Field Trip :)

So, today on the Field Trip I got a total new respect for people with disabilities. I have always had a soft heart for those that have disabilities, and I used to want to work with them until I changed to elementary education.

This field trip opened my eyes, as did the play that we are reading. It tied so much together. When we read the play in class out loud I found it humorous and I realize that as much as we laugh at them we should laugh at ourselves. It is not a making fun of them sort of way, its more in a loving way. We do humorous things and so do we. We laugh at ourselves and they laugh at themselves as well. We are just alike. The only thing different is they have incapability's. They are just like you and me. What I found so interesting was that at the field trip.. is the lady said that they are unaware of there disabilities. I thought how cool is that... it is as if they are aware, but they aren't. They are people just like us.. same feelings, emotions, and everything.

I have such a great respect for people that work with those are disabled and I have a new found respect for the place that we went here in Lakeland. I think it is so great that those people have somewhere to go and socialize because i think it is harder once they get out into the real world, and if they are own their own. It is harder for them to be in society that is for sure. They make friends there and they have so many activities and it seems as though they continue to learn and learn how to survive out in the real world. They have jobs they perform and they learn about the real world and what to do. It is a great opportunity for them, and teaches them a lot. It was a great experience and opportunity to go there and see the facility and I am glad that I went and learned what I did not al ready know.