Three step to prevent someone going down the wrong path
PJ
November 18, 2013
In an essay entitled “A Brother is Murder,” Brent Staples wondered what he could have done to prevent his brother from going down the path that got him killed. Stables’ and his brother grew up in a poverty stricken city of southwest Philadelphia, where crime was an everyday norm. While Staples’ was able to escape to become a successful journalist, his brother stayed behind, embracing the dangerous life he was accustomed to. Even though Staples’ was not there in time to help his brother escape the dangerous road he was headed down, there are steps people could do to prevent someone they care about from heading down that path. The first thing a person can do is talk with the person about the problem. Communication and honesty are key factors to helping someone make good decisions. For example, when I lived in Brooklyn I had a friend named Jon. Jon fell on some hard times at a young age and became very depressed. I knew he was hanging out with some other people who were IV drug users and I became worried about Jon making a bad decision. We had been friends for a long time and I was very concerned about his health and future. IV drugs coincide with a very dangerous life style. Not only are they illegal, but there are serious health consequences as well. I approached Jon by telling him all the risks associated with IV drugs. I showed him some statistics I found on the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website and I shared with him some experience I had working in the local emergency room. At first he did not believe what I was saying, but once I showed him the facts from the CDC and painted a verbal picture with my real world experience working in the Emergency Department, he began to reconsider the idea of using drugs. I told Jon the truth about what I saw and tried my best to present my ideas in a
November 18, 2013
In an essay entitled “A Brother is Murder,” Brent Staples wondered what he could have done to prevent his brother from going down the path that got him killed. Stables’ and his brother grew up in a poverty stricken city of southwest Philadelphia, where crime was an everyday norm. While Staples’ was able to escape to become a successful journalist, his brother stayed behind, embracing the dangerous life he was accustomed to. Even though Staples’ was not there in time to help his brother escape the dangerous road he was headed down, there are steps people could do to prevent someone they care about from heading down that path. The first thing a person can do is talk with the person about the problem. Communication and honesty are key factors to helping someone make good decisions. For example, when I lived in Brooklyn I had a friend named Jon. Jon fell on some hard times at a young age and became very depressed. I knew he was hanging out with some other people who were IV drug users and I became worried about Jon making a bad decision. We had been friends for a long time and I was very concerned about his health and future. IV drugs coincide with a very dangerous life style. Not only are they illegal, but there are serious health consequences as well. I approached Jon by telling him all the risks associated with IV drugs. I showed him some statistics I found on the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website and I shared with him some experience I had working in the local emergency room. At first he did not believe what I was saying, but once I showed him the facts from the CDC and painted a verbal picture with my real world experience working in the Emergency Department, he began to reconsider the idea of using drugs. I told Jon the truth about what I saw and tried my best to present my ideas in a