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28. April 2010 – 21:11 | by lancefrederick1958
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The Doors (1991)
IMDB rating: 6.90
Plot: Oliver Stone’s homage to 60’s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group’s late singer, the “Electric Poet” Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris in 1971, at the age of 27. The movies features a tour- de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison’s long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer’s vocals from Morrison’s originals.
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The Doors
Directors: Stone Oliver
Actors: Wincott Michael,Madsen Michael,Evans Josh,Burkley Dennis,Idol Billy,MacLachlan Kyle,Dillon Kevin,Whaley Frank,Kilmer Val,Densmore John,Sturm Jerry,Stone Sean,Biography,Drama,Music,
How can I prove to my parents I am not retarded?
Hey people. I’m a 16 year old girl, and currently I’ve been bothered about the following issue. I appreciate those who read it and I apologize if it’s long.
My parents basically assume I am mentally challenged. Back when I was a young girl I had spoke considerably earlier and walked and formed sentances earlier as a child. I was then at that time considered a bright, sweet little girl. I was fully aware of things going on than a normal infant, and I began to ask philosophical questions regarding meanings and complexities before my age was in the double digits, and my parents were proud of me.
At age 9, I got diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome after displaying social anxiety. Before being bullied in my early years I never showed signs of social anxiety, nontheless, because of my diagnosis my parents seem to misunderstand the matter and now consider me a frail, prepubescent mentally challenged individual. I literally get no freedom in my life. For one example I am not allowed to go to parties under any circumstances, visit a friend’s house, or even go to the store. My mom assumes I would stop in the middle of the road and get run over since I was too ‘’slow” to notice. Or open and close doors, or do basic mathmatics. I find this an oxymoron because I am excelling in mathmatics in school and I shall be taking college-level work this year. Via a standardized test I had the high I.Q of 156, but oblivious to this, my parents still consider me retarded and wish to continue placing me in special ed classes and, after graduation, to a special ed college. Special ed as in those with servere Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Illnesses like schizophrenia and low-functioning autism, and those who are visually impaired. It is also known for its low academic properties. I do not want this, and wish to be placed into a college to suit my educational needs. The special ed class in my school will ask students questions like, say what is half of $10. A person’s wallet is stole. Is this a good thing or a bad thing. In this class I am surrounded by people who are extremely distracting and obnoxious and I dispise the class I am sent in every last period.
I have a younger brother who gets praised by my parents whenever he gets a good grade in class, and the entire family shall hear the news. While if I get a certificate for passing an advanced-level test, my mom will be like ”oh okay well done” seemingly uninterested in my acheivements. I tend to impress my tutors, and they will praise me at school making me feel slightly better, but they know I suffer from a low self-esteem, they will always notice any difference. Back when I was 9 years of age, they assumed I had the reading level of a college graduate. My parents never took notice of this and thought I was too slow to read, so I was given books for people younger than my age. My mom never encorages me only brings me down. She’s tried to label me as stupid, and tried to get me into schools for people with servere learning difficulties like mental retardation, luckily I had an intelligence test before being administered to this school, and I did not qualify to be admitted to the school. I am placed in public school by default. I will try to prove to my parents I am smart by doing my brother’s homework if he’s having problems with it, and he will come back with A’s, but my parents will always say he did it, and praise him for getting the grade. My brother is six years younger than me and he is allowed to parties, go to shops, hang with friends, and do what he wants to do. Even when I go to the store just a couple yards away I am promptly supervised. I am honestly sick of it. What can I do people. It’s really getting me down so much. I’d greatly appreciate any helpful advice you can give me.
My mom and me have had arguments about this before. I tell her I deserve freedom and a happy future and be placed in a college which I have studied so hard for, she will always rub it in my face that I am mentally slow and couldn’t handle being in a better college. I tell her I will be extremely unhappy in the college because of the poor social enviroment and low academic properties but she’ll still demand I am admitted to this college. I’ve even overheard my mother talk to her friend about how stupid I am. This makes me feel really bad..
She says stuff like you need to be in special ed to learn how to close doors cross roads go to stores I said I already can do all that my grandparents let me go on my own and I said I’d be able to do more if you’d just let me!
your moms a bitch, end of story.
??? | Feb 07, 2010
You should really just sit down with them and explain all of this to them.
Find some information on the internet about you disorder to prove to them you’re not retarded.
If you don’t feel conferable talking to them about it, or if they don’t listen, get some professional help to help you explain to your parents.
Good Luck!!
Emilee. | Feb 07, 2010
Honestly your parents are crazy…all you can do is try to work extra hard in school and prove you can do well and also just talk to them about it if you have not tried already.
losing_it_4u | Feb 07, 2010
What about the rest of your family, how do they see you?
Don’t you have more intimate relationship with one of them, like a grandmother or grandfather, who see you for who you are and are aware of the situation?
Isn’t there anyone on you school that can help you? A teacher you can confide to and ask for help?
Social working services, have you tried?
I’m not sure if anything that i say may actually help. I don’t live in the US neither i know your parents, but with all you just wrote, maybe your parents are the ones who are mentally challenged.
Xicovsky | Feb 07, 2010
It was my understanding that Asperger’s syndrome was a form of autism that dealt with social issues. It doesn’t sound like your parents want to believe you are not retarded. If they are confronted with facts, such as what Asperger’s actually is, along with your test scores and high marks in school, but still refuse to believe differently, it sounds pretty hopeless. The best you can do is excel in whatever you are doing, and ask the school administration to work with you on your academic needs.
Adam | Feb 07, 2010
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But thanks for the info anyhoo…
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