Social Awareness

Table of Contents

Poem………………………………………………pg 1

Reading Response…………………………………pg 2

Interview…………………………………………..pg 3

Work Cited………………………………………... pg 4

Poem Title

I started to believe him…

He pushed me down

And called me faggot

I screamed for someone the help

Until he muffled my words by putting a bag over my head

You deserve to die!

He said

But then the sirens blared

He released me

And ran away

On my way home

I started to believe him

I did deserve to die

Faggots shouldn’t be living

It’s unnatural

It’s disgusting

It’s unthinkable

And I did deserve to die

            While writing this poem, I thought about the effects of bullying and what people get bullied for. The first thing that came to mind was getting bullied for being gay. I know many people kill themselves because the feel that there life is not worth living. Bullies can convince them that they don’t deserve to live for. I wanted to let one of the many effects of bullying be known.

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Reading Response

            Ai Welwei’s display called, “ S.A.C.R.E.D.” is about his imprisonment in China. It displays him laying in a bed, with two large guards watching over him. Ai Welwei was imprisoned for his work. He threatens the government, which is why he was locked up.

            This display can be compared to the Hunger Games in a way. The one person threatens the government. They isolate and punish that person because they can weaken or in some cases destroy an already fragile government. If the government couldn’t be diminished so easily, then there would be no need to imprison Ai Welwei. One person can make such a difference in the world. In the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is the one that the government wants to get rid of. In many ways, Ai Welwei is Katniss Everdeen.

            I found it interesting that Ai Welwei made his body small and limp, and the guards very large in comparison to him. This emphasizes how threatening he is. For a man surely under five feet, and lying limp and still, why are there two large guards watching him? I also noticed how realistic his face looks in relation to the guards’ faces. It is a clear way of pointing out that he is the focus of the exhibit.

            This piece has made me think more than I thought it would have. This exhibit tells a story, and the more you look at it, the more it reveals itself. It makes me wonder how many other people are imprisoned because they are a ‘threat’ to the government. It also makes me wonder their intentions. Whether it was to contribute to the downfall of the government or just make something that they believe in known.

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Interview

Interview with Crystal Matthews- Nurse

Q- How long have you been a nurse?

A- I have been a nurse for 7 years.

Q- Why did you become a nurse?

A- I became a nurse because I wanted to be in the health care field. I wanted to help sick people.

Q- How did you react to your first ‘coded’ patient? (A coded patient is a patient that has died.)

A- I was surprised, but at the same time I wanted to do everything I could to help the patient.

Q- What is rewarding about what you do?

A- When patients say thank you for everything at the end of the sift and then they say, ‘ You’ve taken very good care of me’. It makes me smile and it make me feel like I’m doing a great job. It also makes me feel like I make a difference.

Q- What are some things that you would change about your job?

A- I would choose the type of person I deal with. For example, I would rather take care of surgical patient than medical patients.

Q- What advice do you have for young people that are thinking of going into the nursing profession?

A- It’s a great and very fulfilling profession and there are many opportunities for growth. My advice would be to just go for it!

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Work Cited

Edward Wong, An Artist Depicts His Demons, nytimes.com, May 26,2013, November 29, 2014.

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