In Nignyi Novgorod government is going to struggle with youth stream Emos

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Yet last year appeared circular of Department of the Education, which says:” In Novgorod area according to official returns (letter 5-7718 from 29.10.2007) ideas of negative youth Emo subculture began to develop, they are connected with suicide inclinations of teenagers at the age of 12-16 years.”

Regional Department of Education sent circulars to al schools, warning about social danger of this youth stream. The character of these circulars is exceptionally recommending. In the paper is confirmed: every Emo’s dream is to dye in the bath from blood loss after cutting of own vein on wrists. Because of that some of them have bands, hiding got wounds.” Typical appearance of Emo is also described: pink-black dress, bluish-black hair, black nails, pirsing.

A possible base for such circulars can be a letter of director of Federal Security Department in Novgorod area Oleg Hramov to Area Governor Valery Shanceff: the experts of Federal Security Department warn about teenagers’ suicide cases in other regions.
This circular of Department of Education didn’t any stir in Novgorod schools. Many school directors’ opinions are the same: there are representatives of this stream in every school, and everything what the teachers can do is having educational conversations with teenagers.

“We discussed this letter on teachers’ conference – the Director of Novgorod school N30 Lora Antonova said in the interview for “Independent Newspaper” – Now we have not any Emo admirer. Our pupils do not become Emo; Emos are only those teenagers, who come to our school from the others. One such girl learned last year. What do we do? We try to talk to them and are warring because they can sag other pupils.”

The director of the school N91 Igor Bogdanov also appreciates skeptic the effect of such prophylactic measures:” There are two or three of this stream representatives. We talk to them of course but they don’t react. The youth doesn’t react to grown ups’ talking – although we are Emos, fascists, scouts, pioneers. So to say, you are grown ups, you need to talk, so you may talk.”

Here are some more opinions from forums:

Alex, Sent Petersburg:”We had earlier something like that already… they called Hippy…or otherwise… (Punks, Rockers etc)
In my opinion Emos choose wrong name – it would be better to call pioneers or bears – so they’d have nothing for it. The suicide take place not only among Emos, it was also in pioneers’ époque. It is not a question of a belonging to some group, but of the concrete men’s mentality.”

Iren, Moscow: “I have Emo familiars. All of them are very alive, although they are already five years in stream. I think suicide theme is much exaggerated.”

Singel: “We have not to fight , but to watch by our own children. All my life I was a Metallist (and so I am now) and no one felt bad because of it, I was well up brought. I have also Emo familiars; they live quite and disturb nobody (some of them are already 25-26 years old). People choose a style and follow it, and I see nothing wrong in it till the style doesn’t harm to anyone.”

Alex, Sent Petersburg:” Now Federal Security Department as earlier starts to watch by youth subcultures (in face of Department of Education) so they have nothing to do, they called all enemies as friends? So is it? Long hair is to cut. Short hair is to grow, blonde is to become brunette, brunette to blonde, and what is red to do?

AmaZonka:” It seems to me when one likes something, but it’s to forbid, so this hobby will be demonstrated, this is what we run up at least. If Emos will be removed at schools they get somewhere to basements or garrets, so it will only worth.”

Pavel, Krasnodar: “I’m only for parents to pay more attention to their children at the difficult age. So the situation would be much better.”