I READ a piece of news about a mentally-retarded person. He feels his future is gloomy as his mother died of illness, which is a great blow to him.
Now, no one cares about him. He has no choice but to live alone by himself. I am sorry to hear that. How about you? I want to express concern at the problems about the mentally-retarded. In fact, they are not without any merits. If they receive proper education, training and assistance, they may be able to work as normal people do.
Unfortunately, many people or employers are reluctant to give them an opportunity. Even worse, some people have the misconception that mental retardation is a kind of infection disease.
This will worsen the inferiority complex among the mentally-retarded. Some of them turn down job offers simply because they lack self-confidence. Their lives become gloomier and their prospects, more bleak.
If you were mentally retarded, how would you feel? In fact, they are not different from us and are entitled to be loved, cared for, and given access to education. Please don't deprive them of their right to live! JONES Good smokers I WANT to express my opinion even though most people would disagree with it - NOT ALL TEENAGE SMOKERS ARE BAD. Almost all people, especially parents and the older generation, when they see a teenage smoker, would conclude that they are bad kids.
It is really a wrong perception because every teenage smoker I know is a good, responsible, hard-working and socially alert student.