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[nilchance]

MP says dyslexia is a "cruel fiction" invented to cover up bad teaching. Yeah? How about you get a ladder and jump up my ass, sir.

Can I get some recommendations for good tai chi or yoga DVDs/videos? I'll trade suggestions for epic cat cuteness.




Samwise, our gray tabby who came to the door and claimed us.


Gracie the new addition, being cute. Mauling imminent in 3, 2, 1...


Weejo, my parents' cat, with her ill gotten straw still in her mouth. "O HAI, why you takes mah picture?"


Gratuitous cat snuggling! They clean each other, too.

Comments

[lomer.livejournal.com]

YES! I'm so glad my parents were able to afford a tutor in elementary school. I just wish they had realized that dyslexia affected more then reading because in elementary school my tutor was trained to teach dyslexic kids. Then my parents were baffled in middle school because I had no math comprehension and the tutor who was a math teacher just reiterated lessons already taught in class and it made no difference to me.

Nothing is worse then having every kid in class look at you and know that YOU DON'T GET IT. You're slowing them down. You're the weak link. And it isn't because you're dumb, it's because there's this language error and the message isn't being recieved. There's so much pressure on teachers nowadays to have their kids pass these standardized tests and god help you if you're the one who's gonna screw up the quota.

[laurel-less.livejournal.com]

It is really frustrating when the teacher can't think of another way to describe things. I was really lucky to never have a problem with the math. It is surprising how much it affects your social life in school. I always had to be pulled out of class to go to the special ed. teacher, it was really embarrassing and most my friends where other kids in special ed.

[lomer.livejournal.com]

After I got help for reading ALL of my problems were with math. It was comprehending data and structure and remembering sequences. I FAIL at sequences. Physical things make sense to me. You have to turn the faucet on before water comes out. Remembering to add that number before subtracting that one, THAT never stuck.

And yeah, it really does effect you socially. I was also mild ADHD but my parents made the BRILLIANT choice after I was diagnosed to never tell me or my teachers so I wouldn't use it as a "crutch". Instead I thought I was a bad kid because I liked my teacher but I just couldn't focus when she was talking about Geography. When things are awkward in your education, kids see that and tend to treat you like a social leper even though you're no different SOCIALLY then them.

By the way I read the little article you posted and I found it very interesting. Apparently French shouldn't have been my first choice for a second language. No wonder I flunked out after a semester. Luckily ASL was also avalible and I ROCKED that class. If you ever need to take a second language take ASL. It works PERFECTLY for how our brains work. Everyone else will be freaking out because deaf people don't say "am" or "is" and instead questions tend to be "WHERE BATHROOM WHERE?" or "BATHROOM WHERE?" or "WHERE BATHROOM?" but all they can think is "why don't deaf people say - where is the bathroom? This is hard!" Plus, I don't know about you but I'm more of a kinesthetic learner and the physicality of sign language means it's extremely easy for me to remember.