Schuyler’s Monster begins with a couple who learn that they are expecting a child. It is written from Schuylers’ fathers’ experience, Robert and his wife is Julie. The beginning was mostly about himself and built up how he had arrived to the point in his life where he was divorced once, and then remarried Julie years later and lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan where they learned they were expecting. Language Concerns Once Schuyler (pronounced SKY-LAR) was born, they thought everything about her was normal except for her having jaundice and that she needed to be treated. As the couple decides to move to New Haven, CT they visit a pediatrician named Dr. Simon. During a check-up, Dr. Simon asked Julie and Robert if Schuyler had been developing her …show more content…
Honestly, I was not surprised to read about this. This is something that happens often with parents with children with a disability because they tend to look outside of the marriage for comfort instead of looking for it in each other. They both blamed it on depression and even though these married issues arose on top of everything that was already going on, I found it admirable that they chose to separate and then they both realized that they shouldn’t be without Schuyler and without each other. Schuyler’s primary diagnosis was PDD which stands for pervasive developmental disorder. During this time, Schuyler was scheduled for an MRI. After the MRI, they finally had found her true diagnosis- the ‘monster’ that had been living in her head since birth. They finally had a diagnosis – bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria, an extremely rare neurological disorder that they later found out was genetic and was passed down from Roberts genes in Chicago at a Genetics Clinic. Dr. Dobyns further examined Schyulers’ MRI and said “From these scan, I’d estimate that anywhere from sixty to seventy-five percent of Schuyler’s brain is profoundly malfunctioned” (p. 174). They mentioned why this was the reason why she had difficulties with fine motor movements and why her speech was absent. This disorder was the reason why she was not able to communicate. As a future speech-language pathologist, I felt …show more content…
In a sense, I wasn’t surprised that they moved from place to place because they wanted to do everything that they could to help their daughter. I’d like to think that if I was in their shoes, I would have done the same. I felt sympathetic towards the parents because every time they would get more information, they felt like it was more and more their fault and internalized what was happening with their daughter. I also found it moving how honest Robert was about his frustrations when dealing with his everyday challenges with Schuyler. I don’t think it portrayed him in a bad light but in a realistic and truthful way, which I find respectable. Especially when he shared his note that he had written to Schuyler on the day of Christmas, 2004. That note was eye opening for readers and really made me think about what it must have been like to be in his
... This puts her stress level higher than ever. Ruth also starts off the show as a wife who doesn’t believe in Walter’s dream of owning a liquor store, but in the end, Ruth decides to keep the child and finds hope for her, Walter and the Younger family. Overall I think that the show was worth seeing, even though I let my parents pick the film--which I will never do again by the way-- I think that it was a good production.
I recently read a book called Monster by Walter Dean Myers, in which a sixteen year-old boy named Steve Harmon was arrested for being accused of shooting a drugstore owner, and watched a documentary titled Murder on a Sunday Morning about a fifteen year-old Brenton Butler being charged with murdering a woman at a motel. I found that the book and the documentary had many similarities and differences. I thought this because both cases are about a young African-American boy who is in custody for something that they did not do. Both police investigations didn't go thoroughly and just rushed through to arrest the boys immediately and are centered around a white defense attorney who tries to convince the jury that the male teen did not committed the crime by giving out evidence.
In the opening chapters, the story hadn’t picked up growth as much as I hoped. The main characters lived in a refugee camp and had considerably harsh living conditions. In my viewpoint, much of the beginning consisted of descriptions of the scenes and dialogue which were mostly irrelevant to the storyline, except for their origin story and the death of their mother. Though, when the journey from the camp to Kikima began, the story’s development accelerated, making me more engrossed in the book. Beyond that, I think Eric Walters did an excellent job not being repetitive with the description of the continual scene of the settings, the laborious walking and its toll on the two, since that would’ve driven my interest away.
Monster: main point of the story The story The Monster by Toby Litt is about the life of a monster that lacks self-awareness. This “monster” has been given no type of correct calling and is unfamiliar with its own physical identity (Litt 250). The monster was limited to its memory but still retained certain aspects. Because it “didn’t have a very good memory,” it couldn’t remember the characteristics of one tree in order to compare it to the other, but it could remember certain maternal characteristics his mother had displayed.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
Once I get past all of the rambling I did in the past paragraphs, I honestly really enjoyed the book. Though it wasn't like most of the other books I’ve read (meaning I didn't cry during the process of reading it), the characters were just as provokingly interesting as the characters in other stories, it was a little edgy and made me want to yell at it, shouting at Sam when she wouldn’t let Tyler play video games with Danny, or Danny when he called to have Sam and Tyler taken to a separate facility. Overall, this book opened me up to something that just isn't a romance novel. This story really shows that there are people with a lot of difficulties in their lives, and that’s what I liked the most about it.
