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Family says student killed himself after UT-Arlington wrongfully punished him over gay slur Updated at 10 p.m. throughout to reflect additional court documents. During a class he needed to graduate from the University of Texas at Arlington, senior Thomas Klocke had a confrontation with a classmate.He said the student was flirting with him. But the other student said Klocke insulted him with a gay slur and told him to consider suicide.The incident led to an investigation of Klocke before he killed himself at Grapevine's Silver Lake Marina Park in June 2016.His family says he took his life because he was distraught that he'd been wrongfully punished for harassment and banned from class without a fair review.UTA's mishandling of the case destroyed the Southlake 24-year-old's academic future and reputation, according to a lawsuit his father, Wayne, filed in April against the university and the student who accused him. Continued: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/arlington/2017/06/20/family-says-student-killed-ut-arlington-wrongfully-punished-gay-slur
This goes back to the getting awards for showing up. Kids don't learn to fail and bounce back. Then when they do inevitably fail at something or face some hardship they have no idea how to handle it and it seems devastating to them.
This also involves how systems are now set up that prevent bouncing back. Success paths in certain fields are more rigid these days, and things that go onto your "permanent record" can prevent entrance to those paths. For example, it's very hard to do expensive research without getting funding. If you're blackballed from getting funding, then you're SOL.
