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THE Department of Education has confirmed a teenager killed after she was struck by a truck in Richmond was a student at Melbourne Girls' College.Assistant principal Linda Brown said the school was trying to contact the girl's close friends and was offering students counselling.Ms Brown said the news was devastating."She was an extremely well-liked student. She had a love of learning," Ms Brown said."When you see there is such promise and that promise is unfulfilled, it's very sad."It is believed the teenager was walking across Bridge Rd when she was struck by a truck just after 3pm.The major collision investigation unit were examining the intersection of Church St and Bridge Rd.Ms Brown said it was not known whether friends of the student who were with her at the time were Melbourne Girls' College students."We are all thinking of the family at the moment and we are thinking of her friends as well."It's a very sad situation, I think, for everyone, particularly at this time when families are coming together to celebrate the Easter break."The road toll stands at 62 deaths this year.
R.I.P a girl, a persons life that did not need to end.
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Hearld Sun...why didn't I see this in the paper, I saw something about a 14yr girl mauled to death by 4 different dogs in Britain but not this...Regardless I don't normally focus on singular deaths, people die everyday, in combat, for their lives in a struggle, starvation and cruelty, when you think about it it becomes overwhelming, what I do find odd is we see articles about individuals dying, be it rape (You obviously know the Jill Meagher and the other one that got sentenced recently ) violence or whatever but when lives are bombed, shot or asylum seekers drown to death it's easily...forgotten....Don't mind me, its sad but I find more sad we focus on single person cases than mass deaths...I'll leave quietly.
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This one is personal to me.
mds64 · #2Don't mind me, its sad but I find more sad we focus on single person cases than mass deaths...I'll leave quietly.
Star Trek TNG: S03E05: The Bonding"How well did you know Lt. Aster?"
"We spent some time together. Not very well. How well did you know her?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Well you just asked me."
"But why do you ask the question? Since her death, I have been asked several times to define how well I knew Lt. Aster. And I heard you ask Wesley on the bridge how well he knew Jeremy. Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death?"
"Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died?"
"I do not sense the same feelings of absence I associate with Lt. Yar. Although, I cannot say precisely why."
"Just human nature, Data."
"Human nature, sir?"
"We feel a loss more instensely when it's a friend."
"But should not the feelings run just as deep, regardless of who has died?"
"Maybe they should, Data. Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us, Human history would be a lot less bloody." - Data and Riker, talking about the death of people close to them and not close
To extend from this, it's much easier to associate and identify with a single individual than it is with a group. When a group of people die, regardless of the cause, because there are many of them your attention is split between them, and often the media do not provide as much information so they can be nameless and faceless to you. this makes it much harder to connect on an emotional level. With an individual, they are named, photographs are shown, and information is given, such as biographies, statements by friends and relatives etc. This makes it much easier to form an emotional connection and gives a sense of familiarity, even if you did not know the person and had never heard of them prior to their death. Then the factors that Data and Riker were discussing in the above quote come into play.
very sad news though, hope it really was an accident and not a case of dui/dangerous driving.
