To me, invisibility is being physically invisible. Not feeling neglected or ignored. For example, using the book
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements, the main character Bobby feels invisible towards his parents. He feels they only think about themselves. I believe this is just Bobby being a self centered teenager, not a "invisible person". His parents clearly love him and believe in him. They protect him from the government (by not telling anyone of him being physically invisible), they allow him to stay home while they're in the hospital (shows belief in their son), and lastly allow Bobby to tell Alicia's parents about his invisibility, because it was what
he wanted. Not everything was about Bobby as he wanted it to be. He didn't get everything he wanted, because
no one does. Just because his parents were trying to find a cure, and not tending to his every need (like when they left him alone when they went to work, he felt neglected), doesn't mean he's invisible. Someone loves him, and to me it automatically shows he isn't invisible as the author wanted him to be. Aswell, in
Child Homelessness at record high, report says, "call to action" for States by the NewsELA staff, homeless children are described as invisible. In my opinion how are they invisible if we know about them, are talking about them, and doing things for/about them. Just in a class se are acknowledging that they are there. I believe this shows they aren't invisible. I come from a Catholic family, and grew up with the Beatitudes in my life. I was taught that the Beatitudes taught us all to love our neighbor no matter what. And according to that, and the Beatitudes, as long as we bless (pray for) homeless children, they aren't invisible. In fact, I believe calling them invisible (or an invisible population) is degrading. Yes, I think they aren't getting everything they need, but they aren't invisible because of that. I personally believe we should learn about homeless children, and learn that we must "love" them, but we shouldn't classify them as invisible, nor should we have a unit on invisibility. If someone beliefs their invisible, I believe they are (for lack of better words) ignorant. I think these people usually just want attention or they don't understand that people do love them and care about their feelings (what they think). They don't understand that not everyone is going to agree with them.
So, I would just like to say, that I don't agree with what I wrote for my Reading Performance Task (however I did agree with some of it). I feel we should learn to care about these people (in cases where there is an "invisible" population), or try to be more open to what some is saying ("personal invisibility"), not call them invisibility. I also feel that because of what society says invisibility is (For example, in Things Not Seen Bobby feels invisible because his parents aren;t giving him what he wants.), it makes people think they are invisible. They may not get everything they need, but that doesn't mean they're invisible.