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Emotional Health and Well-Being I’ve long felt that choosing a life partner should be a subject that is thoroughly discussed sometime in high school and perhaps even in university. It amazes me that so little time, if any, is given to consideringthis topic on a meaningful level in school. Near as I can tell, it’s probably the single most important decision that all of us can make.My feeling is that most people who get married in modern society don’t have the foresight and life experience needed to make the best possible choice. I’m sure that some people are quite thoughtful and wise in choosing a life partner, but from my little spot on the planet, it looks like most of us, myself included, rely mainly on our instincts to choose the one person we want to be with forever.And why wouldn’t we? Society teaches us that love is what matters. Love is theonlything that matters. And what is love? Isn’t it that special feeling that occupies your thoracic cavity and makes you feel blissfully...

A final year student of Techiman Senior High School (SHS) has reportedly committed suicide after he was jilted by his girlfriend. Sources close to the deceased student say his girlfriend, a first-year SHS student, terminated their relationship following advice from her parents. According to friends close to the two students, the girl’s parent disapproved of their amorous relationship. The deceased allegedly drunk a poisonous substance and was first rushed to the Opoku Agyeman Hospital. After failing to make progress to stabilise him, doctors at the Opoku Agyeman Hospital referred the heartbroken student to Holy Family hospital on Thursday where he died. A friend of the deceased who spoke to Joy News said he is not surprised as he had threatened to take his life if he was ditched. “The girl’s mother told her that if she doesn’t end the relationship she [mother] will not take care of her. So the girl told the guy that her parents are asking her to stop the r...