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Uploaded by jsanza on Dec 21, 2006
The Teachings of Jon has been airing in it's entirety (1 hour) on Public Television nationwide since April 2, 2006. The movie will continue to be shown through 2014. Visit www.teachingsofjon.com/filmmaker.html for showtimes, or call your local PBS station.
This award-winning, soul touching and funny documentary about Jon, a 40-year old man who is severely affected by Down Syndrome, ponders the serious questions of how we value each other and what is truly important in life. Although Jon has an IQ of 20, doesn't talk and earns less than $13.00 a year, he has an important purpose...not necessarily to learn, but to teach.
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the papers never go in the pot, look at 2:54 look at the floor
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What could I learn about myself having Jon in my life....?
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Its funny to see people posting negative comments about Jon. If you have a problem with down syndrome, then why watch this video in the first place? Take your ignorance elsewhere. It's people like Jon who should inspire people to focus on everyone around them and not to be so selfish, self centered and concerning themselves on what is on the outside of someone but what is on the inside.
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@rrrevan You can learn alot about yourself by having someone like Jon in your life. I would have to wager that you are nothing more than an ignorant selfish prick...
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@markusmoor3 Really? Why do you have to be so ignorant. Grow up!
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54 Cents every 2 weeks? That's bullshit. WHY THE FUCK? WHY? That's stupid!
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1:22 Thar She Blowsssss
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@dania4510001 to him it's not weird. It's something he enjoys doing.
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@rrrevan I really hope that someday you learn kindness and not to judge others. Until then, i'll pray for you.
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I'm sorry, but if I had detected this early into the pregnancy, I would have terminated. Some people can raise a kid with mental handicaps. I couldn't.
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@rlhstl - I love how you put that- "He's glad to not be like you" ! My daughter has Down Syndrome and she is amazing and makes me proud everyday!!
itsyourmamma 11 months ago 5
I saw this on T.V. in N. Z. - a truly beautiful, realistic, moving and inspirational portrayal of Jon's life, as a person who happens to have Down's Syndrome. "The Handicapped child," poem, I would like the words to give a friend, please. Her disabled son died at 23.
She is now in a wheelchair because of a drunk driver.
Everyone has some disability, as can be clearly seen by the "blindness" and "cruelty" of some comments here.
A human being never stops being human.
Everyone is beautiful.
roseanne1958 2 months ago 3