Personal Narrative: Impractical Jokers

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This weekend I worked with one of the special needs adults I work with every weekend. She is 28 years old and is severally special needs. This weekend all we did was hang out at her house and watch television. Even though she is 28 years old she has a mentality of a 13 year old. Since she has this mentality I assumed that she still watched children shows such as Disney and Nickelodeon. When her parents went out to eat I asked them what channel’s she liked, and they responded that she will watch whatever you put on. So as an 18 year old I put on Impractical Jokers. It is a show where four friends embarrass each other in Staten Island. As we watched the show I did not expect her to understand or laugh at what was going on. Unlike what I thought

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