Let’s Talk About The Rise In Passive Suicide

“It’s not that I’m actively planning, but if I die, I’m okay with it.”

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Being the child of a pair of professors gives you a very unique look into what people are thinking about. Lately, I overheard two professors bemoaning how passive and “dead-eyed” their students are. 

This is not a new complaint. It’s just been getting more pronounced as years go by. The days of the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed student are long gone, replaced by days of passive students who seem to just exist rather than think.

If you take a look around, you might notice that a lot of the wildness and liveliness associated with you kind of…vanished. It’s been a slow vanish, but now it’s visible.