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Subject: back in the day

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g sims

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Date Posted: 13:10:32 08/22/11 Mon

For some reason I just feel like writing something about dyslexia and what it was like when I was growing up. In my mid 50�s and when I went to school there was no special education programs in fact by the time I fumbled through school I had concluded the school system was run by smart people and in place to teach smart people. If you didn�t fit the mold you just came along for the ride. Figure it out or too bad. I actually had one teacher in grade 7 (as I recall my second attempt at that grade) who knowing well I was having problems put me in front of the class and told me to count down by 7's backwards from 100. This moron humiliated me for about half the class then made me stay for detention till I figured it out. And this was what they called a teacher back then. I never knew what was wrong other than I just didn�t get it. Many years later our daughter had some problems so we had her tested for dyslexia. To ease the stress on her I took the test with her. They came back and said, yes she was dyslexic but I was �textbook�. So finally it all started to make sense. I have the classic horrible spelling, left and right is a problem and I have to think about it. Bad coordination and things like horrendous hand writing but only because my brain and fingers are out of sync. I appear to have the added blessing of seeing things mixed up. Only for a few seconds if I look at something that requires some comprehension like reading or changing the station on a radio its all just a mess. It takes a bit to see it properly. Large groups of people or the way of the 90�s the �open office concept� are god awful. I hear all the conversations at the same time. So, that was growing up with a learning disability in the 60�s and 70�s. I trust its better but sometimes wonder how much better.

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