Message from jmallard

[Anonymous]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/11/asia/china-orphanage-children/

There's pros and cons to the Chinese social expectations in terms of social justice. I love the concept of earning your privileges through hard work and the honor that grandparents and great- parents have in part of becoming 100% a person, but in terms of other factors that can become a barrier to completing the requirements such as a person with birth defects or disabilities, it becomes more challenging for them to take their place in this society or meet the social duties requirements.

I am concerned about the high rate of children that are being abandoned due to their perceived doom to be a successful member of society. According to the article it stated, "the number of abandoned children has dropped steadily in the last decade, but the numbers remain disturbingly high. Today, almost all of China's unwanted children have disabilities. Dozens of new cases of abandoned children are reported each day."

Is it possible for there to be some provisions or some sense of empathy for the children born with physical disabilities or mental disabilities that are discovered later?

For my class, I would have them to brainstorm what are some social duties they feel should be required for themselves?