empathy101waterpollution

=empathy 101 water pollution=

Imagine that the house you live in is on a mountain, and that a stream runs through your backyard. You and your family swim and fish in the stream, and often picnic alongside it. You can watch the stream from your back porch.

One day you noticed dead fish along the banks of the stream. The next day there were more. Everything in the stream seemed to be dying.

Then your family heard that company upstream from your house had released pollution into the stream. The fish that were left could not be eaten. You could no longer swim in the stream. Even the water coming out of faucets in your house was polluted. Now your family would have to buy water. And they didn’t have extra money. So your mom and dad would have to work more, often not being home for dinner. There may not be enough money for you and your sisters to play softball.

There doesn’t seem to be a good plan for cleaning up the stream. You don’t know what will happen.

How do you feel? What can you do to help solve the problem?

//Your assignment is to write an essay that that answers these questions, with one paragraph for each question. In the first paragraph, use at least six different words that describe how you feel, with sentences that describe why you feel this way. In the second paragraph, describe at least three different things you could do to help solve the problem.//