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At the end of March, we celebrated the International Down Syndrome Day, which calls attention not so much to a genetic disorder but more to the people who live with this disorder. Their struggles and lives are hidden for mainstream society, which is one reason that worsens their opportunities to succeed. As a person and a language teacher, I decided to join the movement and spread the word, or rather, visibility. I chose short videos for my classes, not only because they are perfectly suitable materials for a multitude of tasks like comprehension, communication, grammar, and so on, but also because they have the power to place the students in a different world, unknown to most. Next to widened horizons and a stronger social engagement, eye-opening discussions and a re-evaluation of every day problems can be fortunate by-products of these classes.

In my class, this was the video we used:

To talk about dreams and watch others talk about dreams is always inspirational. You come to realize how relative things are and that reality is always subjective. Then why not choose to cheer up no matter why you are down?