Special ED .

Already five minutes into this story, I knew what I had to say. This story about Vincent made me think of my life and who I am connected to that has special Ed children. Stories like these go straight to my heart because I can almost feel the pain that these kids and adults are going through or what other people make them go through. I love to hear stories about these kids who can do something with their lives but I also feel allot of pain for them. 

Most of my childhood I have grown up with Nick Freeman. He is my age, 16 and is special. He has been home schooled for most of his life because of his troubles around other kids. We just found out this year that he applied to go to their public high school as a freshman. When the story talks about how Vincent had a great life with his job and everything was going well until he made some bad decisions. I feel like Nick relates to Vincent because of how dedicated he was. When Nick starts something, it has to be finished. It doesn't matter if he is last or takes him a couple days, he will finish what he started. He is determined to do what he feels like doing. Since I have lived with Nick my whole life, I know how to act, react, or how to help him. Everyday he has a routine. If that routine does not go they way that it is planned he yells and has a fit until it is fixed. To me, Nick has a great personality and has alot to live for when he gets older. Everytime I see Nick, he has become a new person. Growing faster and faster. Getting smarter and more creative everyday. I hope that one day Nick will realize that he needs to believe in himself for who he is and make a living out of it. 

When I heard about the troubles that Vincent was having with his work it made me sad becuase his actions are not always his fault. I will never know how the brains of these kids work but i do know that its not easy. I don't entirely understand how other kids can make fun of kids with problems like these because its normal. Not the normal, normal. But the kind of normal that people are made like this. It is a chance that it can happen with anyone and the people who are normal should understand how fortunate they are. 

I have always thought about how lucky Nick is to have a family like his. Their life is around him and what he does. They work for money to help him get extra help and anything they can to make him feel like a normal kid. They believe in him and treat him how he needs to be treated. They disapline them just like any other parent would to their kids. I have noticed that some special ed kids usually get what they want but Nick has to earn what he wants. I think that if I ever had a kid like Nick I would give all my love to him and try to be the best parent I could to him.