I would like to comment on “The Way It Was” by Eleanor Cooney. First off I would like to start by saying, I do not know who this Doris Blake is, but apparently she is or was the person in charge of the advice columnist for the New York Daily and she did not care about Eleanor’s letter she had written, making a desperate plea for help regarding her pregnancy. Granted it was made up, but like she mentioned, the silence was real and there were possible other girls out there with similar stories that were actually real. I mean yes it may have been too much for the public eye to understand, however she could have written back and given some type of advice and maybe provide some hope for those girls out there that have similar situation as the one Eleanor made up. I just think it is sad that many girls in this type of situation probably turn to others for advice, but unfortunately they probably get ignored by many, hoping that it will make the problem go away. Maybe for the rest of us, however, it will most likely continue for the rest of these girls’ lives. I mean when situations like this go ignored that is when real trouble happens; home performed abortions, trying to miscarry, and other horrible things. When things go ignored it only leads to bad things.
I agree with you with the letter that was written to the editor of the magazine. It shows that a lot of situations like teen pregnancy are ignored because people don't know what to do. These teenage girls need help and should be more informed on what they can do.
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