I really enjoyed reading The Acorn People by Ron Jones which is an autobiographical story about his time spent as a counselor a Boy Scout summer camp. He knew he was hired to be camp councilor for children living with disabilities or impairments yet he was not fully aware of what he was signing up. After the first day Ron wanted to run away before finally deciding to stay. Ron nervously worked on a craft project stringing together acorns for a necklace. All the kids in his cabin were very excited to make one for themselves so much that they all worked together until all 7 had necklaces. In very little time as he learned more about the children he began to see them in a differently. Even though the camp nurse had given a quick tutorial regarding …show more content…
the children, there was no way for Ron to know what to expect.
Ron and his co-counselor, Dominic was responsible for 5 boys in their cabin, day and night. Benny b was a small child living with polio who loved to move fast in his wheel chair. Another young boy, Spider, was without arms or legs. There was Thomas Steward who was living with Multiple Sclerosis as well as Aaron who everyone called “Arid.” T he most mobile of the 5 was Martin, who was also the oldest at 14 years old. At the beginning of camp everyone was reserved, guarded and quiet. The camp’s schedule was meant for boy scouts, those living without a disability, so the allotted time on the schedule made for a hectic day. Once the counselors figured out they needed to be on their own schedules the children began to blossom. After a day of swimming with a group of girl campers, the boys decided they wanted to make acorn necklaces for everyone at camp. They were all bonded and these necklaces were proof of that. They started calling themselves the Acorn people. The necklaces changed everything, they were connected now. Without even knowing Ron Jones was facilitating recreational therapy technique for these …show more content…
children. Recreational Therapy seeks use recreation and leisure-based interventions to improve the functional abilities of a person. There are lots of benefits to recreation therapy such as improving social skill, functioning and an overall increase in health and wellbeing. While the benefits are numerous barriers also exist in recreational therapy. Some barriers may include the attitudes people have regarding disabilities or impairments. There are also certain architectural barriers that may exist hindering a person living with a disability’s access to recreation and leisure time. The children in the book experience some of these benefits and barriers. Watching the children play and getting to know them helped break down attitudinal barriers Mrs.
Nelson, the school nurse had a great idea to put on a water ballet to show off all the talents of the children for their parents for pickup day. Even though the children were beginning to feel down about camp ending, they decided to all pitch in together to put on a great show. This was just the boost of confidence the children needed as they were not feeling very happy about camp coming to an end. They all worked hard, under Mrs. Neilson’s supervision so they would be prepared when their families arrived on Saturday. These children have been labeled their entire lives even Ron and Mrs. Nelson labeling the children in the beginning. As they got to know the children better their descriptions changed, they were no longer their disability, they were individuals with personalities and
strengths. This changed the person first terminology so they were no longer their characteristics but deserving individuals. These kids were searching for some semblance of normal, to be like the kids in the red cross video they showed at camp, to wear makeup, to have friends and possible to have a relationship with the opposite sex. They longed to swim, dance, laugh and participate in the same activities as the boy scouts that used the camp. Ron and Dominic saw the importance of social inclusion for the campers. They witnessed a change when the children were allowed to play and have fun which is why they knew climbing to the top of the mountain, no matter the struggle was very important to these children. The children began to wonder how many days were left at camp; as the days went by they began to with draw more and more, losing the freedom and self-determination they had seemed to gain during their time at camp causing the children to revert to their initial feelings of powerless or learned helplessness Without even realizing it, Ron Jones possessed the qualities of an effective helper just by being aware of his self and values. He was able to detach his own feelings to ensure his personal feelings were not projected onto the children. He showed his responsibility for the children by allowing them to make decisions for themselves while always there to support them. He was also a role model for the children His altruism shone through when he did not give up on their goal of climbing to the top of a mountain. The treatment of people living with a disability has improved greatly since the ADA act was signed in to law in 1990. This legislation broke through not only the architectural barriers that people living with a disability may face but the attitudes of the masses. Even with all the improvements and barriers that have been broke there is still work to be done. People living with disabilities still face these barriers every day. I believe that social inclusion and education go hand in hand with education being the key toward the continued progress of social inclusion.
