Research Paper

This semester, I have the opportunity of writing a research paper for my writing class, and I am going to be researching a member or event of my family’s history and how it can relate to us presently. One thing I might write about is disease. Everyone in the world suffers from disease whether or not it’s them or a close family member. That’s what I might write about. If someone were to list all the diseases running through my family, it would be a long list. I know things like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and mental illness run through both sides of my family for sure, and I’d like to research someone in my family’s past that suffered from one of those ailments. Maybe they couldn’t be medicated for it, or maybe they died early from it. There are so many possibilities to find something to write about of them, and maybe through writing about it, I can bring more awareness to a certain disease as well. I do count it as a blessing to not be experiencing any of my family’s sicknesses yet. Maybe this research paper might one day save my life too. It’s definitely an interesting thought though; homework saving lives!