Miss Jackson was a health teacher at the largest parochial high school in the county. Although she had been teaching for only three years, she had already gained a reputation as a teacher with instructional methods that stimulated and motivated her students to think and to learn.
For example, one Monday morning at 8:00 she addressed the students in her class and said the following: "For the next four or five days we are going to learn about some usual alcoholism signs from a more wind-ranging perspective and we are also going to learn about some of the most basic signs of alcoholism from a less general and more detailed point of view."
"Not all of these alcoholism warning signs will absolutely establish that a drinker with a drinking problem is an individual who is alcohol dependent, but the more signs that an individual displays, the stronger the probability that he or she is an individual who is alcohol dependent."
Miss Jackson then told the students in the class that each person would be responsible for investigating three alcohol dependence signs and then presenting his or her findings to the class via a five minute oral presentation.
The day after all of the students completed their presentations, Miss Jackson passed out a sheet of paper with a list of all the alcoholism signs that were discussed and presented in the presentations and in class. Miss Jackson then asked the students in her classroom to study the list and rank the top five alcohol addiction signs that were most indicative of alcoholism. After approximately ten minutes, Miss Jackson collected the sheets of paper and explained to the pupils in her class that after she analyzes the results, she will present her findings the next school day.
Miss Jackson told the students in her class to look over the numbers and then to raise their hand if they had any concerns, questions, or issues. Within 20 or 30 seconds, just about everyone in the class raised his or her hand. It was apparent that the students had some questions, issues, or concerns about their results versus the answers given by the alcoholism experts. For example, virtually every person in the class disagreed with the highest ranking answer given by the alcoholism experts, that is to say, "Do you feel extremely ill when you quit drinking?"
Miss Jackson then told her pupils why this answer was the most unambiguous indicator of alcoholism. She pointed out that the main difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism is the physical addiction that is experienced with alcoholism and not with alcohol abuse.
Essentially this means that when an individual who is alcohol dependent abruptly stops drinking, he or she will experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms. After Miss Jackson explained the significance of alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the life of the person who is addicted to alcohol, the students started to understand the essential difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction.
A few minutes later the bell rang, indicating the end of the class. Based on the enthusiasm exhibited by the students when they were leaving the classroom, Miss Jackson knew that she had encouraged and motivated her students to stop and think about a critical social problem and health issue that exists in our culture.
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