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Subject: Our son needs help II

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Gillian

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Date Posted: 10:57:39 10/09/08 Thu

Hello, the last time I posted something here was in mid-July. Our son -23 and bilingual (English/German)- was letting things get on top of him yet again, afraid of failing his Uni. exam in July (which he did).Over the summer he worked very hard at an assignment which he handed in on time in mid-September. Yesterday he told us he did not register by the given date in order for his assignment to be counted as part of his degree, so the Uni. Dept. does not recognise it as being submitted and all his work has been for nothing. Since he knew about registering, he cannot say he "forgot" to do so.Can anyone understand this behaviour or tell us why our son reacts/reacted as he has? Is this the behaviour of a dyslexic, is this an expression of low self-esteem or are we as parents being taken for a ride and used as a cash cow?
My husband is mildly dyslexic but since he was a teenager has learned coping strategies. Our advice to our son as to organisation etc.is disregarded. He refuses to have his dyslexia recognised by the uni.He refuses to seek help of any sort.Where do we as parents go from here? Does our son have to learn the hard way and hit rock bottom?

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Re: Our son needs help II	Q (concerned and confused)	20:12:40 12/02/08 Tue