Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Christopher has now stated that this is a murder mystery novel. HEhas been instructed to do something like this by his counselor Siobhan at school who helps him work through every day social problems and dissorders that he faces that every day people wouldnt even have thought to exist because they are so unique and obserd. I also learned that christopher usually only likes reading books about math and science which are his two major strengths in school, and that he doesnt like other novels simply for the fact that he doesnt undderstand many of the things the characters day because of his in ability to understand peoples emotions and feelings. After reading on through the novel I soon hit chapter 19 which was a very aside chapter that aparently has nothing to do with the plot. Christopher tells us that book chapters are labeled with cardinal numbers, so he is going to use prime numbers in his murder mystery novel solely for the fact that he likes prime numbers much better than cardinal numbers. He then showed us a chart displayed in the book for determining prime numbers and states that no one had yet to figure out a simple formula for identifying very large prime numbers. Christopher then tells us that prime numbers are considered military material in the U.S because they are used in codes and you have to notify the CIA if you find one. If you find a prime number more than 100 digits long the CIA will buy it from you for $10000. In these last few chapters i have learned much more about autism and the way autisctic people work and see the world. It has made more aware of how hard it is for people to live with autism and new methods on ways to work with people who ahve autism.

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