Activity Interconnects With Flowers For Algernon

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In this project i was kind of worried about how i was going to respond to working with mrs. Putmans class. The reason i was worried was because i didn't know how well her class would have responded to the questions and how well they would work with us to discover what they wanted to have their superhero like. When they came into the classroom it surprised me how ready and excited they were to work with us. I was very hesitant about working with them because at the beginning they were very quiet but once they got out of their shell they were energetic and was into making their superhero a part of themselves. My thoughts on how the plan was gonna go was they would come into the classroom and wouldn't want to talk to use
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With him being slower compared to the rest of society, it made the world kind of make him a misfit. Then toward the end of the book Charlie gets too smart and recognizes the boy being bullied by his employer and Charlie laughed because he became part of the harsh society, by gaining knowledge. In which he notices and acknowledges that, that boy used to be him and he understood now that when he was slower people were actually making fun of him. This book and project tie together because of the Charlie and the special needs kids in Mrs. Putman are both misfits in society and they just need to find their special place in society that accepts them. Which no matter who you are even though someone is different from you; you should still accept them in the world because if god didn't intend them to be there they wouldn't be there. So at the end of this activity it didn't change my outlook because i know myself that everyone should be accepted in society and that no matter who you are, what color you are, no matter if your special needs you are special in your own way. And you should be accepted anywhere and everywhere you go no matter what. Even though i know what is right and wrong i hope this activity changed or strengthened others opinions on this subject because they can always stick up for themselves so that why we are here, to help the others accept everyone into society. I hope this changes other people outlooks on life and on this subject, to accept everyone no matter

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