I read the picture book If you give a pig a party by Laura Nemeroff. This book is about a little girl who wants celebrate her pig's birthday, she is planing a lot of activities , such as the decoration, the games, and the the food. She realized that planning a birthday is a hard work because she has to keep happy to all pig's friends (different animals). This book has a lot of pictures to keep the children's attention when an adult is reading. I read it to my students and my daughter and they want to read it again and again.
What clues in the story let you know that Camilla Cream was feeling sick? Objective 2: As the students engage in thinking, pair, and share activities they will refer to the text to complete the assignment. They will learn from each other, receive feedback, and will also have a chance to engage in public speaking while discussing the story. This instructional strategy will encourage the students to reflect on the questions, share their ideas with their partner, fill out a worksheet with 5 questions, and then share their ideas with the rest of the class.
I. Theory After reading the voice of Inclusion “From My Friend Ro Vargo” what an intriguing and captivating story. About a young girl who is severely impaired, name Ro Vargo who is diagnosed with (rett syndrome). Defined as “a progressive neurodevelopmental genetic disorder that affects females usually during infancy that is characterized by cognitive and psychomotor deterioration, slowed head and brain growth, stereotyped hand movements, seizures, and mental retardation”www.merriamwebster.com. Ro did not want people to talk about what she had (rett syndrome). To her she’s just an ordinary person. We see through Ro’s eyes as she takes us on her life’s journey. From the beginning of kindergarten through the end of college. Ro parents reveals
She excites the feelings of guilt and pity in order to gain the support of her audience. By using details that describe the horrible work conditions of “several thousand little girls”, such as “in the deafening noise of the spindles” and “all night through”, she emphasizes how bad the children’s lives are without the proper laws. Another example of pathos being used is “A little girl, on her thirteenth birthday, could start away from her home at half past five in the afternoon, carrying her pail of midnight luncheon, and could work in the mill from six at night until six in the morning…” Kelly’s subtle emphasis on the innocence of children as seen the preceding example, gives the audience a feeling of guilt because children shouldn’t need to work through the night. By going into more detail about the type of work children do, Kelley helps to persuade the audience into making a change in order to satisfy their
Boy’s Life and emancipation were both really good passages. Boy’s Life can be relatable to boys and girls. Boy’s Life is about a kid who is really anxious to get out of the last day of school. On the last day of school, he sees it as the first day of summer. The bell rings and all of the students get up and start running for the door. Then the teacher tells everybody to sit back down and I will dismiss you row by row. She finally dismisses every single row in the classroom and everyone is going out of the classroom at a walking pace and when they get out of sight they start running down the hallway like a bunch of maniacs. When she finally dismisses the last row she pulls a kid named Cory Mackenson, and talks to him about this writing competition that he should do. He said that he will think about it. She tells him to go to the bus before he is too late. Cory is the only one in the hallway because everyone else is on the bus and ready to go home.
Gene jumped into the river even though he’s scared because of Finny’s persistence. After the two boys jumped, the other three refuses to do the jumping, so they headed back for dinner. Into their way back, the 2 best friends wrestle with one another and missed dinner. Consequently, they went straight to their rooms. Mr. Prud’homme, a substitute teacher for the summer session, went to Gene and Finny to discipline them the next morning for missing dinner, but he was soon won over by Finny’s ebullient talkativeness and leaves without giving punishment.
The Forest People, by Colin Turnbull was written in 1961. It follows his accounts among the BaMbuti Pygmies in the rainforest of the Belgian-Congo (now known as the Ituri forest in northeastern Zaire). This was said to be the last group of pygmies. These people are one of the few hunter-gatherer groups left of their kind. The book was written while Turnbull spent three years with the group of Pygmies in the late 1950s. His writing is very informal as he studies this tribe and also compares and contrasts the group of Pygmies to Africans in a local town (newer tribe). He takes the BaMbuti tribe (pygmies) who are perhaps a 10,000-year-old tribe, and he compares them to a group in the Bantu village, who lives right next to the forest and are a more recent tribe. He begins his writing by introducing the readers to the pygmies. He goes through and introduces multiple families and their family members, making it more real. He introduces Ekianga and his multiple wives, Kenge, and others. The names are strange and he gets to know many so it can be hard to keep track. He explains how as western people there is an initial fear of the forest and that this fear is alike those of the villagers near the forest. This can be true for any western born person, or anyone unfamiliar with life in the forest. The villagers have a reason for their fear though, they believe in lots of magic and spiritual things and they believe that the dark forest is full of evil spirits and magic. Turnbull then continues to introduce the readers to the forest through the eyes of the tribe. It shows the intimate knowledge that the tribe has on where and when to get food, and also how to predict predators. It turns the forest environment from intimidating and unknown, to ...
