Mentally impaired people are worthless, and cannot function like "regular" people.
I believe that mentally impaired people are not worthless and should be valued in our society just as much as people who are not mentally impaired. These people may think in a different way, or see things differently than people without a mental disability, but they are people who should have a chance to be successful in life. This issue is similar to slavery, these people are treated like a worthless object because of a characteristic about them. People like this are undervalued about what they are capable of, they are classified as worthless by the society.
In the second part of the second part of the sentence, it is stated that mentally impaired people cannot function like "regular" people. What is qualified as regular? Every person has different opinions, and sees things differently, and function in a different way. It should not be that if a person doesn't think in a specific way they are classified as worthless. If everyone on earth was "regular"life would be boring, colorless, and have no point. Mentally impaired people may need more help learning, and reading, but they shouldn't be undervalued by citizens on earth.
What do you think is qualified as "regular"?
I completely agree with what you're saying. Mentally impaired people are not worthless in society, they just think in a different way. This definitely relates to slavery in the case of people being treated differently because of an external characteristic. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteAs for the second part of your entry, I think that a "regular" person is someone who hides all of their problems from society in order to fit in. A regular life would definitely be boring, like what we saw in The Giver, where everyone does everything the same way. People learn in different ways, but that doesn't make them worthless!