Author's note: This is a poem regarding theend of the year.
I stare
The hall seeming to go on forever
Emptiness
Children's voices, gone
Teacher's books, packed away
I stare
Clocks ticking
Scenes of classrooms
Libraries
Gym classes
Flash through my mind
No one present to fill the scenes
I stare
I'm leaving these halls
No longer will I read those books
No longer will I open this locker
No longer will I sing in this choir room
I stare
I wonder
I wish
There was a little more time
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Chain Reaction
A response to the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
I have a cousin who suffers from autism and I've never really paid much attention to it. I've always thought he was smart but just a little different than everyone else. After reading just a small amount of this novel I came to realize how brilliant autistic children really are. The way they lay out evey situation and every idea, looking at it in such detail is amazing, it is not something that most teenagers would ever be able to do. It seems to me that our school system does an exceptional job of tending to kids like Christopher. I love how most of them are able to take part in normal classes and be a part of the middle school experience. I really appreciate those people who take there time to help. But there are some that don't respect this. They choose to make fun, call names, be completely irresponsible. The US is supposed to be a place of equality. It upsets me to see autistic kids treated differently. There are kids that deny them their chance of experience what all children experience. When I get to spend time with my cousin I enjoy listening to what has been going on in his life; he is able to have a job and have friends and graduate from highschool. It's not like that for all autistic kids, however. Some are constantly alone and left behind. There's something we can do to change this. By do one kind thing for these less fortunate children you can start a chain reaction.
I have a cousin who suffers from autism and I've never really paid much attention to it. I've always thought he was smart but just a little different than everyone else. After reading just a small amount of this novel I came to realize how brilliant autistic children really are. The way they lay out evey situation and every idea, looking at it in such detail is amazing, it is not something that most teenagers would ever be able to do. It seems to me that our school system does an exceptional job of tending to kids like Christopher. I love how most of them are able to take part in normal classes and be a part of the middle school experience. I really appreciate those people who take there time to help. But there are some that don't respect this. They choose to make fun, call names, be completely irresponsible. The US is supposed to be a place of equality. It upsets me to see autistic kids treated differently. There are kids that deny them their chance of experience what all children experience. When I get to spend time with my cousin I enjoy listening to what has been going on in his life; he is able to have a job and have friends and graduate from highschool. It's not like that for all autistic kids, however. Some are constantly alone and left behind. There's something we can do to change this. By do one kind thing for these less fortunate children you can start a chain reaction.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)