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Personal Writing: My Friend's Death From AIDS - Papers

Personal Writing: My Friend's Death From AIDS

While thinking about an important event that became a turning point
in my life, my thoughts were drawn to the death of an old family friend,
I'll call Jim. Jim's death from AIDS has made me think about life and how
important it is to be aware of such a deadly disease. Funding for research
and education about the AIDS disease should be a top priority for everyone.
Ten years ago nobody knew what Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
was. AIDS is a poorly understood disease -- poorly understood by scientists,
politicians and many of us. As the 20th century comes to an end, I fear
that many more people will die before anything resembling a cure is
discovered.
First is the issue of funding. ...

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properly. I would try to put
pressure on the legislators to have a bill passed that would define the
ways money should be spent, and to monitor the progress of finding a cure
for this deadly disease.
Second and more importantly is the matter of education. AIDS is not
just a gay issue, it is a problem that affects everyone of us. The message
of educating our children on drugs appears to be working. The same should
be done about AIDS. It is important for sex education to be taught in the
schools no later than the junior high school level. We as a country need to
be aware of the danger of AIDS, and I believe that the most effective way
is for Congress to set up a national program of education.
Up until Jim's death my life was insulated from any situation that
was outside my little world created for me by my parents. Jim's death
opened up a new world, bigger and more complex. It started to make me think
as an adult, my childhood was ...

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Added: 2/22/2008 11:59:37 AM
Category: Creative Writing
Type: Free Paper
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