Shawn attends school at the local high school along with several other mentally handicapped children. The people who care for him include the teacher, Mrs. Hare, an older lady who always wears glasses dangling from a chain around her neck. The teacher's assistant, William, is an older man who once accidentally broke Shawn's arm when he tried to keep him from falling out of his wheelchair. Becky, the other teacher's assistant is young and beautiful, a girl Shawn fantasizes that he might like to be intimate with were he capable of that sort of behavior. Shawn believes he is the only secret genius in the room, which is ironic since he is classified as the most uneducable. Some of the other kids in class can talk and walk.
Yesterday, Shawn's father came to the.....
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