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Subject: Our son needs help Author: Gillian [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 23:53:44 06/21/08 Sat The last time I posted something here was about a year ago. Our son , who is bilingual (Engl./German), is dyslexic and was failing Second Year University in the UK and was just drifting. He was persuaded to come to Germany and he applied for various job-training courses (over 80 applications) which were all unsuccessful, mostly because of his failing the tests because of his dyslexia, but also because many employers – in our estimation – found him to be “overqualified” and too old at 22. He applied to two universities here again to re-start and was given a place at one of them which is about two and a half hours drive from here. He went into a flat-share as he had done in the UK.All went well initially, but now we find he has been letting the workload get on top of him again and he is afraid of failing the end-of term exams in mid-July. He has also said he is unable to cope with a “household “ and with studying/ getting organised. As in the UK, he has not applied to the University in order to have his dyslexia recognized so that he will have more time in exams etc. We have been very patient as his parents but our son is now 23 and we feel we have not progressed since a year ago. Has anyone experienced similar difficulties themselves or in their own children? Will he only ever manage if he lives at home? Any ideas how we can get our son out of this vicious circle? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Our son needs help Paul Greaves 06:18:57 08/06/08 Wed Re: Our son needs help -- Gillian, 01:51:00 09/06/08 Sat