Year released Date viewed: March 3rd, 2018 / Title: I Am Sam / Writer: Kristine Johnson and Jessie Nelson / Main Actors: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Dakota Fanning / Year Released: 2001 2. Describe four (4) specific scenes from the movie that portray how limitations in cognition (e.g. comprehension, attention, memory, problem-solving, skill transfer, etc.) were portrayed by the character with intellectual disabilities. At 5:20, Sam doesn’t understand that his partner, the mother of his
upon watching this film, “I am Sam”, a tear-jerking drama about a mentally challenged father fighting for his right to live with his young daughter because the court believes that he is not capable to raise a child at his mental stage. This movie, starring Sean Penn as “Sam Dawson,” the main actor, together with his adorable daughter “Lucy Diamond Dawson,” the award-winning child actress, Dakota Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer as “Rita Harrison,” the defending lawyer of Sam who helped him regarding
Century, movies have developed into much more than a story, where as it portrays a scene we have never thought before. Movies such as Rain Man, Forrest Gump, and I Am Sam, discuss a shocking story of characters with a mental illness. I Am Sam in particular is a heartwarming film, that represents powerful meaning to its viewers. “I Am Sam, is a warm, hard-to-resist story of a mentally challenged single father fighting to retain custody of his seven year old daughter. It’s the kind of skilled heart-tugger
“Disability perceived through film” Disability is perceived differently by every person in this world. Some pursue a career trying to help those disabled, while some laugh and prey on those people who are weaker or “different” then themselves. Historically, people with disabilities are people that society, as a whole, does not want to deal with. This is especially true with people with mental disability (BSU.edu). Individuals with mental disabilities are perceived by society to be weaker and less
At the time I hated it, we had book reports every week and all her quizzes and test were open ended. Looking back on it, I believe her teaching methods really helped! These are definitely strategies I plan to implement in my future class. I feel as though essays and open ended problems allow a kid to not only say their answer, but also explain why they feel their answer is correct, even if its not. I think it also helps the teacher to see what the student actually didn’t understand. I also think kids