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Werther
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Here is a book I have wanted to read for a long time, leaving me with mixed feelings.
That's a very German work announcing the beginnings of the romantic current. We may savor a job when we are teenagers when we know our first emotions, our early romantic disappointments. It is a classic that I could have undoubtedly been able to seduce when I was 17, but I discovered it far too late. Werther has too easy tears; this work is too cutesy for my taste. It's a missed appointment; it's a shame there are beautiful passages, especially the descriptions of nature.
That's a very German work announcing the beginnings of the romantic current. We may savor a job when we are teenagers when we know our first emotions, our early romantic disappointments. It is a classic that I could have undoubtedly been able to seduce when I was 17, but I discovered it far too late. Werther has too easy tears; this work is too cutesy for my taste. It's a missed appointment; it's a shame there are beautiful passages, especially the descriptions of nature.
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Finished Reading
February 20, 2021
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December 24, 2021
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February 17, 2023
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August 27, 2023
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It's difficult to believe but a lot of people killed themselves over this. Granted, I am sure they already had problems but still.
I had forgotten about that, Nocturnalux.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat...
We had a rash of these in the Bay Area a few years ago. Students at a Palo Alto high school called Gunn, "in the shadow of Stanford," as the school principal put it, began stepping in front of trains not far from the high school campus.
I read the CDC report on this. There's a recitation of symptoms but no real discussion of causes, which I admit is a pet peeve of mine. The reality is that these students were under tremendous pressure to perform for their demanding, perfectionist parents, and statements from similar students cite this as the cause of their depression and anxiety. I can say from personal observation that parental egos are a huge factor here.
I attended one such school throughout all of my formative years so I know how too well the toll it takes on young people. It was common in my high school days for kids to be popping pills in order to pull all nighters of study. Once, a teacher who was filling in for another and thus part of the school's system, asked what we most prized in our daily life and the answer blew him away: Sleep.
We were all varying degrees of chronically exhausted.
I remember that the only thing that could get me out of bed in the morning was the thought that I could take a quick nap in the sofa once I was ready; and more importantly, that I'd get to sleep at the end of the upcoming day so I might well hurry up and get up.
We would make plans for the weekend and often were too tired to get up on time...and on and on.
If anything, I'm surprised suicide is not more common in this kind of pressure cooker environment.
gee, that's rough. Adderall addiction is common here.
Thunderstorms were also helpful in getting these Romantics in the mood.