I Am Sam 's Mental Retardation

7)As a child, Sam was curious and was always willing to learn. However, he discovers his mother's secret was that she could not read.

The mistaken behaviors that I identified, in this case, is that Sam acts like an obnoxious 2-year-old and temper tantrum. He wanders around the room, the center’s staff can’t get him to sit in the circle, he screams and disrupts everything, when he is asked to do something he starts kicking, scratching and butting his head into the teachers who’s with him. He causes giant hassles around to go to the bathroom, he’ll refuse to even pull down his pants, he wets in his pants. I believe that the Level Three-Strong Needs of mistaken behavior, it has been shown in this case. This level consists of a child’s inability to be able to cope with problems and they may act their anxieties, fears, frustrations, tantrums, hostility, Inattentiveness, fatigue

Antwone Fisher in my opinion is probably the most impactful movie I have ever seen. People may say, “ What a good movie” but I say “what a good man”.

I am very glad I got to watch this film, it gave me insight on how much harder learning and school is for a child with a learning disability. I would recommend this film to all aspiring teachers. I plan to

Sam was a responsible kid that helped his mom in ways she really can not do for herself.

Sammy is immature because he does not take his job seriously and he is not responsible. One example in the story is when he stood there with his “hand on a box of HiHo crackers trying to remember if I rang it up or not. I ring it up again and the customer starts giving me hell.” (Updike 1) As we can see Sammy is distracted and is not focused on his job and still gets a little frustrated because the old lady gets mad at him. He also does not enjoy working at the grocery store and admits that his boss is mean and takes his job too seriously. Another reason why he is immature is because when he uses the cash register and mentioned that “it begins to make a little song, that you hear words to, in my case "Hello (bing) there, you (gung) hap-py pee-pul (splat)"-the splat being the drawer flying out.” (Updike 21) It seems that Sammy thinks like a little childish because he uses noises and words that you can find in comic books like splat, gung etc. We also find out that Sammy is not responsible. He is still living with his parents and her mom has to iron his shirt the night before. One important phrase that the manager Lengel says is “Sammy, you don't want to do this to your Mom and Dad”. It seems that it is not the first time that Sammy has let his parents down. He knows is true, but does not think about it and decides to quit. The Manager is friends with Sammy’s parents and knows that Sam needs the job to prove his parents that he is responsible. Overall, Sammy is premature, he is not responsible and does not take the job seriously. He also thinks like a child and does not think about the consequences.

Sam escapes her reality and tricks herself into painting this picture of her father to avoid coping with the actuality that he doesn't truly love her.

There are indications that Samkisha does not emulate her delinquent peers, and she only sometimes goes along with their negative influences. She reported she would use marijuana on the weekends when she was with her friends. Samkisha maintains contact with some peers who are responsible and goal-focused, emulates older adolescents in school and/or work and has a best friend who is supportive and a positive influence. She stated her best friend is Ashante’ who is 18 years of age. She reported she has been friends with Ashante’ for approximately 5 years. Samkisha reported she is not involved in any pro-social community organizations nor does she want to be involved in any at this

I Am Sam is a touching movie that demonstrates, despite any impairment – anyone is capable of love. Sam Dawson, a forty-year-old man, has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. The movie begins with Sam having a child with a homeless woman, whom abandons him shortly after they leave the hospital. His daughter, Lucy, becomes the love of his life. He raises her alone, with the assistance of a great support system. As she ages, his limitations began to be stunt her educational growth. She begins to hold herself back because she doesn’t want to surpass her father’s educational level. The authorities end up taking Lucy away due to the assumption that Sam isn’t capable of giving her the life she deserves. He then hires a lawyer to manage his case pro bono. The movie is spent with Sam fighting for his rights to his daughter. In the end, love wins and Lucy is back where she belongs, with Sam. He proves to everyone that if you have the capacity to love, you have the ability to fight for it.

In Lasse Hallström’s film, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, the struggles of living with a mental illness is displayed through Arnie Grape, the protagonist’s younger brother. Grape’s disability is never discussed in the movie, as the movie focuses on Gilbert Grape, the principal character, and his struggles with life and family responsibilities. With the use of various resources, such as a psychology textbook (Lilienfeld 2014), credible health associations’ websites, and The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DMS-5), one is capable of analyzing the nature of Arnie’s disorder and make a valid assumption that he is dealing with a mental illness: autism. Autism is a spectrum disorder characterized by “various degrees in difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors” ("Learning About Autism," n.d.). It becomes clear, through Arnie Grape’s social and cognitive impairment, that he has Autism, despite the fact that the film does not clearly state that he has a mental illness.

Finally, when in battle Sam never shows of defeat or fear as it would worry the children and allow for them to lose hope in the situation. When Caine had taken over the power plant, the book stated, “ ‘I have the power plant, that’s obvious,’ Caine said. ‘Stupid of you to lose it, Sam.’ Sam had no answer to that” (Grant 322). This shows that even though Sam had lost control of the vital power plant that they had been fighting for, he did not respond with helplessness. He held his ground by not giving into the fear that Caine had wished to be spelled upon him and his army of children. The children were not able to feel this fear because they felt if Sam stayed strong the rest would follow. Not only is Sam courageous, he is also a leader. First, when electing a person to be in charge of Perdido Beach kids generally looked to Sam to be the mayor. This is because before the FAYZ, Sam was known as School Bus Sam since he saved peoples lives when a school bus that he was on crashed. His ability to act quickly and make decisions that other people would find to be too difficult makes him a good leader. Also, Sam acts like a leader in that he wants to be a good role model to the kids of the town. He believes that if he wants people to follow his order he must first do what he orders of other people. When Astrid delivered news that kids were killing animals, the book states, “If he started blowing off his duties,

6). Sam's friends are starting to worry about him. Ordinarily an attentive and engaged man, Sam has become withdrawn and sullen. He has lost weight, is constantly tired, cannot sleep, and hasn't been showing up for church meetings or to go to his son's soccer games. In

Sam is an adopted child. Quite early on his adoptive parents had concerns about his speech and language. They noticed he uses very few single words and is very reluctant to communicate with anyone. Initially they thought he is feeling shy or taking time to adjust to new environment but Sam started having more tantrums. They were worried about his communication and ability to cope at nursery school. He was referred to the Speech and Language Therapy Service when he was two years old.

Sam's self-concept is not distorted and he strongly believes that he is a stable adult, capable of raising his daughter. Constantly needing to defend his rights throughout the movie, Sam's self-concept becomes evident, and is clearly accurate. According to Sam, being a good parent

I believe that the movie Dead Man Walking impacted my life greatly. It was a very emotional and moving movie. This was an excellent movie because it portrayed the feelings of both the families of the victims and the murder himself. It shows how much pain and suffering the families had to go through with all the sadness and hatred against Matthew Poncelant. The movie also showed how that the families' hatred did not go away after Matthew was executed. The greatest emotional part of the movie was when Matthew confessed that he did kill the teenagers and that he was truly sorry. From there, he was able to at least die with dignity and also he asked the parents of the teenagers for their forgiveness for him. This movie also showed how the