The main character in my book Hey Stoopid's name is Jack. He is a 13 year old boy who had to grow up without a mom because they didn't like the fact that he was profoundly brain damaged. He was brain damaged because she did drugs when she was pregnant with him and she expected him to be normal and perfect. No one is perfect, but he is an extraordinary kid.
I hate the fact that he got made fun of all the time and had to pass as a normal kid in tough classes.
The teacher would make him stay in the classroom until he finished his work. He was not allowed to go to recess until it was done. Which I think is so wrong. For a kid who has severely learning disabilities, shouldn't be treated like that.
I would have to say I don't admire Jack, but I do appreciate him, and accept him for who he is as a person, not by what a doctors says he is. Jack reminds me of all the severely profound that I haven/taken care of. People don't realize that they are just like us. They have feelings to. I am so involved with helping kids like this that last year I went to all the school dances with the same boy who had turrets and ADHD. And this year on my birthday I went to homecoming with a kid who can't talk, is in a wheelchair, but full of joy.
This book is the best book I've ever read!
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