https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8 Discussion Question en-us 2017-03-06 13:58:26 UTC 2025-10-05 19:27:21 UTC hello@padlet.com kballard8 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158016208  Explain what Melody means on page 36 when she says, “it’s awful to start out OK, then lose the ability to do stuff.” Do you agree? ]]> 2017-03-06 14:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158016208 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069638 I agree with Melody, it seems like it would be hard to be born being a regular kid and then become unable to do things that you want to do. Becoming disabled as a kid is hard, you feel left out when you can't do things that the other kids are doing. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069638 faulkner_hailee https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069653 When Melody says that, she is talking about a girl named Jill, who was in a car accident. She is thinking that it is horrible to be born perfectly fine and then become disabled. I do agree because I know how awful it can be to lose something like that. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069653 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069663 What Melody means is when you're a baby and nothings wrong with you then something happens to you then you lose the ability to do things. I agree with her because you could have this life where you can move play sports, run track/cross country, dance, and maybe sing, then that accident takes all those choices out and all you can do is stay in a wheelchair. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069663 libbert_hadlee https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069664 It means she thinks that it's sad that the girl Jill got in a car accident when she was a baby and lost the ability to do thing. Melody said she cries a lot and that "Mrs. Gross used to put decorations in her hand to help her join the activity but it was like helping a store mannequin." I agree its horrible to start out perfectly fine and then all of a sudden you're in a hospital struggling to live your life as a normal person.]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069664 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069669 I agree, I think that she started out okay such as being able to do things. Then in the future she changed and lost those ability's. Like doing things a normal person would be able to do.  ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069669 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069702 She means that it would be bad if someone started life normal with no disabilities then, have something happen to you and you now have disabilities and not be able to do what you could before. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069702 boerste_dakota https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069706 I think that she means that she started out being able to do things, but when she went on in life, then she lost her abilities to do things. So then yes I would agree with her, it would be bad, if you would be able to write your name or walk so you can play 4-square, and then a few years later you lose everything.]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069706 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069719 I agree because you get so used to moving and walking and talking. You get to have fun, go places and be like the other kids. Then out of nowhere you can't do anything and you become helpless and someone has to do everything for you. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069719 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069723 I agree because when you are born with all of the qualities a normal baby has, you basically fit in. But when you loose all of them because you have down syndrome or cerebral palsy, it feels as if you just got kicked out of the group. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069723 hart_sam https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069750 I agree, if you start out ok then to me it is not to good and to lose a ability to do stuff just makes it even worse.]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069750 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069795 Melody is talking about Jill one of the aides said that Jill was in a car accident when she was little and that's why she's disabled. That's sad that she was OK and normal until she was in a car accident then she became disabled. I agree that it's awful to have the ability t do stuff then lose it. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069795 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069796
She thinks it is just bad to start fine but lose the ability to do things because depending on how long you're able to do it you could have gotten used to it. Then when you lose the ability to do things it is hard to adjust. Yes I do agree that is awful to start out fine the lose the ability to do things.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069796 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069834 Yes I think that is very awful because she had the ability to do things then lost them, Now that girl will never be able to do things that she could have done.]]> 2017-03-06 16:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069834 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069848 I agree with Melody because when you start out okay and then you just lose the ability to do all the things that you were able to do when you were younger, it would be so unfair.  ]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069848 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069851 I Agree because she could do things that was Okay then after a while she could not to really any thing but move her thumbs]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069851 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069856 I agree kinda cause it is basically the same as being born with the disabilities. what mellody means is that it sucks that someone had a chance at a good life and it wasn't their fault how they got messed up]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069856 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069890 I agree what she is saying is that it is better to start out with a disability than to  get it later in life.  If you get it later in life then it would be harder to learn and do things differently. It would be much easier to be born with the disease so you just learn that method that you have to do every day.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069890 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069985 I agree, she means it's awful when you have the ability to do stuff. Then, afterward, you aren't able to do any of those things anymore.]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158069985 wiscaver_japhet https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070071 If you start out good then you can live life but when you are older and get something then you can say that you have lived life. And it dose not have to be so bad. But some disabilities are very bad or if you get a bad sickness( like cancer) She also has not let the bad and mean people get in her way.]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070071 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070159 I agree because, you know what it feels like to have the ability to do things, then you are left without the ability. It's like dangling a piece of bacon in front of your face, and then someone taking it away and eating it. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070159 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070249 Yes, It's hard to miss something you never had, but when you have it's potentially torture.]]> 2017-03-06 16:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070249 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070272 I agree with her because starting out okay and having a chance to do all kinds of things and then something happens and you lose that ability that is awful. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070272 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070476 I agree because, she started out having a pretty good life and then they found out she had Cerebral Palsy. It's hard to go through that, but Melody never lost her Intelligence. She lost things and she gained things. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158070476 https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158071009 I agree with Melody because she means is that when she was born she started out okay but then later on they started to notice that she wasn't doing the best and later they noticed she had Cerebral Palsy.]]> 2017-03-06 16:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kballard8/9wh1l259u9w8/wish/158071009