If someone had previous knowledge of a crime, are they just as guilty for not reporting that a crime was going to happen as the person(s) that actually perpetrated the crime? This question was a major point of discussion and the major driver of the plot in the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers. In this book, 16 year old Steve Harmon is being tried for felony murder for participating in a robbery perpetrated by James King, Bobo Evans, and Osvaldo Cruz that ended in the death a Alguinaldo Nesbitt. Although the jury found Harmon innocent in the end, the readers still learn that Steve knew that a robbery was going to happen. Also, scattered throughout the book were bits of evidence that alluded to Steve’s involvement in the robbery. Therefore,
I think it did a great job of showing how a family can come to view addictive and abnormal behavior as normal. I would recommend this movie to friends. I feel that it gives great insight into the dynamics of how the disease of alcoholism can trickle down the family tree affecting everyone it touches in such profound ways. Other than the lack of physical abuse I could see myself playing most of the roles the kids did as far as lost child and hero, I remember trying to fulfill most of those roles when I was younger trying anything from trying harder in school to trying to do chores to perfection in the hopes that I could through my works keep my parents from drinking. Thankfully as I got older I came to understand that their drinking was their illness not mine and until they decided they had enough I could do nothing to help them, but love and pray for
These kids grow up in the ghetto without a choice of moving somewhere else because of their parents low income, they live in a tough neighborhood and environment & reading this really touches you in many ways. Nobody will ever want to go through something like they did, Parts of the book tell you so much detail that it really puts an image through your head. The book entries mostly talk about the lives of the characters outside of school, The characters also describe the action of their diaries well and they present that action well in the movie.
At the end, Susan brings Ada and Jamie back to the countryside to find out her house had been hit by a mom due to the war. Also, their mom left the children after Ada expressed her feelings, and they never said where she went or if she ever came back. Therefore, i wish they could have been a little more of an explanation as to what they go on to do, or a follow up book on how they deal with the war. On the other hand, I think that the book showed lots of great things to display a good meaning overall.
“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” is an episode from the popular tv series The Twilight Zone. Twilight zone was created by Rod Serling, and first aired in 1959. The series is a dramatic fantasy and science-fiction anthology. The episode “The Monsters are Due on Maple street” is based around aliens. At least from the surface the episode seems to be about aliens. The average viewer would not see that the episode also has a deeper meaning, one that relates to history. This episode is a great example of a term coined in the 1950s, McCarthyism.
I sat in my child development class in a “brick and mortar” classroom setting. What was I doing there? I was extremely interested in what the professor was speaking on and what was being discussed. However, I was beginning to doubt whether I wanted to continue in my current field of study, Speech/Language Pathology. I no longer felt I was being fulfilled. There was something lacking. I talked to a few of my friends who mentioned how much money I would make as a Speech/Language Pathologist. I heard what they were saying, but somehow it just did not matter. I had to find the missing link…….
An interest in the field of speech-language pathology was ignited in my mind and my heart at the young age of 9. It was career day in Mrs. Garrett’s third grade class and our school speech pathologist was speaking to the class about her profession. I knew at that moment that this was my calling. I was fortunate to have a support system that focused on helping my passion flourish, so my wonderful teacher arranged for me to spend a week with our school speech pathologist, during this time I was able to see how she helped students communicate. During high school, I was given the opportunity to spend two days per week volunteering with the elementary school speech-pathologist in our district. These experiences continued to shape my goals and dreams for the future. Unfortunately, my dreams soon came crashing down around me. As I prepared to apply for college, I realized that my parents had spent my entire college fund during a financial hardship. I was devastated by the setback, but decided to attend a community college instead, planning to transfer after two years. During my time at community college, I faced yet another setback, my parents were getting a divorce and soon I found myself without a place to live. Consequently, my grades and GPA suffered as I bounced
It was a long book; however, an easy read and it did flow together very nicely. However, the book was not my “cup of tea”, it did contain a lot of super interesting parts to me personally. To be whole-heartedly honest, I tend to like fiction books like J.R.R Tolkien stories; I am also a sucker for love stories, specifically Jane Austen as well. Additionally, I was upset by the anticlimactic part at the end where Lowry really was unable to make a difference. The Lost Children of the Wilder says that society’s treatment of children can be very poor; however, a lot of times children need the voice of child advocates to give them a voice—especially those more vulnerable children. The social institutions specifically were very poor to the children. I think that often, similar to the story, some adults often forget to put the child first. For example some of the social institutions just assumed things about children and did not really consider other options. Furthermore, some of the most palpable moments for me included Shirley’s experiences at the training School for Girls; specifically with the group of lesbians she was involved with, like her initiation and such. I also was just beside myself when Shirley had her son Lamont and later when it came full circle and Lamont had impregnated his ex-girlfriend. Overall, the book was a good book and I would recommend it to other CHAD certificate or
However, the way the story is told is more amazing than the story itself. It grabs the viewers’ attention to make them want to continue to watch it to finds out what happen next. It comes as close to somebody going through this situation and trying to deal with it for their children sake. The same story made into a movie without the extreme home dinner and church would not have been half as