Personal Reflective Essay

When I was reading over the instructions for this simulation, I thought the plastic wrap over my eyes would be the most difficult part. It definitely was. After I covered my eyes, I sat in my chair which is approximately twenty feet away from the television. I then attempted to select what I wanted to watch, which was impossible from that far away. To be able to see the guide I had to be standing within two to three feet of the t.v. The cotton balls weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be. I was actually able to hear the t.v. fairly well without it being turned up too loud. I called my grandmother using my cordless house phone. I turned the volume all the way down to make it as difficult as possible for me to hear, and even then I was still able to hear her just fine. I inserted the craft sticks in my gloves so they would be positioned on the bottom part of my fingers, which made it difficult to bend them. To open the pill bottle I placed one hand on the bottom of the bottle and the other on top, I then pushed down with the hand placed on top while twisting the lid off at the same time. I got the lentils out and attempted several times to pick them up, because I was limited on how far I could bend my fingers and unable to see clearly this task was difficult. After several minutes or trying I was able to pick the …show more content…
It was more frustrating than the lentils, because I felt this should have been the easiest task. I was unable to bend my fingers and push down hard to cut the bread. When I ate the bread i mostly allowed it to get soggy and then swallowed it. I peeled the apple using a vegetable peeler before I took a bite, because I don't like the skin. This also was very hard. While eating the apple it was hard to get in chewed up small enough to swallow it, but after a couple minutes I was able to do so. Not being able to bed my fingers very well affected several tasks for this