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Subject: why are schools not dealing with this problem better

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Tina (Disgusted)

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Date Posted: 09:44:58 03/02/10 Tue

I recently found out that someone in my family was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child and I am very upset and disgusted that our school system didnt do more to help him out but just put him in a special needs classroom with other children and was basically pushed aside. Now he is grown up and is going for his GED and is at a 3rd grade reading level and because of this believes that he is just stupid so he really never applied himself before and now his self confidence is very low. I'm trying to find ways to help him to the best of my ability so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know..It just makes me sick that our school system is letting these kids slip through the cracks and not willing to do a little extra work to help them so then they grow up with low self esteem and some end up H.S. drop outs that can barely do some of the simple tasks of life that some of us take for granted..reading, simple math(balancing a checkbook, paying bills)

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[> Subject: Re: why are schools not dealing with this problem better

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Angie
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Date Posted: 16:51:44 03/02/10 Tue

I completely understand where you are coming from. My husband suffered much verbal/emotional abuse at the hands of teachers and students alike in school. He fought all his educational life to be treated with respect and receive the assistance that he required. Thankfully, he had a mother who didn't have a job and sat in the school office nearly everyday to advocate for him. My husband would love to talk to your family member to encourage him in his career quest. Blake probably has the most severe form of the disability and has championed on to owning his own profitable business, and being a wonderful husband and father. It's not all wine and roses, though. It can be hard sometimes to "undo" all that was done to him. Trust was a hard thing to earn and sometimes it's a daily fight.