A Health Instructor Teaches Her Students About The Critical Nature Of Alcohol Addiction Signs
Miss Jackson was a health instructor at the best known private high school in the state. Although she had been teaching for only five years, she had already obtained a reputation as a teacher with instructional techniques that encouraged and motivated the pupils in her class to learn and to think.
For instance, one Wednesday morning at 8:00 she addressed the pupils in her class and stated the following: "For the next four or five days we are going to learn about some usual alcoholism signs from a general point of view and we are also going to learn about a number of the most familiar signs of alcoholism from a more specific point of view."
"Not every one of these alcoholism warning signs will absolutely confirm that an individual with a drinking problem is an individual who is alcohol dependent, but the more signs that a drinker exhibits, the stronger the possibility that she or he is a person who is addicted to alcohol."
Miss Jackson then explained to the students in the class that each individual would be held responsible for investigating four alcoholism signs and then presenting his or her results to the other class members via a ten minute oral presentation.
The day after all of the students completed their presentations, Miss Jackson passed out a piece of paper with a list of all the alcohol dependency signs that were discussed and presented in the presentations and in class. Miss Jackson then asked the students in her class to go over the list and rank the top eight alcoholism signs that were most indicative of alcohol addiction. After approximately fifteen minutes, Miss Jackson collected the pieces of paper and explained to the students in her classroom that after she goes over the numbers, she will discuss her findings the next school day.
Miss Jackson asked the students in her class to go over the information on the sheet of paper she handed out and then to raise their hand if they had any concerns, questions, or issues. Within 40 or 50 seconds, almost every student in the classroom raised his or her hand. It was clear to see that the students had some concerns, issues, or questions about their results versus the answers given by the alcoholism specialists. For example, just about every pupil had an issue with the highest ranking answer given by the alcoholism professionals, that is, "Do you feel exceptionally ill when you abstain from drinking?"
Miss Jackson then informed her pupils why this answer was the most accurate sign of alcohol addiction. She pointed out the fact that the basic difference between alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse is the physical addiction that is experienced with alcohol addiction and not with alcohol abuse.
For all intents and purposes this means that when an individual who is alcohol dependent all of a sudden quits drinking, she or he will go through alcohol withdrawal symptoms. After Miss Jackson explained the importance of alcohol withdrawals in the life of the person who is addicted to alcohol, the pupils started to recognize the essential difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency.
A few minutes later the bell rang, indicating that the end of class had arrived. Based on the buzz displayed by the students when they were leaving the room, Miss Jackson knew that she had stimulated and encouraged the students in her classroom to stop and think about a critical social problem and health issue that exists in our country.
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