This man, Nunez, suffers issues with his eyes due to a very dangerous fall from a mountain, which he is lucky to have survived. The exact diagnosis is "diseased eyes". The only solution to his situation is having surgery to remove his eye balls. Nunez doesn't like the idea of this. The school that Nunez attends doesn't offer extra help in reading for children that struggle, since the majority of the children learn how to read at a young age.
The author touches upon the situation of culture, and that the belief that all people the same way are in a culture together and understand each other completely and all face the same struggles. Although it's true that if you're going through something similar to someone else you can understand it more and be more sensitive to it, however, this doesn't mean that every single person in the "culture" feel and struggle the same way.
I believe that this article touches upon the important issues that come with difficult situations. People that have the same sort of disorder, issue, disability, etc. are placed into the same category (culture) by people that don't completely understand their situations. It;s sad that people on the outside are so quick to judge and put people with issues together and exclude them. It makes me angry that there was no extra help for reading in Nunez's school. this is making a culture of people that don't have any issues, the "normal" people, that learn to read at a young age, and discriminating against the kids that may need extra help. this is why i'm interested in going into special education so much, because people are so quick to judge and place "different" people into a category separate from the "normal" children. we are all different and all have our issues, why should we exclude people that may be seen as different?
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