make a responce on the following paragragh (explian): No, I myself has never had
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make a responce on the following paragragh (explian):
No, I myself has never had a disease or disability that became a master status. Yes, I agree with the assessment on page 156 in the text book. I also believe that people do change the way they treat an individual with a master status. As mentioned on page 159 by Rose Helman people are not necessarily terrified of handicap people, people with cancer ,or people with any other disease, they just comfortable. Growing up, I had a brother who played basketball, baseball, soccer, track, and ran cross county. My brother was extremely popular and managed to received MVP for almost any sport he competed in. If he could not attend school because of a cold/flu his friends would come over and play the PS4 with him. Well, in July 2010 his life changed when he was hit by a car while riding a bike through a parking lot. In the end of it all Isaiah was wheel chair bound and had to get a screw in his Femur. His friends no longer came around. No one called, Isaiah would say that he would catch people starring at him at school. Then when he would glance at them they would look away awkwardly. He even mentioned how some often treated him nicer then they did before he was hit by the car. He also felt like it was not just the people at the school. Often times he felt like my mom treated him like a child or baby. Even when he started learning how to do things on his own she was still treating him awkwardly. I think people do this because as mention they are uncomfortable or they just feel horrible that a person is going through their master status.
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I definitely agree with the author and the statement that Rose Helman made about disabled individuals. A disease or disability can drastically alter an individual’s life and it ends up becoming their master status, whether they choose so for themselves or not. Society is comprised of all kinds of individuals, some who offer kindness and empathy to others and others who engage in bullying and prejudice regardless of their master status. Just like the sick or disabled individual learns to adapt to his/her changed lifestyle, so would his/her family members, peers, and other acquaintances.
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