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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.

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Oh by the way I'm convinced in my own personal canon that John and Dean are dyslexic which is why we're given the impression that Dean didn't excell in school even though he's obviously very intelligent (he made an EMF out of a walkman!) The way John tapes his information all around his room and draws physical lines connecting info also reeks of 3D thinking and the need to physically see what's mentally there. They're both also VERY good at figuring out patterns. Dyslexia would also contribute to their outsider persona since a lot of kids with dyslexia end up feeling alienated at a young age and get very defensive. (Sure having your wife/mom burn on the ceiling and secretly hunting would also contribute to this outsider persona but *handwave* whatever.)

Just dropping by to say that such is also my personal cannon about John and Dean. I used some very similar methods (the wall with connecting lines) back in my school teacher days. It was really interesting because I always had to come up with ways to adjust myself to my kids, kept me on my toes, gotta say.

I've heard a lot of people say that they think John and Dean are dyslexic. *g* This pleases me.

It must be challenging to teach students. I was supposed to tutor a peer on a vocal system I had learned and I found that I COULD NOT DO IT. I couldn't remember the steps. In my brain it was a fully formed concept and I couldn't remember what the baby steps were. Kudos for being a dyslexic teacher! Hell, kudos for being a TEACHER!

I love your personal canon. *hums* And that wee!John in the flashback ep this season was just, like, HOLDING the newspaper in the beginning. Not engrossed in it. Distractable.

Yep! And Dean and John seem to sort of GET each other. Their brains work in similar patterns. Sam's the odd man out because his brain works with the rest of society. All the "normal" people think in the same linear pattern as Sam when his brother and father are in a cluster of logic all by themselves.

That so makes sense!

And yeah, that MP can shove it. My husband is dyslexic-- he figured that out after he graduated high school. He had to repeat a grade early on, because of course there couldn't be a reason he got so frustrated with trying to read; he was just stupid. *snarl*

Of course we dyslexic people are stupid and lazy. All the other kids understand the problems on the board. Obviously we're just being defiant.

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