In the story what my son taught me about Oscar Pistorius by
Cynthia Falardeau was
about what her 10
years old son name Wyatt taught her about Oscar Pistorius. Wyatt also lost his
right hand to amniotic band syndrome. Pistorius competed at the 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Games, is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend on
Valentine's Day. Falardeau was fascinated by him and put him in pedestal. The
ideal of a disable man competing with other people was unthinkable because of his disability and competed in Olympic. She
thought Oscar Pistorius will create awareness for athletes with physical disability
and he will be a great role model for her son and many like him. However her son reminded her that Oscar
Pistorium is just a man. Even then her 10 years old son had the ability to see Oscar
Pistorium as a man. According to this article Falardeau learned we put people in
pedestal and see them fail. The listen from this article is regardless some
people great abilities and gifts at the end they also have challenges like everyone else.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/opinion/pistorius-commentary-irpt/index.html?iref=allsearch
This story seems really nice. I think that just because you have a disability of some sort that it shouldn't rule that person out. I know my uncle, who was a chef, lost his arm, and he still continued to cook. I think that even if someone is missing a part of their body, they should continue to pursue their dreams.
ReplyDeleteI agree. He was a great inspiration to a lot of people and that, what people needed who had have lost a limb, to keep fighting and setting goals. I think it is very sad for what he did, I think a lot of people get heart broken when a big role model does something like murder. Overall its great that people keep striving to do what they love even through the toughest obstacles.
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