Brian's Suicide Talk

Brian’s tone was friendly. Throughout his speech he gave, Brian threw in many comical tidbits to help break up the tension, as he was talking about suicide. Brian’s tone made me more interested in listening to what he had to say, as he kept his speech interesting.

I agree with the policy that a caller must ask for help to receive help. My reason for saying this, is that talking to someone for 30 minutes doesn’t give you the right to determine what they should do with their lives. Autonomy is the biggest factor in this argument. A person’s autonomy should always be respected, and if they don’t wish to receive help from you, they won't ask for help. Most people who are in this situation would presumable want help, however, so they would ask for it/ tell Brian that they needed help.

This podcast relates to the research paper, as there is a process by which you go about each. Brian had a process he had to go through, as a person on the suicide hotline. He was required to do a few things, like talk to the person that was calling, then asking questions in a set order to assess the situation, then was told to hang up if the call was silent for 5 minutes. This process relates to the writing of a research paper, as there are steps you must take in order to formulate your paper. First, you must come up with a research question, then research, then write. Another thing is Brian had to analyze the situation and not just focus on summarizing the details, much like you must do analysis in your research paper, instead of simply summarizing what you have found. Although these two aren’t very similar at all, they have some things in common.