Wheelchair man - The New Afghan Superhero

**smashup** · 03-11-2017 11:43 PM

Wheelchair man: Turning myself into a superhero

[COLOR=#404040][FONT=Helmet][B]Mohammad Sayed was abandoned by his family in Afghanistan after his house was bombed and he was left paralysed. Now he has become a US citizen, and designed a comic book superhero - Wheelchair Man - based on his own life story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39044623

**Master** · 03-12-2017 12:25 AM

**Gandalf** · 03-12-2017 12:38 AM

Good story. I felt bad about his teacher telling him to look them in the eye. You have to understand the student and not force your ways on them. I don't know why such people become teachers. Can't you see that this chap is from a different culture and has been in the wars a bit? Anyways, I wish him well.

**brocktonblockbust** · 03-12-2017 01:21 PM

Not only should he look his teacher in the eye but he should learn to make eye contact with everybody in society since that is the way we do it here

**brocktonblockbust** · 03-12-2017 01:22 PM

More rubbish from Gandalf. Is the teacher not essential in helping the student assimilate into a new culture with new customs?

**Gandalf** · 03-12-2017 02:07 PM

If someone is culturally different or shy, then you should have some empathy for that situation. Forcing someone to look you in the eye is just a weird thing to request of a disabled child from another culture. A degree of eye contact is necessary for communication, but everyone is different and should be treated accordingly. If I have a shy student I am not going to demand constant eye contact. I want them to enjoy the lesson and feel at ease. You cannot demand that someone change, you encourage it through nurture and support. "Look me in the eye when I talk to you" is an authoritarian approach that you would never see me use. You can reach students more effectively with understanding and more subtle methods.