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Subject: 25 and struggling

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sarah

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Date Posted: 06:10:51 07/05/09 Sun
In reply to: John 's message, "Re: 25 and struggling" on 05:37:35 07/05/09 Sun

Thank you.

what you said has helped. the worst part is, i dont think she even knew what she was saying was so very hurtfull. i have always been confident and my dyslexia has never stoped me.
yet in 15 miutes she has made me feal what 25 years of bullys and bad exam results and essays that took days longer to write than my co students essays, could not. she made me feal like there was somthing wrong with me. she made me feal that all my hard work was for nothing. the funny thing was that she started her 'Talk' with "how could you write on the board didnt the children laugh at you" and they didnt! when they knew i was dyslexic they were great even the realy unpleasent kids. they respected me becouse i was happy to talk about being dyslexic. i have never hiden it and in fact openly talk about it. i always felt that if people talked to me then maby they could learn what its like and that you are intelginet even if you strugle with reading or spelling or the million other things it can meen to be dyslexic.

i am going to talk to her and make it clear that she was very hurtfull and hopfully educate her and if she ever talks to me like that again i am going to talk to my boss. i fought to get were i am now and i will not let one uneducated women distroy what i have by letting her words nock me down.

thank you

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John (Gratitude)
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Date Posted: 16:35:05 07/07/09 Tue

Thank you for the lesson.
While reading your response, I went back to year 12 in school, when I failed English (the first time, may be the first time the examiner did not know me). A friend, who actually liked me as a person, was talking to a teacher about, I guess, his excellent results and his future. We were standing in front of the bulletin board with our results on it. In front of me, probably in my defense, he said to the teacher, "John only does just enough to get by." That was a long time ago. Ignorance of how things are does not change with time BY IT SELF. But with the ATTITUDE you have shown me, I think the world will change for us and those like us.
Thank you for showing me the missing piece in my strategy. And thanks for showing me the multiple dimensions to a positive strategy. All the best for your future.
The world is already changing as you are "being the change you want".