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Lauren Langford (concerned)
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Date Posted: 13:40:31 11/04/08 Tue
hi
i'm not sure where to begin so i guess i'll just jump right into it. i'm 19 yrs old, a junior in college and a pilot. I'm working on what is called an insturment rating (which enables you to fly in poor weather/visibility). my grades since entering college and started aviation have suffered. In high school and grade school i had issues with reading, but since there was never alot of homework or reading at my high school i could simply work a little harder then the others and still maintain an A- average. As everyone knows there is a ton more reading in college then in high school. ever since my freshman year, i've been struggling with my core classes, and just recently, with my flight training. I recently pulled myself out of all my college classes in order to focus on my flight, the low grades and demanding schedule were too much for me, so now i'm just focusing on flight, but plan to return to college this coming semester if i can get the insturment rating accomplished... in aviation, with every rating you achieve you must pass a written exam with a score of 70% or more. I've taken the test what will be 4 times now (and payed $100 each time to take the test) and failed each and every time. what concerns me (besides the "butt load" of money i've flushed down the tiolet), is that when i study with my instructors, i consistantly rattle off correct answers one right after the other, but when i'm studying by myself (with my books) or actually atking the test, i have to read the question a minimum of 5 times to 1. make sure i've read it correctly, and 2. make sure i have all the information that the question requires. i constantly find myself reading a question once or twice then reading it a third time and reading something completely different or missing informating on figures even though i know the exact location of the info along with numerouse other frustrating things... i'm not trying to diagnose myself, maybe i'm just a really bad reader and i need to practice more, but i try to read as much as i can and enjoy it when i possess the patience to read one line of a book 5 times. as far as the actual flying goes, i'm very successful. i've managed to get over 50 flight hours in a matter of 2 months (which is a huge accomplishment, i'm not trying to "toot my own horn" i'm just proud that i'm actually good in the cockpit) and feel that i am ready to take the check ride for this rating... the only thing holding me back at this point is the test... where can i go to find out if i am dyslexic? there is a history of it in my family. i just want to fix whatever my problem is...
thank you for your time-
lnl
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