I really enjoyed our trip to afi. It was kind of fun being there and reading The Boys Nest Door around the same time because there were some people that I was that I would imagine as being Norman or Arnold. Like when we toured the education room and they talk about how the client only works on things they want to. For example there was one man who wanted to send a facebook message, so the instructor said he should work on his sentence structures. This kind of reminded me of Barry and Golf. I think it is import for them to have something they enjoy and not force them to do something they do not want to do. Visiting there made me want to help out in some way. I have never really been around the disabled very much at all and being there really struck something inside me.
Something else I thought of today when I was reading Act 2 of Boys Next Door is when Barry’s dad comes and visits. How big of an ordeal was it in the play and it turned out not so well. It made me think of how hard it has to be on parents. I’m sure we would all love to think that each one of these disabled people have a great home life to go home to everyday, but the truth is I bet is about as even as anyone else having a good home life. Some do and others don’t. I am in Dr. Fettkes class, and he has talked about how tiring it can be as a parent and how import it has been for him and his family to lean on God and his body. What about those who do not know the Lord? Who do they lean on when they have no more strength or patience?
"It was kind of fun being there and reading The Boys Nest Door around the same time because there were some people that I was that I would imagine as being Norman or Arnold."
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I too really enojoyed AFI. I like you you related the buy who wanted to write his friends e-mails on the computer and his teacher needed to teach him how to write sentences first. you did a great job on relating that to characters in the book. I loved reading how you felt about your experience there at AFI. Also, what you said about dr. Fettkes family and how important it is to lean only on God. Good job!!
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