On Monday morning, KayDe was at her school's career center when she noticed the weekly newsletter for the staff. "Freak dancing is ... obscene!" she read in Mr. Bennett's column. All dances were going to be called off, he had written, unless students came up with a plan to stop the freak dancing. "I couldn't believe that he was serious," KayDe says. "That's just how we dance—like my parents used to do the twist!" She and Kelley had been elected to plan the Sadie Hawkins dance in February, and if Mr.
Labeling theory is an issue that has been raised that deserves a closer look. Labeling theory, the impression that the public labels certain people as different from the normal conduct. (Popple and Leighninger, 2011) Everyone labels in society. An actor can be labeled into a certain part thought out his/her career. A boss is labeled horrible for firing one individual. Society uses labels and it defines people. The book brought up two points of labeling that should be explored. The first point is the label of developmental disabilities will give a diagnosis. People who have developmental disabilities have it, and they cannot change the situation. It can be manageable, but there will always be the label. The second point is that the society label and perception of the label. There is a stigma in the public about developmental disabilities. Although more accepted than mental illness, developmental disability has a label of individuals being stupid and slow. Labeling theory can be seen throughout history. Chapter thirteen points out that history can shape individual’s label of developmentally disabilities.
He suffers from a condition called cystic fibrosis and presumingly, the boy is dying: “Already, Cal says, Eugene has degenerated, grown worse, too much liquid in his lungs. ‘Stickiness,’ he calls it. ‘If he were three, instead of seven, there’d be more hope” (Moore, 198). However, despite Eugene’s desolate future and diminished physical condition which makes him labor for breath, he turns the story around. Throughout the story, Moore uses verbs such as chases, slides, shouts, races, grabs, and smiles in relation to him. Upon the arrival of Eugene, the cynical tone is gone from the narrator and the story becomes exciting. Even though his circumstances are bleak, he lives as if he did not have an illness that shortens his life and he does everything he wants such as dancing, going to school, and playing with friends. Through his suffering, he teaches the narrator, his parents, and readers to celebrate life, and their family dances together with joy before bed until Eugene is stopped by exhaustion: “We make a phalanx, and march, strut, slide to the music. We crouch, move backward, then burst forward again. We’re aiming to create the mildew, resinous sweat smell of dance” (Moore, 204). In spite of Eugene’s pain and suffering, he presses forward, and his presence shines like a candle, setting the tone of the story as hopeful
Many of the adventures and memories around the secluded pond in southern Indiana faded away with the summer sun, but the wholesome values passed on to me are immensely more important than any formula will ever be. Through everything that my family has overcome, hardship and triumph, every summer we are able to gather under the pavilion. As we walk away on Sunday evening, we are inspired by the heroic tradition of our family, and also motivated to be as brave and courageous as the family members that came before
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However, in this ballet concert, the choreographer had designed the scenes to be more like a comedy. The movement of the sisters are more amusing than cruel. For example, when they pulled each other for being eager to dance with the prince, or when they tried to hurt and bully the Cinderella, these movements are not that cruel but amusing. Even the stepmother was drunk and danced comically in the prom scene. Moreover, the movements of all the girls who wanted their feet to fit in to the ballet shoe which Cinderella had dropped in the prom are also very funny. These kinds of design successfully made the audience laugh out loud and without hurting the hearts of the little girls who went to see the performance with their
Children with disabilities are more in the public eye than years ago, although they are still treated differently. Our society treats them differently from lack of education on special needs. The society labels them and make their lives more difficult than it has to be becau...