CHAPTER 1
The Problem and a Review of Related Literature

INTRODUCTION:
Every day you come in contact with many machines. There’s the clock radio that wakes you up, and the car, bus, or bike you take to school. You use calculators, computers, stereos, and phones throughout the day. Finally, you come home and use the microwave, stove, refrigerator, and electric can opener as you help with dinner.
Our lives are a lot easier today, thanks to the mechanical engineers who imagined and built these tools. In a world where we depend on machines more than ever before, mechanical engineers keep things running.
Mechanical Engineering is one of the broadest professions. The women and men in the mechanical engineering profession work in almost every industry, in private practice, in government, in medicine, in law, and in universities. Mechanical engineers touch almost every aspect of technology. They create machines, products and technological systems that benefit society. Their work can take them around the world - anywhere there are machines, there are mechanical engineers.
The above statements prove that mechanical engineering is not an easy profession. This is the reason why we should consider the spiritual and educational needs.
Spirituality means different things to different people. Some persons have religious needs. Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.”
Educational needs, on the other hand are those that has something to do with their attitudes and technique in studying the subjects of the said profession. This education comes from the professors, parents and all the people that surround us. Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students'