Re: 8/16 Out of my mind

[aoikaori]

참석자 :  aoi (진행), anne, jamie, jodi, julie, kate, soberas, sylvi

토론 내용 :

1.      Melody has cerebral palsy (disability). How does it affect someone socially, academically, feeling and personally?

2.      How can I help combat stigmas? Have you ever helped someone who has disability?

3.      Talk about Spaulding Street Elementary School system. Why did Melody’s parents send Melody to this school? (if you were Melody’s parent, would you have made the same decision?)

4.      How does Melody feel about H-5? How does the inclusion program changes Melody’s school’s experience?

5.      How does Melody’s computer change her life, her outlook on life, and her potential? Why does she name it Elvira?

6.      Why the quiz team did not call Melody at airport? When Melody confronts the kids on the quiz team, what is satisfying about how the handles the situation?

7.      What does Mrs. V affect Melody’s development or her life?

8.      What is significant about Ollie fish? How does Ollie’s life mirror Melody?

9.      What does the title of the book mean? The Korean book title is 안녕, 내 뻐끔거리는 단어들. What if you were to translate the title of a Korean book?

10.   If you are to choose the disability, what do you choose between ‘cannot speak’ and ‘cannot control my body’? And why?

11.   Characterization) Pick words in the bubbles that describe Melody.

disability - equality - education에 대해서 얘기하고 싶어 준비한 질문들이었습니다.

질문을 고를 때는 몰랐는데 막상 얘기를 시작하니 대부분 질문들이 우울해서 토요일 아침 시간을 우울하게 만들었네요.^^;;

공항에서 Melody에게 전화하지 않은 선생님은 왜 그랬는지 아직도 미스테리입니다. 

참고로, 국내 번역서 제목으로 침묵 속의 외침, 내 마음의 소리를 들어줘, 천 개의 목소리, 내 마음의 단어들... 이 나왔는데, 출판사에 전해주고 싶은 생각이 들었습니다 ^^; 번역가님이랑 출판사에서 '안녕, 내 뻐끔거리는 단어들'로 정한 이유가 있겠거니 생각합니다.

쉽고 재미있게 읽었지만, '장애'에 대해 생각하게 되는 책이라 그리 가볍지 않았지만

끝까지 완독 및 참석하여 주셔서 감사합니다~