The Movie: Radio Kennedy's Life

Students with disabilities need to be physically, programmatically, and interactionally included in classroom activities that have been planned by a qualified teacher in conjunction with support staff as needed.

There are many miraculous people on this planet. Some of these people have had miraculous experiences, others have accomplished miraculous success, and some people remind us of how miraculous our lives really are. Every now and then someone comes along who shows us that miracles really are possible. That was what a mentally handicapped African American boy from Anderson, South Carolina was put on this Earth to do.

Coach: Coach Jones was one of the most supportive people throughout this movie, as he always supported Radio with his needs. For example, Coach Jones took Radio under his arm after he caught his football players tormenting Radio one day after practice. Ever since that day, Coach Jones took a strong liking to Radio, as Radio was a very caring, compassionate, and loving person. Coach Jones allowed Radio to be a part of his football team, and he also allowed him to be on the field with his team! In addition, Coach Jones eventually earned Radio a spot in Hanna High School, so Radio could earn his high school diploma. If you think about it, Coach Jones actually acted as a father figure to Radio throughout the movie, as Radio’s actual dad passed

Though more people become sensible to Radio, the coach's mentoring incites angry opposition from a local banker, Frank Clay whose bullying son, Johnny is the town's star athlete. Frank and his friends think that the football team is distracted by Radio’s cheerleading and that he attracts too much attention. When was

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“But truth is, we're not the one's who've been teachin' Radio. Radio is the one who's been teachin' us. 'Cause the way he treats us all the time is the way we wish we treated each other even part of the time”. In this quote Coach Jones is using pathos by telling his audience that Radio has taught them way more than they have taught him. Radio has taught them to care about each other all the time, not just part of the time. Coach Jones brings to light how Radio treats everyone kindly no matter what he’s going through, or what they have done to him. He then goes on to say how he’s stepping down as head coach, which collects a response of shock, disbelief, and

     When a child doesn’t seem to be learning, some teachers and parents in his/her life might criticize the child and think of them as stupid, or maybe just too lazy to want to learn. What they don’t realize is that the child might have a learning disability. But how are these children being helped? There are many programs, special schools and facilities, home teaching methods and many other ways in which children with Learning Disabilities are being helped.

There should also be hands-on time to include this strength, using magnet boards or sentence strips. Students with learning disabilities do have the ability to overcome the disability; it is just a matter of building on strengths and finding new ways that work for the student to learn. It is not that students with learning disabilities have something wrong with them, they only learn in a different way. In fact, all students learn differently and focusing on each student's strengths would benefit them greatly in their education. As teachers, we should apply methods we use in Special Education to all students. For instance, using accommodations such as graphic organizers or flexible means of presentation helps all students excel. The graphic organizers assist with students' overall understanding and attention during the lessons. The flexible means of presentation such as lecture, group work, and hands on work allows all students to learn the material as they each have a different primary mode of learning visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile.

The movie “Radio” is the tale of a young African-American man who suffers from severe mental retardness and his journey to fame from football in the small South Carolinian town of Anderson. James “Radio” Kennedy is befriended by the T. L. Hanna High School head football coach, Coach Jones, and begins to help as an “assistant coach” of some sort. Eventually, James begins to attend Hanna High as an eleventh grade student due to the persistent efforts of Coach Jones.

Specific Learning Disability – the teacher could adapt the direct instructions and maters use during the lesson and practice time. The teacher could incorporate partner work for students to collaborate in small groups.

In the educational world, there are countless programs, curricula, strategies, manipulates, and resources for teachers to pull from in order to aide in the teaching of concepts and learning of students. Whatever method(s) a school or district has deemed best practice, or adopted as their curriculum, tend to be the instructional practices or resources utilized the most by those teachers. Additionally, teachers will also have preference to teaching styles, resources, and materials they use for their students. While autonomy in any classroom is important to students’ academic growth, one must also be careful to select and implement instructional with great intention and purpose. Consideration to students needs is equally important as the mandate of teaching standards and demonstrating proficiency amongst students. Even when teaching non-disabled students, it can be time consuming and overwhelming to plan lessons so just how much more is involved when planning for students with significant disabilities (SD)? Better yet, what are appropriate instructional strategies to use for students with SD? Regardless of the instructional setting, these are considerations that must be given when teaching students with SD in order to maximize their learning opportunities to learn

Helping Children with Learning Disabilities Understand What They Read is an article by Regina G. Richards. Her article discusses the basic strategies and techniques that can be used for students with learning disabilities. The article states, a key component of comprehension is that the student must be actively

“To enter out into that silence that was the city at eight o’clock of a misty evening in November. This quote is relevant to the story because it shows that Leonard was alone which shows that most of the city were at their how watching television. The theme chosen for the pedestrian is technology ruins society. In the short story, The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury the television is a symbol of control of the people, by having them stay there glued to the screens as if hypnotized to just obey and watch until the next day. Leonard the main protagonist, says “What’s up tonight on Channel 4, Channel 7, Channel 9?”(1).

Radio is a movie about a person with a mental disability to learn. He roams around the school with a shopping cart and a radio. He stopped by the football field one day and took the football and then the next he the team looks him in a closet with tape all over him. The coach helps him out and lets him free. He asks if he wants to come to next practice and he eventually does. The coach and Radio become good friends Radio becomes the name of the school later helping coach the football and basketball team. He coach realizes he needs to spend more time with his family and steps down from head coach and Radio basically takes that spot and becomes the face of that school for years to

“Radio” the film released in 2003 was directed by Michael Tollin, is about the story of a mentally disabled black man. The film is set in a small town of South Carolina in the period of 1970s. The movie starts with the scene of main character, called Radio who is pushing a cart in the street going on his rounds in streets of town. People around him in streets show annoyance and resentment as he passes by but Radio is walking though as if it is part of his daily routine. Gooding named James or Radio in movie looks down all the way and gesticulation of James shows mental or psychological challenge or disability.