No Grownups?

             What would my life be like without grownups?

             My life would be insane.

              My life would be chaos because I would not have my parents, grandparents,              teachers, and other important adults in my life to guide me. At first, I would be happy, excited,       and I would feel free because I wouldn't have my parents constantly yelling at me for doing one tiny thing I wasn't supposed to, i. e. lying, cheating, stealing, etcetera. However, after a few days, I would start to feel the pain of not having someone there to cheer me up when I feel blue, to fix my wounds when I get hurt, to give advice when I'm going the wrong way, or to discipline me when I've been bad. I would basically shatter into a million pieces because I wouldn't have the glue that keeps me together.

             I'm going to be honest, and say that most kids, including me, take their parents for granted at least ten times in their life. My eyes have been opened, and now I see that my parents have         taught me so much, including that I should take this knowledge and use it. This is extremely           valuable, and I should never discard it, abandon it, or even dare to think of never picking it up and   putting it to use. I will and should always treasure my time with the special adults in my life                 because they will not always be here, and that is a sad but inevitable thing.

             Basically, I would not live without grownups.  

          

Response to a Curious Quote

                     

        This summer, I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and I absolutely loved it! It was a great book that gave insight to the mind of a fifteen-year-old boy with disabilities.  I was recently given the task of responding to the quote below by stating whether or not I agree with it and by using evidence from the book and my life to back up my answer.  

        "Sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it's communities that handicap them."  -Anonymous

            In some ways, I agree with this statement, but in some ways, I don't agree. I agree because the reason Christopher acts the way he does is because of his surrounding environment. The community surrounding Christopher immediately thinks that he can't comprehend everyday situations and starts treating him as though he is unintelligent or a small child of small knowledge. This results in the community handicapping Christopher. However, Christopher's disabilities have wired his brain to think the way he does, causing him to act different from a "normal person" in certain situations. The community around Christopher does not know and could care less about the things Christopher does like. Therefore, it is not the community's fault. So, there are two sides to this statement, and I agree with both of them.

            However, I think everyone, including me, could at least try to be a little more understanding of disabled people. By reading this book, I have obtained a new perspective of people with disabilities, and I will try my best to be more understanding of them.