Harrison Bergeron Analysis

“Harrison Bergeron” is a prophetic short story written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The short story is set in the year 2081, a time where everyone is equal due to the 211th, 212th and 213th Amendment. People are handicapped so that no person is superior to another person. I feel that Vonnegut Jr. is giving a warning to the current society about the disadvantages of making everyone equal. The school systems of today’s society are already advancing into this direction with accommodations to students that typically struggle in school. Students with Individualized Education Program (IEP) may have accommodations of specializing behavioral plans, decreasing the amount of work expected, and one-on-one mentoring. Children with IEPs may have accommodations made for different behavioral plans than the regular classroom behavioral plan. Children may earn rewards for sitting at their seat for small increments of time, participating in group activities or for handling change in a positive manner. The other children in the class are expected to do this and will not receive rewards for performing the same tasks. Children without IEPs that do not perform the expected tasks or act inappropriately would have some form of punishment for their behavior. I feel that this brings the …show more content…
IEPs set learning goals for students that may not be capable of achieving the state’s standards required for their grade level. IEPs allow children who have special educational need to be placed in a regular education classroom. The student with an IEP may be required to do only a portion of the work as the other students, while receiving the same amount of credit. I feel like Vonnegut Jr. is describing how society may become like this of today’s classroom. Children with special educational needs receive the same credit and praise as that of the student who have more expected from