Friday, May 8, 2009

17. (RE)Can handicapped people contribute to society?

Last class, I have learned about a handicap person named Wichan who was a teacher that graduated in Bachelor’s degree.
He wanted to be a teacher so he attended at one school and he finally came third out of about 200 applicants. He was teaching at the Damrongrachanusorn Kindergarten School which is in Si sa Ket’s Kantharalak district. His books were converted into Thai Braille letters to help him with his work.
Indeed, Handicapped people are facing to the cruel world because they are different from others. Most of people would think like this guy is not normal and they don’t want to cooperate with handicapped people. Normal people might feel that if they work with handicapped people then their work might get done slower. I sometimes see that people steal money from blind people because they can’t see anything. However, most handicapped people are very hard working because they know that they’re not same as others and it is tough for them to get a job. In fact, less normal people accepted them.
Handicapped people can do so many things. For example, Mr. Wichan; even he is blind, he can graduated from Bachelor’s degree and teach the kindergarten students. Handicapped people can do what normal people can do, but it might be harder for them. However as I said most of them are hardworking person, so they would have more succeeded than their usual life.
In my own situation, I found that not everyone can teach those handicapped people. They should have a specialist who will take care of them and understand them. Our school also doesn’t have the materials or stuffs to teach them, so it’s quite difficult for the school. It is easier for handicapped people to study at the special place for handicapped people.
Actually they should be included, but then I think lots of people will not accept them. Deeply in my mind, I think handicapped people are human which have almost everything like normal people, so they should be included for doing things. The school might want to find a Braille text book to make them able to read and understand.
I don’t think handicapped people are the same as ESL students because both kinds of people have some weaknesses which make them separated from normal people. The different of them is that ESL can be improved later, but handicapped people have something wrong with themselves which is from the nature and it’s can’t be changed. It might be changed, but then it won’t be normal.
One can make a difference by being kind and allow handicapped people to join or to do activities together. Don’t hate or be afraid of them because they are just a normal people which have almost everything the same as us. We should be pity of them; not to give them hatred and stay away from them.
I will help them making a school for those handicapped people. It doesn't need to be big, so that everyone will get to know each other and they will love each other as a brother or sister. It would build them a smile. Sometimes, they might feel that they're different and they might feel more inferior. So a better way would be a school for handicapped people. They would feel better if they're staying together as a group. I will find a good teacher that is specialize for those handicapped people to be more comfortable and easy to study.

1 comment:

  1. Being kind or showing pity is a natural reaction to meeting a person who is handicapped. You have mentioned what the school can do to include the visually handicapped, but what can one--you--do?

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