On April 25, Mr.Cooper, a Literacy teacher at my jr high school, came to our first block class with a question. Our class had been studying and practicing Journalism for the past couple weeks. Mr.Cooper had asked our whole class, “What do you believe the most significant problem in our community is?” The class had responded with turning to their friends and fellow classmates to discuss what they were going to do.
Mr.Cooper requested we jot down a few issues and then narrow the list down to one that we would be displayed for the class. My list had included poverty, kill shelters, and drinking/ drugs. My classmate’s lists seemed to be pretty similar, most of them containing problems such as global warming or homelessness. My classmate Bella …show more content…
In 2013 my dad's friend from middle school had passed away due to him being an alcoholic. The first question I had asked my dad was his perspective on the story, “So what was your point of view on this person’s death?” I had asked. “Well my friend since 6th grade had passed away in 2013, he was an alcoholic and his family had had issues with alcohol abuse also,” he replied. I asked, “What happened to cause his death?” He replied, “He had had a bad liver and he came home one night intoxicated. My friend had been coughing really hard and started to bleed because he had liver issues due to the alcohol. He had later passed in his basement and passed away from internally bleeding.” I asked him another question, “what was his family and home life like? Do you think that had something to do with his problem?” “Yes, he didn’t have a very good relationship with his wife because of the drinking, but his parents had battled with alcoholism in their lifetimes as well, so that was never a good influence on him,” he replied. “Any other instances you would like to add?” I asked. “He had been admitted to rehab many times, but none seemed to be successful. I had spoken to him once on the phone right before he was admitted back into the hospital,” he said. “The friends kids had only been 5 and six when their father passed away so they never really knew him. He was the nicest guy I had ever met and
Mr.Cooper requested we jot down a few issues and then narrow the list down to one that we would be displayed for the class. My list had included poverty, kill shelters, and drinking/ drugs. My classmate’s lists seemed to be pretty similar, most of them containing problems such as global warming or homelessness. My classmate Bella …show more content…
In 2013 my dad's friend from middle school had passed away due to him being an alcoholic. The first question I had asked my dad was his perspective on the story, “So what was your point of view on this person’s death?” I had asked. “Well my friend since 6th grade had passed away in 2013, he was an alcoholic and his family had had issues with alcohol abuse also,” he replied. I asked, “What happened to cause his death?” He replied, “He had had a bad liver and he came home one night intoxicated. My friend had been coughing really hard and started to bleed because he had liver issues due to the alcohol. He had later passed in his basement and passed away from internally bleeding.” I asked him another question, “what was his family and home life like? Do you think that had something to do with his problem?” “Yes, he didn’t have a very good relationship with his wife because of the drinking, but his parents had battled with alcoholism in their lifetimes as well, so that was never a good influence on him,” he replied. “Any other instances you would like to add?” I asked. “He had been admitted to rehab many times, but none seemed to be successful. I had spoken to him once on the phone right before he was admitted back into the hospital,” he said. “The friends kids had only been 5 and six when their father passed away so they never really knew him. He was the nicest guy I had ever met and