The American life

This audio was about people who are mentally challenged and the troubles they face in school or just life in general. In the beginning of the audio there were some testimonies or speaking from students who attended special ed. I felt this part of the audio was interesting to me. Mainly because when I used to attend IPS there were special ed classes. While attending IPS I had a few friends or associates who always went into this mysterious room. They never spoke much about special ed but I do remember they were always laughed at and ridiculed. Personally for me to hear the students in this audio made me ponder and say what if I was in that situation. The main focus then shifted to Vincent a mentally challenged man who recently quit his job without any reason.

When Vincent's(or Vinnie) sister first started explaining his situation I thought he was just any other mentally challenged person. His parent's treated him as if he was a kid( which I thought was normal in his situation). Even though he was 34 years old it wasn't awkward or I wasn't in shock because he still lived with his parents. I have known a couple of people that are in his situation. There was once guy in an art class I took summer year going 8th in 9th grade. He was 26 years old and was mentally challenged and lived with his parents. I think that parents taking care of their children who have disabilities is wonderful but a situation that is depressing. On a documentary show on MTV called true life there was an episode talking about children who have autism/retardation. In the documentary you could tell the parents worried so much about there child when going to school or just for there live in general. Throughout the audio the sister kept mentioning that he quit his job and the activities he used to do. She really put importance on the fact that he quit his job.

When the mother spoke about Vinnie she said chemicals in his brain was altered and thats why he quit. When I heard that I believed it because she said a doctor thought that was the problem. As the story continued the sister kept repeating that he quit his job. She also said everyone had there perspective on why he quit. As the story came to a ending hearing what his brother said set a spark in my head. It made me think that this guy is really just like you and I. Yes, he is mentally challenged and has a speech impediment but he is normal. Just as his brother said I would have quit a job or my daily routine if it was so repetitive because it can ultimately become tedious.

To conclude, another audio has changed my perspective and enlightened me. In the beginning of the audio I heard testimonies from people who attended special ed classes. I never knew what happened in these classes or knew how some of the people might of felt. The audio then switched to Vincent or Vinnie a 34 year old man who was mentally challenged. I believed in the beginning he was quite different because he was mentally challenged. Until the end where it occurred to me that he was normal and had the same feelings and emotion as anyone else.