Difficult Learning

You take your family to a friend's house for a party they are having for one of their nephews. You are welcomed at the door and enter the residence. As you walk in through the front door, you see several children. They do not see you come in, nor do they care. They are plastered in front of a television set, but this is not just an ordinary television, it's a 73" Sony, 240 hertz, maximum resolution of 1080p, a built in ATSC tuner and a cable card and a built in digital video recorder with 250 gigabyte hard drive. It is the most crisp picture you have ever seen. A boy is in the center of this mob like formation playing a video game. There are bright flashing lights and loud explosions emitting from the Bose surround sound speakers. You see him playing a game, and you are quite intrigued by it, thinking to yourself that you would like to play the game yourself. You remember when you were a child and think, they didn't have any games like this when I was a child. The child displays a certain finesse as his fingers maneuver up and down the controller. The controller you had only had one button and a joystick and wonder how kids today can remember all the features of ten buttons and two joysticks. Now he is swinging his arms, as the video game mimics his every movement. He jumps up then crouches down, he swerves to the left and then right, as his avatar once again copies him to avoid the his imminent death from the obstacles that are approaching him. He is yelling at the TV, "You're not going to get me!" The kids around him are cheering in support and screaming advice. A few more minutes pass, and then all of a sudden...there is quite, which means game over. The boy turns around and walk to the back of the mob so the next child can have their turn. You notice that this child has a medical condition. Your friend approaches you and whispers in your ear that the child is Cerebral Palsy (CP).

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