out of my mind - by sharon m. draper ( reading response)

   I am reading the book Out of my Mind and I have realized many issues in the book that are occurring to Melody .Such as : loneliness, family issues , school issues and more. In this reading response i will be talking about the school issues  because that is what mostly occurs.Melody is getting teased by her classmates because she cant walk or talk and she needs a person to translate for her . This can get humiliating , i know how people feel when they get bullied. We are all the same people and we should be treated the same .There is this saying " treat people like you want to be treated " i think that this saying really shows and tells this story.
   Melody has many things in her life that make her different. Like the fact that she cant walk or talk .She gets teased in school by her classmates. Melody tries to ignore it but her classmates wont ever stop . I feel that melody is becoming depressed because of this issue. Melody is different in a way but that is no reason for people treating her differently, people don't understand and/or realize what the person feels until they fell the same way.
       One person in her life that helps her a lot through her issues  is Ms.Valencia. She helps Melody by teaching her new phrases and helping her get to school and watch her after school . I think that Melody loves and cares for Ms.V .She ( and f course her family ) are the only people that understand her and are supportive of her. 
   Later on in the book , Melody's  parents get her a medi talker which she types into and it speaks for her. She was very happy because her long life dream is to be able to walk and talk . I can tell that this helps her in school , but still Claire ( one of her classmates )is being mean to her.Melody is just the same person as everyone else . There is no reason for Melody to be teased for one little thing. I think that the lesson so far is that if you treat someone badly you'll be treated badly too .Also that you shouldn't treat a person badly or judge a person without getting to know them .