rough dirt road in the back of a ute (pick-up, I think you call it) and when they hit a pothole a kid was thrown out and killed. We had another classmate who had actually had to repeat his final year due to suddenly going deaf. His sister was a good friend of mine, she was embarrassed by her brother because he kept acting weird. When he began to walk, dragging one leg, she said to ignore him because he was just attention-seeking. We were all fairly mean to him. We did our final exams, and the following Friday he was rushed to hospital in a coma. Turned out he was riddled with brain tumours. He never regained consciousness. Thankfully he never knew he failed his final exams. By the time we had our first reunion five years later, we had lost another two classmates, both to road accidents. Marg [/QUOTE]
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