talking points #8 on Kliewer

After going through this article about Citizenship in school and how children are treated with down syndrome, i have a few feelings about this. After watching the movie on this last Tuesday, and seeing what children with this disease are treated like, it shows that these kids do not get citizenship in school. They are treated like crap. It is a shame that we live in a country that bases its beliefs on everyone being treated equally because of what Dr.king did so many years in the past. why is it just because they are challenged in so many ways that we have to send them to a part of the school that most of the students did not even know existed? What people don't see is how they would like to be treated like that if they were challenged the same way these kids are. It just is not fair. Sure these kids have some different features, and sure they have so many problems with so many things but why does that mean that we just have to push them away? People in schools are cruel and watching that video and reading this piece just proved that for me. Anyone and everyone should be embraced with open arms no matter what they are like. That in my mind is what this society lacks. We don't embrace each other because someone is different. We don't give anyone a chance. For all we know, they could become a good friend to us. We just do not know. But we will never find out unless we give them a chance.